Overview
Lead Platform Engineer at Mastercard. Role involves leading platform engineering initiatives within database and related infrastructure domains.
Job Description Summary
Mastercard is a global technology company in the payments industry. Our mission is to connect and power an inclusive, digital economy that benefits everyone, everywhere by making transactions safe, simple, smart, and accessible. Our decency quotient (DQ) drives our culture and values. Mastercard operates in more than 210 countries and territories, building a sustainable world that unlocks priceless possibilities for all.
Responsibilities
* Provide administration of production, pre-production, UAT and development database systems and assist in designing the database tier for global systems.
* Provide a robust, scalable, and high-performance production database environment working with system engineers, database developers and other database administrators.
* Lead and contribute to the Database Engineering Program, managing operational and/or strategic initiatives and supporting the team as needed.
* Champion the Mastercard Way and promote best practices in planning, coordinating, implementing, and maintaining database solutions.
About You (Qualifications)
* Advanced hands-on experience configuring, patching, upgrading, and optimizing database software and related products.
* Advanced experience in security, backup/recovery, architecture, networking, and administration for the assigned database discipline.
* Expertise in database replication setup, configuration, and troubleshooting (physical and logical).
* Proven track record collaborating with technology teams on development, maintenance, testing, implementation, and support of database technologies.
* Strong troubleshooting skills to identify root causes and drive remediation; ability to partner with technology teams and communicate solutions in business terms.
* Performance tuning skills to identify and resolve database performance issues; able to communicate resolutions to technical and business stakeholders.
* Experience with change, problem, and incident management processes.
* Experience with IAC automation tools for database builds, patching, and maintenance.
* Ability to handle large enterprise projects and architect solutions within the database discipline.
* Strong written and verbal communication to promote Database Engineering and collaborate in a global environment.
* Mentoring experience and ability to contribute to supporting documentation.
* Ability to influence Mastercard best practices in planning, coordinating, implementing, and maintaining database solutions.
Corporate Security Responsibility
* Abide by Mastercard’s security policies and practices.
* Ensure the confidentiality and integrity of information accessed.
* Report any suspected information security violations or breaches and complete mandatory security trainings.
Desirable Knowledge/Experience
* Experience integrating vendor and open-source products into an overall system.
* Experience with cloud-hosted services (AWS, Azure).
* Database technologies include Redis, Cassandra/Elasticsearch, MongoDB, SQL Server. Desirable experience with PostgreSQL, Oracle Exadata, Graph DB. Experience with both RDBMS and NoSQL.
Seniority level
* Mid-Senior level
Employment type
* Full-time
Job function
* Engineering and Information Technology
Industries
* Financial Services, IT Services and IT Consulting, and Technology, Information and Internet
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