Platform Architect

Mastercard powers economies and empowers people in 200+ countries and territories worldwide. Together with our customers, we’re helping build a sustainable economy where everyone can prosper. We support a wide range of digital payments choices, making transactions secure, simple, smart and accessible. Our technology and innovation, partnerships and networks combine to deliver a unique set of products and services that help people, businesses and governments realize their greatest potential.

Platform Architect

Infrastructure Design Services is a team of Technology Architects and Engineers responsible for the analysis and design of the infrastructure framework to fit the application, platform or system needs in‑line with MasterCard's operational standards and principles. Infrastructure Design Services is engaged from the beginning of the analysis and design phase to work with the application team(s) and other critical teams within Mastercard to ensure that the completed infrastructure and application architecture aligns with MasterCard’s security, scalability and availability standards. The primary deliverable is the TAD (Technical Architecture Document) which details the infrastructure design for the application, platform or system. This role requires experience in internet fundamentals related to web servers, application servers, internet security and other internet technologies. The job actively performs designing and delivering internet infrastructure solutions that satisfy member, product, service and backbone requirements.

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• Generate requirements together with other architects, engineers, application team(s) and user(s) to ensure that all of the high‑level requirements have been met.
  
• Produce products such as TADs, technical documents, logical flows, and models to keep the user(s), architects and engineers updated on the application, system or platform.
  
• Ensure that all architectural products are maintained in the current state and never become obsolete.
  
• Resolve internet architectural and operational problems impacting infrastructure and product availability and performance globally.
  
• Research and evaluate new technology for possible deployment in MasterCard’s internet infrastructure.
  
• May assume lead and total accountability for ongoing regional projects, including responsibility for planning, time and cost control, resource utilization and implementation.
  
• Implement, manage and support internet infrastructure components while leveraging current standards and best practices.
  
• Perform problem diagnosis, performance tuning, capacity planning and configuration management for MasterCard internet components.
  
• Assure system stability and future compatibility by monitoring production execution of all relevant systems.
  

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• Thorough knowledge and understanding of network, operating system principles and web middleware.
  
• Thorough knowledge in one or more core functions related to internet infrastructure design and/or web administration.
  
• Advanced knowledge of load balancers and web application firewalls.
  
• Working knowledge of database technologies.
  
• Working knowledge of cloud technologies.
  
• High‑energy, proactive, detail‑oriented and able to function under pressure in an independent environment.
  
• High degree of initiative and self‑motivation, able to drive results.
  
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, relationship and collaboration abilities, and organizational skills for working as a member of a matrix‑based, diverse and geographically distributed project team.
  
• Willingness and ability to learn and take on challenging opportunities is critical.
  
• Knowledge of Zero Trust Architecture principles and Network Micro‑segmentation.
  
• Experience working with YAML based deployments.
  

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• Displays leadership and initiative.
  
• Detail‑oriented and customer‑obsessed.
  
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
  
• Ability to multi‑task and prioritize efforts.
  
• Ability to pick up new technologies quickly and learn on the go.
  
• Ability to work with team members located in multiple geographies.
  
• Displays excellent collaborative skills with cross‑functional teams.
  
• Provides positive customer service to internal business partners.
  

All activities involving access to Mastercard assets, information, and networks come with an inherent risk. It is expected that every person working for, or on behalf of, Mastercard is responsible for information security and must:

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• Abide by Mastercard’s security policies and practices.
  
• Ensure the confidentiality and integrity of the information being accessed.
  
• Report any suspected information security violation or breach. xcfaprz
  
• Complete all periodic mandatory security trainings in accordance with Mastercard’s guidelines.