Senior Platform Engineer

Our Purpose

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.

Title and Summary

Senior Platform Engineer

Overview
• Database Engineering (DE) supports MasterCard Business Systems and Operations across the globe
• As part of the Tech Ops Database Domain groups DE drives the database engineering practice , governance and standards in MasterCard
• As a Consultant for Database Domain, you should have a range of knowledge and skills to deploy and manage various database technologies in production environments
• Have you worked in global teams across differing geographies?
• Are you interested in leading a high-functioning Engineering team?

Role
• Managing wide variety databases, particularly must be highly experienced in database backup and recovery, performance tuning, and high availability configuration.
• Work with service deliver DBA's and application development software to develop database architectures, coding standards, and quality assurance policies and procedures.
• Create models for new database development and/or changes to existing ones.
• Respond to and resolve database access and performance issues.
• Monitor database system details within the database, including stored procedures and execution time, and implement efficiency improvements.
• Design and implement redundant systems, policies, and procedures for disaster recovery and data archiving to ensure effective protection and integrity of data assets.
• Monitor, optimize and allocate physical data storage for database systems.
• Plan and coordinate data migrations between systems.
• Develop, implement, and maintain change control and testing processes for modifications to databases.
• Database Technologies Include (not limited to) : DB2, Oracle, SQL Server. The ideal candidate should have experience in more than one database technology


All About You
• Strong working knowledge of databases with relevant certifications
• Good understanding of security standards and best practices
• In-depth knowledge of database management (DB2 Installation, creation of new instances, space management , database reorganization, backup and recovery, performance monitoring and troubleshooting, identification of bottlenecks in locks, waits ,
• Strong understanding of database structures, theories, principles, and practices.
• Hands-on database tuning and troubleshooting experience.
• Hands-on database tuning and troubleshooting experience.
• Deep knowledge of software development processes including agile processes and test driven developmen
• Experience with data analysis
• Experience in architecture and providing technical leadership to large and complex systems
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Excellent trouble shooting skills.

**Desirable Knowledge/Experience**
• Business Rules Management/Decision Management
• Experience integrating vendor and open source products into an overall system
• Database Technologies Include (not limited to) : DB2, Oracle, SQL Server. The ideal candidate should have experience in more than one database technology

Corporate Security Responsibility

All activities involving access to Mastercard assets, information, and networks comes with an inherent risk to the organization and, therefore, it is expected that every person working for, or on behalf of, Mastercard is responsible for information security and must:

• 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, and

• Complete all periodic mandatory security trainings in accordance with Mastercard’s guidelines.