Platform Architect 2

Mastercard is seeking a Platform Architect 2 to join its Infrastructure Design Engineering team. The successful candidate will be responsible for designing and delivering infrastructure solutions that satisfy member, product, service, and backbone requirements.

Responsibilities:

• Generate requirements, together with other architects, engineers, application teams, and users, to determine that all high-level requirements have been met.
• Create technical documents, logical flows, and models to keep stakeholders informed and in agreement on the application, system, or platform.
• Ensure that all architectural products and products with architectural input are maintained in the most current state.
• 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 infrastructure.
• 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.

Requirements:

• 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 and cloud technologies.
• Strong communication skills, both verbal and written, and strong relationship and collaborative skills.
• Ability to work as a member of a matrix-based, diverse, and geographically distributed project team.

Nice to have skills:

• Application Architecture
• Knowledge of Application Security
• Knowledge of Zero Trust Principles
• Participation in Security Reviews, Architecture Reviews (ARB), Peer Reviews