Lead Platform Engineer Job Listing at Mastercard in O'Fallon, MO (Job ID R-249595)

Description

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

Lead Platform Engineer Who is Mastercard?

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. Using secure data and networks, partnerships and passion, our innovations and solutions help individuals, financial institutions, governments, and businesses realize their greatest potential.

Our decency quotient, or DQ, drives our culture and everything we do inside and outside of our company. With connections across more than 210 countries and territories, we are building a sustainable world that unlocks priceless possibilities for all.

Overview

The Database Engineering team is looking for a Lead Database Engineer to drive our customer experience strategy forward by consistently innovating and problem-solving. The ideal candidate is passionate about the customer experience journey, highly motivated, intellectually curious, analytical, and possesses an entrepreneurial mindset. Provide SQL Server Database support for MasterCard Application databases in On-Prem and Cloud databases. As a Database Engineer, will play a critical role in designing, implementing, and maintaining Mastercard's database systems. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand data requirements, optimize database performance, and ensure data integrity and security along with maintaining best practices.

Role

• Experience in configuring, patching, upgrading and/or optimizing database software and related products.

• Understand database security topics including database users, roles, and privileges.

• Intermediate skills in testing, diagnosing, and resolving database issues.

• Participates in the development, maintenance, testing, implementation and support of assigned database technologies and associated software products.

• Partners with technology teams and customers to understand business needs and can communicate solutions in business terms with mentoring.

• Basic to intermediate performance and tuning skills with the ability to identify, respond and resolve database performance issues; communicates database performance resolution to technical teams.

SQL Server Always On knowledge is must. Should be able to handle disaster scenarios.

Additional scripting knowledge would be add on.
• Successfully follow change management, problem management and incident management processes and procedures.

• May manage smaller project/initiatives with specialized knowledge within assigned discipline.

• Good written and verbal communication skills to promote Database Engineering in support of sound database structures, data governance, standards, and procedures to internal and external teams.

• Good documentation skills to contribute to Database Engineering processes and procedures.

• Ability to learn Mastercard best practices in planning, coordinating, implementing, and maintaining database solutions.

• Communicate, collaborate, and work effectively in a global environment.

• Ability to be on-call after hours and weekends.



All About You

The ideal candidate for this position should:

1. Have Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field.

2. Proven work experience as a Database Engineer or similar role with expertise in managing SQL Server databases.

3. Strong understanding of database management systems (DBMS), especially SQL Server.

4. Proficiency in working with Windows and Linux based operating system.

6. Experience with database design, normalization, and optimization techniques.

7. Advanced skills in monitoring and reporting tools such as Dynatrace and Splunk.

8. Familiarity with database security best practices such as implementation of SSL/TLS, TDE (Transparent data encryption), Access management principles along with authentication mechanisms.

9. Managing database recovery and availability principles by defining and implementing database backup and recovery principles to guarantee point in time recovery for different database technologies.

10. Defining and implementing database resiliency strategy to test and account for different failure scenarios such as network, disaster, power, etc.



Corporate Security Responsibility

Every person working for, or on behalf of, Mastercard is responsible for information security. All activities involving access to Mastercard assets, information, and networks comes with an inherent risk to the organization and therefore, it is expected that the successful candidate for this position 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. Mastercard is a merit-based, inclusive, equal opportunity employer that considers applicants without regard to gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, disabled or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We hire the most qualified candidate for the role. In the US or Canada, if you require accommodations or assistance to complete the online application process or during the recruitment process, please contact reasonable_accommodation@mastercard.com and identify the type of accommodation or assistance you are requesting. Do not include any medical or health information in this email. The Reasonable Accommodations team will respond to your email promptly.

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.

In line with Mastercard's total compensation philosophy and assuming that the job will be performed in the US, the successful candidate will be offered a competitive base salary based on location, experience and other qualifications for the role and may be eligible for an annual bonus or commissions depending on the role. Mastercard benefits for full time (and certain part time) employees generally include: insurance (including medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, disability, life insurance), flexible spending account and health savings account, paid leaves (including 16 weeks new parent leave, up to 20 paid days bereavement leave), 10 annual paid sick days, 10 or more annual paid vacation days based on level, 5 personal days, 10 annual paid U.S. observed holidays, 401k with a best-in-class company match, deferred compensation for eligible roles, fitness reimbursement or on-site fitness facilities, eligibility for tuition reimbursement, gender-inclusive benefits and many more.

Pay Ranges

O'Fallon, Missouri: $112,000 - $187,000 USD

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