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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.
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 Cloud Engineer – Database Platform Engineering
Overview
Mastercard’s Database Platform Engineering Team is seeking a highly skilled Lead Cloud Engineer to strengthen database product development and advance cloud engineering practices.
This role will focus on building secure, scalable, and automated database solutions across AWS and Azure environments, enabling efficient delivery of database services and supporting enterprise cloud initiatives.
Key Responsibilities
- Design and implement cloud infrastructure for database products using AWS services (EKS, EC2, RDS, S3, IAM, VPC, Control Tower) and Azure equivalents.
- Develop and maintain Infrastructure-as-Code using AWS CDK (Type Script), Cloud Formation, and Terraform; scripting in Python is essential.
- Build and optimize CI/CD pipelines leveraging Jenkins, Git Hub/Bitbucket, Artifactory, and Sonar Qube.
- Ensure platform reliability and scalability through automation, observability tools (Splunk, Dynatrace), and proactive incident management.
- Collaborate with database engineers and architects to integrate cloud-native solutions and troubleshoot deployment issues.
- Contribute to cloud governance, security best practices, and compliance (PCI, CIS benchmarks).
- Mentor team members, lead architecture reviews, and drive continuous improvement initiatives.
- Establish robust monitoring, alerting, and operational support frameworks for cloud database platforms.
- Influence architectural decisions and contribute to cloud strategy for database platforms.
Required Qualifications
- 7+ years of experience in cloud engineering or Dev Ops, with strong AWS expertise;
Azure experience is a plus. - Experience in designing and deploying custom database solutions and managing cloud-native database services.
- Solid understanding and hands-on experience with major SQL and No
SQL databases (Postgre
SQL, Oracle, Document
DB, Elasti Cache). - Hands-on experience with Infrastructure-as-Code, CI/CD, and automation frameworks.
- Knowledge of cloud security frameworks and compliance standards.
- Strong problem-solving and debugging skills in distributed systems.
- AWS certifications (Solutions Architect, Dev Ops Engineer, Sys Ops, Database Specialty).
- Exposure to hybrid cloud environments and multi-account AWS setups.
- Experience with cost optimization and performance tuning in cloud environments.
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