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Mastercard Lead Platform Engineer in Pune, India
Our Purpose
We work 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. We cultivate a culture of inclusion (https://www.mastercard.us/en-us/vision/who-we-are/diversity-inclusion.html) for all employees that respects their individual strengths, views, and experiences. We believe that our differences enable us to be a better team – one that makes better decisions, drives innovation and delivers better business results.
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
Mastercard is committed to balancing innovation while protecting the internal posture.
Database Engineering manages our databases with a goal to deliver secure, scalable, resilient infrastructure and software deployment capability for global solutions.
The team assesses internal controls to proactively identify risks, define remediation actions and track remediation actions. We are looking for someone to join our team and help us meet these compliance goals while providing a robust, scalable, and high-performance production database environment.
Role
The ideal candidate has a deep and broad understanding of database administration with the ability to think and act strategically and tactically ensuring that the corporation remains compliant with required security, technology and financial standards as well as industry best practices.
The individual will build a strong partnership with management and may manage operational and/or strategic initiatives or support for the team. The Lead Database Engineer champions the Mastercard Way.
You will work with system engineers, database developers and other database administrators, auditors, risk and regulatory professionals.
About you
• Demonstrate ability to operate with independence and autonomy.
• Desired knowledge of Database Technologies Include (not limited to): PostgreSQL, Oracle, Cassandra, Elastic Search, Redis, MongoDB, SQL Server, Oracle Exadata Administration, DB2. The ideal candidate should have experience in both RDBMS, NoSQL and cloud database technologies.
• Advanced hands-on experience in configuring, patching, upgrading, and optimizing database software and related products.
• Advanced experience in security, backup/recovery, architecture, networking, and administration for database discipline.
• Proven track record in working with technology teams for the development, maintenance, testing, implementation, and support of database technologies and associated software products.
• Experience with control frameworks (e.g., PCI, SOC1, SOC2, ISAE3402/3000, ISO27001, GDPR)
• Monitor execution of control self-assessments to assess potential risks or control gaps.
• Engage with internal and external auditors to ensure assurance obligation objectives are met and risk is managed effectively.
• Conduct risk and impact assessments from a control’s perspective on internal and external findings.
• Monitor completion of remediation actions for internal and external findings to ensure proper resolution.
• Develop and maintain reports, metrics and presentations of progress and results for meetings with leadership, customers and/or regulators.
• Develop and manage risk processes including identifying and implementing best practices and ensuring all processes, policies and standards are documented reviewed and updated regularly.
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.
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.