Senior Platform Engineer
Mastercard · Posted Nov 2
Global technology company connecting consumers, financial institutions, merchants, and businesses through secure payment processing and digital commerce solutions
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About the role
The Database Engineering team at Mastercard is looking for a Senior Database Engineer to support Mastercard application databases in on-premises and cloud environments. The role focuses on Microsoft SQL Server database design, implementation, maintenance, security, performance tuning, and recovery. The engineer will collaborate with cross-functional technology teams to optimize database performance and ensure data integrity and security.
What you will do
- 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 assigned database discipline.
- Proven record of accomplishment in working with technology teams for the development, maintenance, testing, implementation, and support of assigned database technologies and associated software products.
- Proactively monitor with advanced troubleshooting skills for database issues escalated by the business team and internal monitoring in a timely manner with strong skills to drive to root cause and remediation of issues.
- Ability to develop a strong partnership with technology teams and customers to understand business needs and with advanced skills to communicate solutions in business terms.
- Understand database security topics including database users, roles, and privileges.
- Understand cloud concepts including database administration activities in cloud solutions.
- Strong to advanced performance and tuning skills with the ability to identify, respond and resolve database performance issues; communicates database performance resolution to technical teams and business partners.
- Successfully follow change management, problem management and incident management processes and procedures.
- May manage large to enterprise project/initiatives with specialized knowledge within assigned discipline and the ability to architect solutions.
- Proven record of accomplishment to proactively plan and coordinate larger technical and architectural efforts within the database team and with external technology teams.
- Ability to influence Mastercard best practices in planning, coordinating, implementing, and maintaining database solutions.
- Proven record of accomplishment in training and mentoring members of the team by contributing to supporting documentation.
- Ability to be On-Call after hours and weekends.
Skills used in this role
What the employer is looking for
- Proactively monitoring database performance and troubleshooting issues
- Working cross-functionally with our engineers and analytics professionals to optimize queries, fix performance bottlenecks
- Creating and maintaining change control and testing processes, reviewing and approving database modifications
- Have good knowledge of Replication strategy AlwaysOn
- Reviewing development and deployment processes related to databases and identifying areas of improvement
- Implement database changes and modifications as per the application release activities
- Can do database patching, database upgrades and implement best practice on databases.
- Knowledge of SQL Server Analysis Services, SQL Server Integration Services, PowerBI report server.
- Improving database expertise company-wide
- Additional knowledge of AWS and AZURE will be helpful as there are some critical respective modules resides on those technologies.
Benefits and support
- Compensation and benefits are detailed in the job posting
About Mastercard
Mastercard is a global technology company in the payments industry that connects consumers, financial institutions, merchants, governments, and businesses worldwide. It operates a fast and secure payment processing network that spans more than 200 countries and territories. Through innovative products and solutions in credit, debit, digital assets, and security, Mastercard makes commerce safer, simpler, and more accessible.
- Industry
- Payments
- Company size
- 10001+ employees
- Founded
- 1966
- Location
- Purchase, New York, USA
- Funding stage
- Public Company
Funding
Public Company · $115M raised
Leadership
Chief Executive Officer
Chief Business Officer
President & Chief Technology Officer
Chief People Officer
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