Mastercard
Financial Services
PlatformEngineerII
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“Platform Engineer II at Mastercard. Skills: Database platform engineering, Multi-cloud strategy, NoSQL databases, Open Source databases. Deploy database clusters. Configure database clusters”
Industry & Context.
Problem-solver; Root cause analysis
On-call support
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, 3–5 years of experience in database engineering, Experience working in an Agile/Scrum environment, Proven ability to document technical processes, Share knowledge with engineering community
Nice to Have
AWS Certified Database – Specialty certification, Azure Database Administrator Associate certification
What You'll Do.
Deploy database clusters
Configure database clusters
Manage database clusters
Build cloud-native database solutions
Maintain cloud-native database solutions
Develop Infrastructure as Code
Automate database provisioning
Automate database patching
Automate database scaling
Monitor database health
Identify performance bottlenecks
Suggest schema improvements
Suggest indexing improvements
Implement access controls
Assist in migration of workloads
Provide expertise for production incidents
Conduct root-cause analysis
Provide guidance on database selection
Provide guidance on data modeling
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Application developers
Communication Scope
Technical documentation
Process & Methodology
Agile, Scrum
Full Job 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** ### Platform Engineer II ### Database Platform Engineer II Who is Mastercard? Mastercard is a global technology company in the payments sector. We power payments and provide products and services for individuals and industries all around the world. Our people, technology, data and brand provide the capabilities that drive our success. We believe in connecting people to priceless possibilities. Overview Our Database Engineering team is looking for a Database Platform Engineer II to support our evolving multi-cloud and polyglot database strategy. While the Principal level sets the vision, the Engineer II is the engine that builds, secures, and optimizes the platform. The ideal candidate is a proactive problem-solver with a strong background in NoSQL and Open Source database technologies. You will be responsible for ensuring the scalability and reliability of our data services across AWS or Azure, while driving automation to eliminate manual toil. Description Engineering & Implementation: Deploy, configure, and manage high-performance database clusters using PostgreSQL, Cassandra, MongoDB, or Redis. Cloud Operations: Build and maintain cloud-native database solutions (RDS, Aurora, DocumentDB, or Azure SQL/Cosmos DB) with a focus on high availability and cost optimization. Automation First: Develop Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation, or Ansible) to automate database provisioning, patching, and scaling. Performance Monitoring: Pr
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