Senior Platform Engineer

• Engage in the design, engineering, implementation, administration, and operational support of enterprise database platforms supporting Mastercard applications.
• Establish and maintain database engineering standards, governance frameworks, operational procedures, and platform best practices.
• Drive platform engineering initiatives focused on automation, scalability, reliability, security, and developer experience.
• Design and support highly available, resilient, and secure database infrastructure solutions.
• Develop and implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions and configuration management practices to improve consistency and operational efficiency.
• Integrate database platforms into CI/CD pipelines and modern software delivery processes.
• Develop automation capabilities that support provisioning, deployment, patching, upgrades, monitoring, and recovery activities.
• Partner with engineering, architecture, product, and security teams to deliver enterprise database services aligned with business and technology objectives.
• Lead troubleshooting, root cause analysis, performance analysis, capacity planning, backup, recovery, and disaster recovery initiatives.
• Support infrastructure engineering efforts for database services (Oracle/Redis/PostgreSQL) across hybrid and cloud-native environments.
• Enable database services that support distributed systems and microservices-based application architectures.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend platform improvements that increase reliability, scalability, security, and operational effectiveness.
• Ensure adherence to security requirements, risk controls, regulatory obligations, and corporate governance standards.
• Participate in rotational production support and incident management activities.

Education
• Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.

Knowledge and Experience
• Advanced expertise in Oracle Exadata/RAC/Redis/PostgreSQL database engineering, administration, platform operations, and automation within large-scale enterprise environments.
• Deep understanding of database architecture, resiliency, performance optimization, security, data governance, and operational best practices.
• Strong knowledge of platform engineering principles, including cloud infrastructure engineering, Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using tools like Ansible, Chef or Puppet, CI/CD, and operational reliability.
• Experience supporting enterprise IT infrastructure and modern application platforms using automation at scale
• Understanding of distributed systems management and microservices-based architectures.
• Experience establishing engineering standards, operational procedures, and platform governance practices.
• Demonstrated ability to influence technical direction and contribute to technology strategy and platform modernization efforts.
• Advanced understanding of the role database platforms play in supporting business capabilities, data governance, security, and regulatory requirements.