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This role pays more than
55%
of similar roles. Most pay
$169,550–$231,237
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At the midpoint, this role pays about
$205k
versus about
$200k
for comparable roles.
Based on 240 similar postings.
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About Mastercard
Mastercard is a global technology company in the payments industry, processing transactions between financial institutions and merchants using its extensive network of credit, debit, and prepaid card products. Industry: Payments Technology & Financial Services
Mastercard currently has
150 open roles
on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs
$122,000–$207,000
across 142 roles with salary data.
The Director, Platform Engineering joins the Operations Automation Program to advance the global infrastructure and platform automation strategy. This leadership role focuses on analyzing, coding, and delivering software solutions to support a global infrastructure footprint. The successful candidate will design and maintain automation frameworks, Infrastructure as Code capabilities, and platform services for hybrid environments. Key responsibilities include developing reusable modules, playbooks, and automation libraries while managing CI/CD pipelines, secrets management, and configuration systems. Required technical skills include Terraform, Ansible, or Chef, alongside experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP, VMware, and Linux. Proficiency in Python, Go, or PowerShell is essential for building scalable automation. The role solves the business problem of improving reliability, consistency, and velocity across cloud and on-prem platforms through self-service infrastructure delivery.
Generative AI
Kubernetes
Hybrid-Cloud
Distributed Systems
Cloud-Native
Infrastructure Automation
Observability
Data Engineering
Machine Learning
Retrieval-Augmented Generation
Platform Engineering
Data Governance
Reliability Engineering
Storage Systems