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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
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Listed pay typically runs
$122,000–$207,000
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The Lead Platform Architect joins the Infrastructure Design Services team to analyze and design infrastructure frameworks that align with operational standards. This role involves generating high-level requirements, creating Technical Architecture Documents, and designing secure, scalable cloud and hybrid-cloud platform solutions. You will build middleware infrastructure, container-based orchestration solutions, and enterprise AI platforms. Key responsibilities include performing root cause analysis, capacity planning, and ensuring system stability across distributed systems. You must utilize technologies including AWS, Azure, Kubernetes, Microsoft Visio, and Amazon Bedrock. The role requires deep knowledge of internet fundamentals, web middleware, service-oriented architecture, and network principles. You will solve complex problems regarding global infrastructure availability, performance, and security while ensuring all designs meet strict enterprise resiliency and auditability standards.
Design and deliver secure, scalable cloud and hybrid-cloud platform architectures aligned with enterprise standards.
Generate Technical Architecture Documents (TADs), logical flows, and models to define system requirements and designs.
Architect enterprise AI platforms and cloud-native solutions across AWS, Azure, Kubernetes, and Private Cloud.
Perform root cause analysis, performance tuning, and capacity planning for global internet infrastructure components.
Research and evaluate new technologies and cloud services for potential deployment within the corporate infrastructure.
Design and support container-based platform and orchestration solutions for scalable application deployment.
Define architecture patterns for distributed systems focusing on scalability, reliability, observability, and fault tolerance.
Manage regional projects including planning, time and cost control, resource utilization, and implementation.
What we're looking for
Thorough knowledge of network, operating system principles, and web middleware.
Thorough knowledge in one or more core functions related to internet infrastructure design and/or web administration.
Experience designing cloud or hybrid-cloud platform architecture solutions.
Experience with container platforms and orchestration environments.
Knowledge of distributed systems, service-oriented architecture, middleware, integration patterns, and platform reliability practices.
Understanding of cloud security principles, cloud service models, and security control implementation.
Ability to translate business, application, infrastructure, and security requirements into architecture designs and technical documentation.
Demonstrated ability to work independently in complex architecture scenarios and informally coach or guide engineers, architects, and application teams.