Director, Platform Architecture Job Listing at Mastercard in O'Fallon, MO (Job ID R-246614)

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

Director, Platform Architecture Overview:
The Mastercard Cloud Team, in Mastercard's ONE division, owns and drives cloud strategy, adoption, and overall usage for the company. The team has a unique opportunity to drive cloud patterns, standards, and best practices across all of Mastercard and their M&A's. The cloud team has a unique opportunity to be at the forefront of an evolving landscape of technology at Mastercard and help shape the future of development, deployment and more!

About the Role:
• Drive cloud architectural patterns and standards. Where and when appropriate ensure alignment to those standards and best practices in an automated fashion
• Lead by example:
• Establish enterprise-wide standards for cloud application integration and identifies/ anticipates future requirements to support business needs
• Demonstrate a can-do/hands-on approach to demonstrate architecture excellence
• Mentor and guide product teams and fellow Cloud Architects to improve productivity, quality, and technology policy compliance
• Identify opportunities for reuse and improved efficiency
• Engage with IT and Business partners, product owners and stakeholders to create meaningful and transparent roadmaps to ensure the most Important work is properly prioritized
• Champion all Mastercard's standards and principles
• Actively participate as a member of the Architecture SIG: sharing your knowledge, best practices, ideas, and passion for technology
• Help Identify and drive meaningful behavior changing metrics

About You:
• 5+ years of Technical Leadership experience as both an Individual Contributor and/or a Team Manager/Director
• 5+ years of Architecting Public Cloud solutions (AWS, Azure and/or GCP)
• Cloud certifications and/or Architecture certifications desired
• Deep, applied knowledge of Architecting, Designing, Implementing products in a multi-cloud environment
• Solid foundational understanding of cloud security in highly regulated market segments and countries
• Familiar with needs and requirements for Operational support of Cloud deployments, a site reliability engineering (SRE)/Business Operations (BizOps) mindset and creating solutions that are resilient, supportable and observable
• Deep understanding of automation and observability using various cloud-based solutions and partners
• Proficient understanding of Kubernetes, including cloud provider based managed service offerings of Kubernetes
• Proficient understanding of containerization and designing ephemeral solutions
• Proven track record of delivering solutions to complex, multi-domain environments
• Ability to articulate complex designs and solutions to people with varying levels of technical aptitude
• Experienced in guiding less experienced Product teams, Engineers and fellow Architects to adopting more cloud-native design patterns and methodologies as well as driving general Organizational maturity
• Deep knowledge in migration from legacy technologies and mindset to the best-in-class solutions for the cloud
• Self-Driven and able to navigate complex organizational environments
• Strong communication skills both written and verbal
• Strong collaboration skills and ability to negotiate alignment / buy-in on any solutions that will require cross functional support
• Help in analyzing and communicating the “trade-offs” when required
• Understanding of different project management methodologies and SDLC processes Including waterfall and Agile/Scrum
• Understand and help mature Architecture productivity metrics Mastercard is a merit-based, inclusive, equal opportunity employer that considers applicants without regard to gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, disabled or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We hire the most qualified candidate for the role. In the US or Canada, if you require accommodations or assistance to complete the online application process or during the recruitment process, please contact reasonable_accommodation@mastercard.com and identify the type of accommodation or assistance you are requesting. Do not include any medical or health information in this email. The Reasonable Accommodations team will respond to your email promptly.

Corporate Security Responsibility

All activities involving access to Mastercard assets, information, and networks comes with an inherent risk to the organization and, therefore, it is expected that every person working for, or on behalf of, Mastercard is responsible for information security and must:

• Abide by Mastercard's security policies and practices;

• Ensure the confidentiality and integrity of the information being accessed;

• Report any suspected information security violation or breach, and

• Complete all periodic mandatory security trainings in accordance with Mastercard's guidelines.

In line with Mastercard's total compensation philosophy and assuming that the job will be performed in the US, the successful candidate will be offered a competitive base salary based on location, experience and other qualifications for the role and may be eligible for an annual bonus or commissions depending on the role. Mastercard benefits for full time (and certain part time) employees generally include: insurance (including medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, disability, life insurance), flexible spending account and health savings account, paid leaves (including 16 weeks new parent leave, up to 20 paid days bereavement leave), 10 annual paid sick days, 10 or more annual paid vacation days based on level, 5 personal days, 10 annual paid U.S. observed holidays, 401k with a best-in-class company match, deferred compensation for eligible roles, fitness reimbursement or on-site fitness facilities, eligibility for tuition reimbursement, gender-inclusive benefits and many more.

Pay Ranges

O'Fallon, Missouri: $138,000 - $230,000 USD

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