Lead Platform Engineer - AWS Cloud DevOps Engineer

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
Lead Platform Engineer - AWS Cloud DevOps Engineer
Overview
Mastercard's Database Platform Engineering Team is seeking a highly motivated and experienced Lead Software Engineer to spearhead the development of a robust AWS DevOps capability. This role is pivotal in enabling full lifecycle CI/CD for the database products in AWS Environment, and in launching self-service datastore offerings via the AWS Forge Marketplace.
You will work closely with platform engineers, database engineers, and architects to design, build, and maintain a scalable, secure, and highly available cloud platform. Your contributions will directly impact Mastercard's ability to deliver database products efficiently and securely across AWS and Azure environments.
Key Responsibilities• Knowledge of a multi-account AWS platform using services such as EKS, EC2, RDS, Glue, EMR, MSK, S3, IAM, VPC, Transit Gateway, and Control Tower.• Build and manage infrastructure using CloudFormation/CDK(TypeScript), with fluency in Python.• Develop CI/CD pipelines using tools like Jenkins, BitBucket/GitHub, Artifactory, and Sonarqube.• Drive platform reliability and scalability through automation, observability (Splunk, Dynatrace), and incident response.• Collaborate across teams to support deployment pipelines and troubleshoot integration issues.• Mentor junior engineers and lead architecture discussions and code reviews.• Stay current with emerging technologies and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives.
Required Qualifications• 7+ years of experience in DevOps with a strong focus on AWS.• Proven expertise in infrastructure automation and cloud-native development.• Deep understanding of CI/CD practices and cloud security frameworks.• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to debug and optimize complex systems.• Strong understanding of major SQL and NoSQL databases, including Oracle, PostgreSQL,DocumentDB and related AWS RDS services.• Experience with Azure and hybrid cloud environments is a plus.
Nice to Have• AWS certifications such as AWS Certified DevOps Engineer, SysOps, Database Engineer.• Experience with PCI auditing and CIS benchmarking in cloud environments.
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 [email protected] 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 and may be eligible for an annual bonus or commissions depending on the role. The base salary offered may vary depending on multiple factors, including but not limited to location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. 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 of new parent leave and up to 20 days of bereavement leave); 80 hours of Paid Sick and Safe Time, 25 days of vacation time and 5 personal days, pro-rated based on date of hire; 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; and many more.
Pay Ranges
O'Fallon, Missouri: $112,000 - $187,000 USD