Platform Engineer II

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
Platform Engineer II
Role
• Support, troubleshoot & develop technical solutions and alternatives to meet business requirements in adherence with MasterCard standards, processes and best practices and with a high level of innovation, cost effectiveness, high quality and faster time to market • Participate as part of a global team to support Mastercards critical core applications. • Participate in PoCs Proof of Concept and help the Department with selection of Vendor
Solutions, Technologies, Methodologies and Frameworks.• Perform problem diagnosis; performance tuning; capacity planning and configuration management for MasterCard internet components.• Assure system stability and future compatibility by monitoring production execution of all relevant systems.• Provides highest level troubleshooting on unified internet solutions, unique problems unanswered at lower levels or those impacting customer or backbone access and global performance • Performs lead role in reviewing vendor proposals and making recommendations• Research and evaluate new technology for possible deployment in MasterCard's internet infrastructure.• Leads complex initiatives and projects and have total accountability for ongoing regional projects as assigned; including responsibility for planning; time and cost control; resource utilization and implementation.
All About You• Systematic knowledge and understanding of network, operating system principles and web middleware.• In-depth knowledge in one or more core functions related to internet infrastructure design and/or web administration.• Must be high-energy, proactive, detail-oriented and able to function under pressure in an independent environment.• Must have a high degree of initiative and self-motivation and demonstrate the ability to drive results.• Strong communication skills both verbal and written and strong relationship and collaborative skills and organizational skills with the ability to work as a member of matrix based diverse and geographically distributed project team.• Strong willingness and ability to learn and take on challenging opportunities is critical.
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.