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 Engineering
Sr. Engineer, Database Engineering
Job Overview:
we need an L6 engineer with expertise in Oracle and modern technologies like Postgres and AWS and Oracle . If the contractor becomes unavailable, our ability to support changes, work orders, and TRTs during US hours will be greatly impacted. The L6 role is essential for automating and integrating tools, people, and processes to reduce manual work and minimize errors.
Provide RDBMS support for MasterCard Applications. Guides and provides direction for MasterCard’s use of best practices and application database solutions. Reviews new tools and products that assist in providing database support and services.
Major Accountabilities:
• Forward thinking infrastructure automation and scripting skills.
• Leads in managing customer and partner expectations and communicates proactively.
• Requires little supervision while identifying tasks associated with responsibilities
• Collaborates with other DBAs, participates in internal projects, and leads some initiatives.
• Provide DBA suggestions and input on direction for database domain strategy.
Preferred experience:
• Intermediate knowledge of Oracle replication (Golden Gate/DataGuard)
• Intermediate knowledge of Oracle Exadata administration
• Intermediate knowledge of Oracle internals
• Intermediate knowledge of Oracle middleware (OEM/ODI/OWB/APEX)
• Intermediate knowledge of Oracle physical database tuning
• Intermediate knowledge of SQL tuning background
• Intermediate knowledge of backup/recovery using RMAN
• Intermediate PL/SQL coding background
• Intermediate Understanding of logical and physical data models
• Intermediate implementation knowledge of partitioning
• Working knowledge of Oracle RAC, Cluster Resource software, and Oracle 12C features
• Good verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to multitask and prioritize
• Be able to work with team members located in multiple geographies
• Cloud technology - bonus!
• Knowledge of other database technologies, such as PostgreSQL and NoSQL – bonus!
Education (preferred):
• Bachelor’s Degree in Information systems or equivalent experience.
Knowledge/Experience (preferred):
• Demonstrates an understanding of Data Architecture’s role in supporting business processes.
• Demonstrates ability to participate in cross functional teams for estimating, application designs, and implementation strategies.
Skills/Abilities:
• Uses strong writing and verbal communication skills to build awareness and to proactively promote DBA’s position in support of sound database structures, data governance and other Corporate strategies.
• Displays excellent collaborative skills with cross-functional teams.
• Provide positive customer service to internal business partners.
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.
