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This role combines hands-on technical leadership across Mastercard’s Big Data Engineering team with people management responsibilities, enabling teams to deliver high-quality solutions aligned to enterprise priorities.\nThis leader will drive adoption of modern engineering practices, including infrastructure as code, container platforms, CI/CD pipelines, and microservices architectures, while fostering a high-performing, collaborative team environment.\nRole\nPlatform & Cloud Engineering Leadership\nLead the design and delivery of cloud infrastructure solutions that meet scalability, resilience, security, and cost efficiency requirements\nOversee the development and operation of container platforms and orchestration environments (e.g., Kubernetes)\nEnsure platform capabilities support evolving application performance and business needs DevOps & Automation\nEstablish and mature CI/CD pipelines and engineering workflows to enable efficient, high-quality software delivery\nDrive adoption of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) to ensure consistent, automated infrastructure provisioning and management\nChampion automation, reducing manual processes and increasing reliability and speed Distributed Systems & Microservices\nGuide teams in building and operating distributed systems and microservices architectures\nEnsure systems are designed for fault tolerance, scalability, and performance\nOversee monitoring, observability, and operational health across platform services\nSoftware Engineering & Technical Enablement\nProvide technical direction across software programming practices and frameworks\nEnsure engineering solutions meet standards for performance, maintainability, and reliability\nPartner with application teams to align platform capabilities with development needs\nInfrastructure & Operating Systems\nOversee management of operating systems and core IT infrastructure components (compute, storage, networking)\nEnsure platform environments are stable, performant, and aligned with enterprise standards\nPeople Leadership & Enterprise Mindset\nThis role includes direct people leadership with developing proficiency in leadership capabilities:\nTeam Leadership\nBuild and develop a high-performing, inclusive engineering team\nProvide coaching, feedback, and growth opportunities for team members\nSupport hiring and talent development aligned to future capability needs\nEnterprise Leadership Behaviors\nDelivers Results: Drives accountability and execution against business objectives\nNavigates Complexity: Leads teams through ambiguity and cross-functional dependencies\nDrives Change: Promotes new technologies, tools, and ways of working\nFosters Enterprise Mindset: Connects team output to broader organizational impact\nShapes Strategy (Developing): Contributes to platform and technology strategy through insights and innovation\nAll About You\nRequired Qualifications\nExperience leading high performing engineering teams with a customer-focused mindset. Attracts, grows, and develops exceptional, future-ready talent in a platform, cloud, or DevOps environment\nStrong expertise across Big Data platforms and technologies such as Hadoop, Cloudera, etc.\nExperience managing or operating distributed systems and microservices architectures\nProficiency in at least one programming language (e.g., Python, Java, Go)\nStrong understanding of operating systems and enterprise IT infrastructure\nExperience integrating security requirements into platform engineering practices\nPreferred Qualifications\nExperience in enterprise-scale or regulated environments\n• Experience optimizing cloud cost, performance, and scalabilityMastercard 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  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.\nCorporate Security Responsibility\nAll 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:\nAbide by Mastercard’s security policies and practices;\n\nEnsure the confidentiality and integrity of the information being accessed;\n\nReport any suspected information security violation or breach, and\n\nComplete all periodic mandatory security trainings in accordance with Mastercard’s guidelines.\n\nIn 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. 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