Lead Platform Architect

Job Summary

Required Qualifications

• •Thorough knowledge and understanding of network, operating system principles and web middleware
• •Thorough 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
• •Willingness and ability to learn and take on challenging opportunities is critical
• •Experience designing cloud or hybrid-cloud platform architecture solutions
• •Understanding of cloud security principles, cloud service models, and security control implementation
• •Experience with container platforms and orchestration environments
• •Ability to translate business, application, infrastructure, and security requirements into architecture designs and technical documentation
• •Knowledge of distributed systems, service-oriented architecture, middleware, integration patterns, and platform reliability practices
• •Demonstrated ability to work independently in complex architecture scenarios and informally coach or guide engineers, architects, and application teams
• •Experience in internet fundamentals related to web servers, application servers, internet security and other internet technologies
• •Have you ever worked with Microsoft Visio to design middleware infrastructure from the ground up
• •Can you interface with the user(s), application team(s), etc., and all other stakeholders in order to determine their (evolving) needs and requirements
• •Can you generate the highest level of system requirements, based on the given requirements and other constraints
• •Can you ensure that this set of high level requirements is consistent, complete, correct, and operationally defined
• •Resolve internet architectural and operational problems impacting infrastructure and product availability and performance globally
• •Research and evaluate new technology for possible deployment in MasterCard's internet infrastructure
• •May assume lead and total accountability for ongoing regional projects as assigned; including responsibility for planning; time and cost control; resource utilization and implementation
• •Implement, manage and support internet infrastructure components while leveraging current standards and best practices
• •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
• •Design and deliver secure, scalable cloud and hybrid-cloud platform architecture solutions that align with enterprise security, availability, resiliency, and operational standards
• •Evaluate cloud services, infrastructure patterns, and platform capabilities to support application, product, service, and business requirements
• •Design and support container-based platform and orchestration solutions that enable scalable, portable, and reliable application deployment
• •Partner with application, engineering, security, and infrastructure teams to identify, analyze, and document security requirements throughout the architecture lifecycle
• •Apply service-oriented architecture principles to support loosely coupled services, reusable platform capabilities, and interoperability across applications and systems
• •Define architecture patterns for distributed systems, including scalability, reliability, observability, performance, and fault tolerance
• •Perform root cause analysis and troubleshooting across cloud, infrastructure, application, middleware, network, and platform layers
• •Architect enterprise AI platforms, including Claude Code, Amazon Bedrock, and developer AI enablement patterns
• •Design cloud-native, hybrid, and multi-region architectures across AWS, Azure, Kubernetes, and Private Cloud
• •Lead workload placement, resiliency, and modernization strategy across programs
• •Architect secure AI and Cloud solutions aligned to enterprise security frameworks
• •Ensure compliance with identity, encryption, private connectivity, and auditability standards
• •Partner with Security, Risk, and Compliance leaders on enterprise approvals for AI and Cloud adoption
• •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
• •Complete all periodic mandatory security trainings in accordance with Mastercard's guidelines