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
Overview:
Responsibilities include design, architecture, implementation, security and support of large multi-site, multi-vendor MPLS network communication environments.
Role
Manage network projects. •Develop detailed requirements for upgrading existing corporate and MasterCard networks, as well as re-architecting network segments in order to facilitate new requirements, technologies and growth. •Resolve network communications and operations problems impacting customer or backbone access and performance globally. •Participate in telecommunications-related initiatives. •Research and develop innovative solutions around unified network solutions. •Support assigned regional projects, which include responsibility for planning; time and cost control; resource utilization and implementation. •Support Vendor management. •Provide strategic technical direction on highly complex network systems project or activities involving the selection and recommendation of design approach and systems software technology.
Education: •Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Math, or Engineering or equivalent combination of education and experience. •Formal business or management training including Project Management, Strategic Planning, some finance experience and related curriculum.
All About You
Five to eight years of overall IT experience in the following areas: - Networking, including LAN/WAN, Firewalls, wireless, Security and encryption technologies. •Experience with TCP/IP protocol communications. •Knowledge of Cisco’s product portfolio. •Advanced knowledge of Project Management methodology and best practices. •Knowledge of Network diagnostics, BGP, SNMP, VPN, SSH, MPLS technologies. Skills/ Abilities: •Strong verbal and written communications skills. •Self starter with demonstrated listening skills."
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.
