Senior Platform Architect

Overview

Lead the design and evolution of secure, scalable and resilient enterprise infrastructure platforms that power Mastercard's critical business services, as a strategic technology leader in the Infrastructure Engineering team.

What you'll do

• Lead the architecture, design and delivery of highly available, scalable and secure enterprise infrastructure solutions across on-premises, hybrid and cloud environments.
• Partner with Engineering, Network, Security, Cloud, Database, Middleware, Product and Program Management teams to develop infrastructure solutions that support business and technology strategies.
• Drive infrastructure solution delivery from initial business engagement through architecture reviews, financial approvals, procurement, implementation, operational readiness and production deployment.
• Design resilient networking, application delivery and security architectures using enterprise technologies including load balancing, web application firewalls, API gateways and distributed infrastructure platforms.
• Lead infrastructure modernization initiatives focused on automation, Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC), platform standardization, performance optimization, resiliency and operational excellence.
• Develop enterprise architecture standards, technical roadmaps and infrastructure documentation while mentoring engineering teams and promoting engineering best practices.
• Ensure infrastructure solutions meet stringent requirements for security, compliance, availability, scalability, disaster recovery and performance across mission-critical platforms.

What you'll need

• Deep expertise in enterprise infrastructure architecture across data center, hybrid cloud and distributed computing environments.
• Advanced knowledge of enterprise networking, application delivery and infrastructure security, including Zero Trust principles and modern network architectures.
• Experience designing and supporting enterprise platforms utilizing VMware, cloud technologies (AWS, Azure, GCP), load balancing, web application firewalls, API gateways and distributed infrastructure.
• Strong expertise in infrastructure automation, Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform, Ansible), CI/CD integration and configuration management using tools such as Git, Bitbucket and Jenkins.
• Demonstrated ability to architect and deliver highly available, resilient and secure infrastructure solutions while collaborating effectively across cross-functional engineering and business teams.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills with the ability to influence technical and executive stakeholders.

Nice to have

• Expertise in infrastructure performance engineering, including capacity planning, scalability testing and performance optimization.
• Advanced experience creating technical architecture documentation and executive presentations using Microsoft Visio.
• Experience supporting mission-critical financial services platforms with stringent availability, security, resiliency and regulatory compliance requirements.

Details

• Location: Pune, India.