Lead Platform Engineer |Database Admin Role|

Job Title:

Lead Platform Engineer (Database Admin Role)

Overview:

Job Description Summary

Overview
• Provide world-class support and expertise to MasterCard’s Redis, PostGres, and Redis database environment.
• MasterCard’s Database Engineers build highly available, scalable and efficient database solutions following standards and security policies.
• Represent MasterCard’s Data Architecture team as a subject matter expert.

Role
• Excellent interpersonal communication skills.
• Manage clients’ expectations and communicates proactively.
• Displays excellent collaborative skills to facilitate cross-functional teams.
• Ability to work with team members located in multiple geographies and time zones.
• Ability to work with minimal supervision seeking direction as required.
• The DBA will be responsible for deploying and maintaining database clusters that will enable and enhance software products and systems used every day by large platforms, applications and groups of users.
• Review existing configurations and installations and provide design decisions for improvements to platform environments.
• Assist in planning and performing database upgrades and migrations.
• Responsible for providing day-to-day administration support and maintenance for existing and new databases.
• Perform production level support and be part of the on call rotation when required.
• Work with vendors and their respected support channels when required.
• This position will be responsible for supporting new and existing database systems, both internally and future Cloud managed instances and will contribute in defining best practices in database administration and introduce innovation with automation.
• Work with multiple application teams and developers.
• Assist in implementing long-term strategic goals for database development in conjunction with end users, managers, clients, and other stakeholders.
• Implement HA solutions and backup/recovery solutions.
• Identify inefficiencies/performance issues in current databases and implement improved solutions.

About You
• Requires 4 years of related experience in the design, maintenance, and administration of database systems
• Excellent troubleshooting skills.
• Perform debugging, tuning and performance enhancement as well as automation of operational and continuous integration aspect of the database platforms.
• Proficient with the Linux operating system, specifically Oracle Linux Enterprise.
• Working knowledge of Data Modelling.
• Working knowledge of scripting languages, Bash, ksh, perl etc.
• Exposure to Mongo or Cassandra database platform will be a plus
• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information systems or equivalent experience.
• 24x7 rotational on-call support