Application DevOps Engineer - SSO10170

Mastercard; Harrogate; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking an Application DevOps Engineer to join their innovative team in Harrogate. In this role, you will be integral to the development of automatic monitoring tools for complex microservices, ensuring the efficacy of data-driven solutions. Collaborating with data scientists and engineers, you will help create resilient systems that detect fraud and enhance financial services. If you have a passion for technology and a desire to work in a dynamic environment, this opportunity offers the chance to make a significant impact in the financial sector.

Qualifications

• 1+ years in software development, data science, or DevOps.
• Strong communication skills with diverse stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Build monitoring tools for data science-based microservices.
• Collaborate with teams to enhance service accuracy.

Skills

Python

Go

Data Science

DevOps

SQL

Microservices

Incident Management

Tools

Containers

Orchestration

APIs

NoSQL

Job description

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, 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

Application DevOps Engineer - SSO10170# Overview

A2A Risk Solutions builds products and services powered by payments data. By combining data science techniques with an intimate knowledge of payments data, we develop solutions that improve outcomes for people, businesses, and economies. Headquartered in The City of London and operating globally, we craft bespoke algorithms that help our clients understand the behavior driving their business.

As part of a team, you will be responsible for the day-to-day operations of the A2A RS product portfolio, building automatic systems to support monitoring and operation of our services. You will collaborate with analysts, data scientists, and technologists, designing systems that ensure the efficacy and efficiency of our products.

Role

Reporting to the Director of A2A RS Operations, you will:

1. Build automatic monitoring tools for complex, data science-based microservice deployments, ensuring models detect fraud and money laundering effectively, predict accurately, and generate valuable economic insights.
2. Collaborate with Data Scientists to collect data and train models to enhance service accuracy and reduce false alerts.
3. Work with Engineers to develop self-healing, resilient microservices, promoting good operational principles during research, design, and development.
4. Engage with current and future technology stacks both in the UK and internationally.
5. Utilize Incident Management processes, automating and integrating with Mastercard's ticketing systems.
6. Communicate effectively with internal stakeholders, clients, and technical teams.

All About You

You are passionate about building robust, efficient services to solve pressing problems in financial services. You enjoy teamwork, have an interest in data science, and are eager to deploy advanced algorithms as products. You are excited by new technologies and approaches, detail-oriented, and willing to contribute to code quality and reliability. You are comfortable being on-call but aim to develop solutions that minimize or eliminate the need for on-call support.

You have:

• At least 1 year of experience in software development, data science, DevOps, operations, or related fields.
• Strong communication skills across various stakeholders including subject matter experts, data scientists, and security professionals.
• Proficiency in Python and Go, or willingness to learn.
• Knowledge of traditional data warehousing, SQL, and optimization of relational databases.
• Interest in service design approaches including containers, orchestration, streaming platforms, APIs, and in-memory/NoSQL stores.

Corporate Security Responsibility

All activities involving access to Mastercard assets, information, and networks involve inherent risks. Every employee or representative must:

• Abide by Mastercard’s security policies and practices.
• Ensure confidentiality and integrity of accessed information.
• Report security violations or breaches.
• Complete mandatory security trainings as per Mastercard’s guidelines.