IT Operations Analyst

Mastercard; Peterborough; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

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 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

IT Operations Analyst

About the Role

Mastercard Open Banking Product Operations is seeking an IT Operations Analyst.

As a member of our Open Banking Operations Support Team, the role is pivotal in enabling and maintaining our connectivity service with Account Servicing Payment Service Providers and our customers. Your work supports our Certificate Management function, which is essential to both the technical onboarding and ongoing Day-2 support activities.

In this role, the key responsibilities are:

1. Open Banking Certificate Onboardings and Renewals
2. Support and assist our Customer Delivery Team in the technical onboarding of new clients on to our service and our Customer Support Team with connectivity issues relating to PKI Certificates Support
3. Maintain the Client PKI Certificate Inventory, work log, knowledge base, and standard operating procedures and processes documents, ensure information are accurate and up to date
4. Communicating with internal and external stakeholders and keeping them informed is part of your daily work
5. Support the Product Operations Director with other operational activities as required

Essential Technology Knowledge, Skills & Experience

1. Knowledge of IT Systems, Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) Digital Certificates and Keys, Certificate Signing Requests (CSR), Certificate Authorities, Basic Networking Principles, HTTPS error codes
2. Knowledge and experience of OpenSSL and Windows/IOS/Linux command line
3. Skilful with the use of configuration management tools and processes such as GIT tools and processes, JSON/ YAML code changes, pull-requests (PR)
4. Knowledge of Enterprise Monitoring Tools such as Splunk
5. An understanding of IT Service Management (ITSM) Service Operations Processes such as Change, Incident, Problem Management

About You

1. Meticulous attention to detail
2. Resilient, self-motivated, able to work independently and is a good team player
3. Good analytical and troubleshooting skills; relentless in seeking for solutions
4. Comfortable in a hybrid working environment
5. Impeccable workload and time management skills
6. Great work ethics and thrives under pressure and tight deadlines
7. Highly collaborative, comfortable working with cross-functional teams, external providers and customers
8. Comfortable will following and executing standard processes and procedures as a routine
9. Always on the lookout for improvement opportunities with the drive to follow through with initiatives
10. Good verbal and written communication in English (technical and business level)
11. Able and proactive in creating technical process and procedure documents

Desirable Competencies

1. Previous work experience in Open Banking in a technical role
2. Knowledge of Cloud technologies such as Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services (AWS); Security solutions such as Key Vault, HSMs
3. Knowledge and experience of Service Management Tools such as BMC Remedy, Service Cloud
4. Adopts DevOps principles and related technologies
5. Familiar with the UK and EU eIDAS regulation, PSD2, digital certificate policies, requirements and use in Open Banking i.e. OBSEAL, OBWAC, QSEAL, QWAC
6. Continuous service and process improvements; experience with automation technologies (Python Scripting)

Corporate Security Responsibility

Every person working for, or on behalf of, Mastercard is responsible for information security. All activities involving access to Mastercard assets, information, and networks comes with an inherent risk to the organization and therefore, it is expected that the successful candidate for this position 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.