Lead Platform Engineer - Networking

Mastercard; Dunstable; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global payments company is seeking a Lead Platform Engineer focused on network management and support. This role involves overseeing the architecture and performance of network systems, ensuring compliance with security standards, and mentoring junior engineers. Successful candidates will have a strong background in network infrastructure, proven skills in performance monitoring, and accreditation like CCNP. The position promotes a culture of continuous improvement and network security.

Qualifications

• Experience leading large network initiatives and providing technical guidance.
• Active participation in technical communities to foresee innovations.
• Development of intellectual property to apply in projects.

Responsibilities

• Manage and maintain Mastercard's network infrastructure.
• Monitor network performance and implement improvements.
• Ensure network security for operational effectiveness.
• Resolve diverse problems through in-depth evaluation.
• Lead efforts across technology domains.
• Mentor junior staff for skills development.

Skills

Network infrastructure management

Performance monitoring

Network security assessment

Technical mentoring

Education

CCNP accreditation or equivalent

Tools

Cisco

Palo Alto

F5

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

Lead Platform Engineer - Networking Overview

As a Network lead systems platform engineer you would be focused on build, implementation and support of Mastercard ONE (RTP & Applications) Network platforms (Cisco, ASA, Paolo Alto, F5).

Management of network infrastructure to ensure security, availability, recoverability, performance, integrity, and supportability.

The role requires a focus on service to ensure that all SLA’s and availability targets are met.

The role also requires thought leadership and an ability to drive IT initiatives that continually improve our efficiency, agility, performance, availability and operational excellence.

Responsibilities

• Manages and maintains Mastercard's network infrastructure by leading day-to-day building, maintaining, and monitoring of networks for all environments
• Monitors network performance to identify areas of concern or and formulates and implements infrastructure improvements
• Assesses Mastercard's network security to ensure effective network safeguard processes are in place and operational networks are running effectively for hosted production systems
• Serves as a point of escalation, resolving problems of diverse scopes where analysis of the situation requires in-depth evaluation and judgement
• Leads significant efforts within an assigned technology domain to ensure consistency across cross-technology domains
• Mentors junior staff by providing training to develop technical skills and capabilities across the team

Experiences

• Experience leading a major work stream or multiple smaller work streams for a large network domain initiative, often providing technical guidance and advice to project team members
• Experience engaging with the broader technical community to anticipate developments in innovation, often evaluating new solutions and recommending future business network requirements
• Successfully contributed to intellectual property development to be applied to project work and shared with internal colleagues
• Use intellectual property HLD’s / PDD’s to produce and implement relevant configurations.
• Active participant in global technical communities (e.g., Tech Leadership Network, Architect Guild)
• Ideally the candidate will have industry recognised accreditation commensurate with status in role i.e. CCNP minimum (essential). Juniper or F5 equivalents are desirable.

Corporate Security Responsibility

• 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.