Azure Database Engineer: Scale, Security & Automation

Mastercard; Swords; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Mastercard is seeking a Senior Platform Engineer specializing in Azure database solutions to drive customer experience and reliability. You will design and optimize Azure SQL, Cosmos DB, and PostgreSQL deployments, implement backups, and lead IaC-driven automation.

Collaboration with engineering teams is essential to maintain data integrity and security. The role emphasizes performance tuning, monitoring, and secure data handling, with opportunities to advance in a global payments technology

Qualifications

• Proven experience with Azure database services (Azure SQL, Cosmos DB, PostgreSQL).
• Strong proficiency in T-SQL, PL/pgSQL, or equivalent.
• Experience with performance tuning and query optimization.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices for database deployments.
• Knowledge of Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Bicep, ARM templates).
• Understanding of data security, encryption, and compliance (e.g., GDPR).
• Experience with monitoring tools (e.g., Azure Monitor, Log Analytics).
• Excellent problem-solving and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement Azure-based database solutions using Azure SQL Database, Cosmos DB, PostgreSQL, Redis, and Data Factory.
• Optimize database performance, scalability, and reliability.
• Implement and manage backup, recovery, and disaster recovery strategies.
• Monitor and troubleshoot database issues, ensuring high availability and data integrity.
• Automate database deployments and updates using IaC tools.
• Collaborate with development teams to support data modelling, schema design, and query optimization.
• Ensure compliance with data governance, security, and privacy standards.
• Maintain documentation and provide knowledge sharing across teams.

Skills

Azure DB services

T-SQL

PL/pgSQL

Performance tuning

CI/CD for databases

Infrastructure as Code

Data security & GDPR

Monitoring tools

Tools

Terraform

Bicep

ARM templates

Job description

Mastercard is seeking a Senior Platform Engineer specializing in Azure database solutions to drive customer experience and reliability. You will design and optimize Azure SQL, Cosmos DB, and PostgreSQL deployments, implement backups, and lead IaC-driven automation.

Collaboration with engineering teams is essential to maintain data integrity and security. The role emphasizes performance tuning, monitoring, and secure data handling, with opportunities to advance in a global payments technology