Senior Azure Database Architect

Mastercard; Malahide; On-site; EUR 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Mastercard is seeking a Senior Platform Engineer to lead Azure database solutions and data governance across key services in a global environment. You will design, implement and optimize Azure SQL, Cosmos DB, and PostgreSQL architectures, while ensuring security and compliance.

In this role, you will champion IaC practices with Terraform/Bicep, support CI/CD for databases, and collaborate with engineering teams to improve performance and reliability.

Qualifications

• Experience with Azure database services and cloud-native architectures.
• Strong SQL proficiency (T-SQL or PL/pgSQL).
• Proven ability to optimize database performance and scale.
• Familiarity with CI/CD for database deployments.
• Knowledge of IaC (Terraform, Bicep, ARM templates).
• Understanding of data security, encryption and GDPR compliance.
• Experience with monitoring tools like Azure Monitor/Log Analytics.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement Azure-based database solutions using Azure SQL, Cosmos DB, PostgreSQL, Redis and Data Factory.
• Optimize performance, scalability, and reliability of databases.
• Establish and manage backup, recovery, DR strategies.
• Monitor and troubleshoot database issues ensuring high availability.
• Automate deployments using IaC tools such as Terraform or Bicep.
• Collaborate with devs on data modeling and query optimization.
• Maintain documentation and ensure data governance standards.

Skills

Azure database services

T-SQL / PLpgSQL

Query optimization

CI/CD pipelines

Terraform / Bicep / ARM

Data security & GDPR

Azure Monitor / Log Analytics

Communication skills

Tools

Azure Data Factory

PowerShell

Python

Azure SQL Database

Cosmos DB

PostgreSQL

Job description

Mastercard is seeking a Senior Platform Engineer to lead Azure database solutions and data governance across key services in a global environment. You will design, implement and optimize Azure SQL, Cosmos DB, and PostgreSQL architectures, while ensuring security and compliance.

In this role, you will champion IaC practices with Terraform/Bicep, support CI/CD for databases, and collaborate with engineering teams to improve performance and reliability.