Senior Azure Database Engineer — Scale, Secure Data Platforms

Mastercard; Dunboyne; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Mastercard is seeking a Senior Platform Engineer to design and implement Azure-based database solutions, optimize performance, and ensure data security across global platforms.

The role focuses on automation with IaC (Terraform, Bicep, ARM templates), high availability, and collaboration with development teams on data modelling and query optimization, while maintaining governance and privacy standards.

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 (GDPR).
• Experience with monitoring tools (Azure Monitor, Log Analytics).
• Excellent problem-solving and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement Azure-based database solutions using services such as Azure SQL Database, Azure Cosmos DB, Azure PostgreSQL.
• 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 Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like Terraform or Bicep.
• 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 database services

T-SQL/PL/pgSQL

Performance tuning

CI/CD DevOps

Infrastructure as Code

Data security & GDPR

Monitoring tools

Communication & problem solving

Tools

Terraform

Bicep

ARM templates

Job description

Mastercard is seeking a Senior Platform Engineer to design and implement Azure-based database solutions, optimize performance, and ensure data security across global platforms.

The role focuses on automation with IaC (Terraform, Bicep, ARM templates), high availability, and collaboration with development teams on data modelling and query optimization, while maintaining governance and privacy standards.