Senior Azure Database Engineer: Scale, Security & Reliability

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

Job summary

Mastercard in Ireland invites a Senior Platform Engineer to design and optimize Azure-based database solutions, delivering reliable, scalable data services that power customer experiences.

You will apply Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Bicep, ARM templates), implement CI/CD for database deployments, and collaborate with engineering teams to model data, tune queries, and enforce security and governance across platforms.

Qualifications

• Experience with Azure database services (Azure SQL, Cosmos DB, PostgreSQL).
• Strong SQL skills (T-SQL, PL/pgSQL).
• CI/CD for database deployments and IaC familiarity.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement Azure-based database solutions using Azure services.
• Optimize database performance, scalability, and reliability.
• Manage backup, recovery, and disaster recovery strategies.
• Monitor and troubleshoot database issues to ensure high availability.
• Automate deployments with IaC tools like Terraform or Bicep.
• Collaborate with development teams on data modelling and query optimization.
• Ensure compliance with data governance, security and privacy standards.
• Maintain documentation and knowledge sharing across teams.

Skills

Azure database services

T-SQL / PL/pgSQL

Performance tuning

CI/CD for databases

Terraform / Bicep / ARM

Data security / GDPR

Azure Monitor / Log Analytics

Problem solving

Communication

Tools

Terraform

Bicep

ARM templates

PowerShell

Python

Azure Monitor

Log Analytics

Job description

Mastercard in Ireland invites a Senior Platform Engineer to design and optimize Azure-based database solutions, delivering reliable, scalable data services that power customer experiences.

You will apply Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Bicep, ARM templates), implement CI/CD for database deployments, and collaborate with engineering teams to model data, tune queries, and enforce security and governance across platforms.