Senior Platform Architect: Global Infra & Security Lead

Mastercard; Donabate; On-site; EUR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Mastercard is seeking a Senior Platform Architect to design and deliver internet infrastructure solutions. You’ll generate high‑level requirements with cross‑functional teams and ensure alignment with security, design and availability standards.

You will lead architectural products, research new technologies, and drive regionally scoped projects, ensuring ongoing stability and future compatibility of infrastructure and platforms.

Qualifications

• Thorough knowledge of network, OS principles and web architecture.
• Deep understanding of internet infrastructure design and web administration.
• Experience with load balancers, firewall policies, and configurations.
• Familiarity with disaster failover techniques and security best practices.
• Awareness of cloud design and architecture.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills in a matrix, distributed team.

Responsibilities

• Generate requirements with architects, engineers, developers and users to ensure high‑level requirements are met.
• Resolve internet architectural and operational problems impacting infrastructure and product availability and performance globally.
• Create technical architecture documents, logical flows and models to align teams on the platform to be provided.
• Maintain architectural products in current state and prevent obsolescence.
• Research and evaluate new technology for Mastercard’s infrastructure.
• May lead regional projects including planning, time/cost control and resource utilization.
• Implement, manage and support internet infrastructure components using current standards and best practices.
• Assure system stability and future compatibility by monitoring production execution.

Skills

Network fundamentals

Web architecture

Load balancers

Firewalls

Disaster recovery

Cloud design

Communication

Stakeholder management

Microsoft Visio

Tools

Microsoft Visio

Job description

Mastercard is seeking a Senior Platform Architect to design and deliver internet infrastructure solutions. You’ll generate high‑level requirements with cross‑functional teams and ensure alignment with security, design and availability standards.

You will lead architectural products, research new technologies, and drive regionally scoped projects, ensuring ongoing stability and future compatibility of infrastructure and platforms.