Senior Platform Architect: Scalable Infra & Security

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

Job summary

Mastercard is seeking a Senior Platform Architect in Ireland to lead the design of infrastructure and internet solutions across the Mastercard network. You will collaborate with application teams and other stakeholders to ensure that architecture aligns with security, design, and availability standards.

The role involves producing high-level requirements, architectural documents and models to guide globally distributed teams.

Qualifications

• Thorough knowledge of network, OS principles and web architecture.
• Experience designing internet infrastructure and web administration.
• Deep understanding of load balancers and firewall configurations.
• Awareness of cloud design and architecture.

Responsibilities

• Generate requirements with architects, engineers, development teams and users to ensure high‑level requirements are met.
• Resolve internet architectural and operational problems impacting global availability and performance.
• Produce architecture documents, flows and models to keep stakeholders aligned.
• Maintain architectural artifacts in current state and up-to-date.
• Research and evaluate new technologies for deployment in Mastercard infrastructure.
• Lead regional projects including planning, time/cost control and resource utilization.

Skills

Network fundamentals

Web architecture

Load Balancer

Firewall policies

Cloud design

Infrastructure design

Communication skills

Tools

Microsoft Visio

Job description

Mastercard is seeking a Senior Platform Architect in Ireland to lead the design of infrastructure and internet solutions across the Mastercard network. You will collaborate with application teams and other stakeholders to ensure that architecture aligns with security, design, and availability standards.

The role involves producing high-level requirements, architectural documents and models to guide globally distributed teams.