Senior Platform & Infrastructure Architect

Mastercard; Celbridge; On-site; EUR 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Mastercard in Ireland seeks a Senior Platform Architect to shape the internet infrastructure design for applications and services. You will produce architectural artifacts, collaborate with cross-functional teams and ensure security, scalability and availability.

The role requires deep knowledge of networks, OS principles and web middleware, with a proactive, high-energy approach. You will lead regional projects, evaluate new technologies, and drive continuous improvement to keep architecture

Qualifications

• Thorough knowledge and understanding of network, operating system principles and web middleware.
• Thorough knowledge in one or more core functions related to internet infrastructure design and/or web administration.
• Must be high-energy, proactive, detail-oriented and able to function under pressure in an independent environment.
• Must have a high degree of initiative and self-motivation and demonstrate the ability to drive results.
• Strong communication skills both verbal and written and strong relationship and collaborative skills and organizational skills with the ability to work as a member of matrix based diverse and geographically distributed project team.
• Willingness and ability to learn and take on challenging opportunities is critical.

Responsibilities

• Generating requirements, together with other architects, engineers, application team(s) and user(s), to determine that all of the high level requirements have been met.
• Generating products such as TADs, technical documents, logical flows, and models to keep the user(s), architects and the engineers constantly up to date and in agreement on the application, system or platform to be provided as it is evolving.
• Ensuring that all architectural products and products with architectural input are maintained in the most current state and never allowed to become obsolete.
• Resolve internet architectural and operational problems impacting infrastructure and product availability and performance globally.
• Research and evaluate new technology for possible deployment in MasterCard’s internet infrastructure.
• May assume lead and total accountability for ongoing regional projects as assigned; including responsibility for planning; time and cost control; resource utilization and implementation.
• Implement, manage and support internet infrastructure components while leveraging current standards and best practices.
• Perform problem diagnosis; performance tuning; capacity planning and configuration management for MasterCard internet components.
• Assure system stability and future compatibility by monitoring production execution of all relevant systems.

Skills

Network fundamentals

Operating systems

Web middleware

Web administration

Tools

Microsoft Visio

Job description

Mastercard in Ireland seeks a Senior Platform Architect to shape the internet infrastructure design for applications and services. You will produce architectural artifacts, collaborate with cross-functional teams and ensure security, scalability and availability.

The role requires deep knowledge of networks, OS principles and web middleware, with a proactive, high-energy approach. You will lead regional projects, evaluate new technologies, and drive continuous improvement to keep architecture