Lead PostgreSQL Platform Engineer - Cloud-Native

Mastercard

O’Fallon (MO)

On-site

USD 122,000 - 207,000

Full time

5 days ago

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Job summary

Mastercard is seeking a Lead Platform Engineer in Database Engineering to shape strategy, architecture, and lifecycle management of enterprise database platforms. You will lead PostgreSQL platforms while supporting Oracle, Cassandra, MongoDB, Redis, and cloud-native technologies, focusing on automation, IaC, and secure, scalable database services across AWS and hybrid environments.

You will mentor engineers, drive modernization initiatives, and collaborate with engineers, security teams, SREs,

Qualifications

Deep expertise in PostgreSQL architecture, administration, replication, performance tuning, high availability, disaster recovery, and security.
Strong experience with AWS Aurora PostgreSQL and EnterpriseDB (EDB).
Expertise in cloud infrastructure engineering and enterprise-scale platform operations.
Experience with CI/CD pipelines and automated deployment methodologies.
Strong hands-on knowledge of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and configuration management tools including Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible, Chef, and related technologies.
Experience building and supporting distributed systems and cloud-native platforms.
Working knowledge of container platforms such as Kubernetes and OpenShift.
Strong Linux/Unix system administration and software scripting skills.
Experience with software programming and automation development.
Understanding of microservices architectures and modern platform engineering practices.
Expertise in troubleshooting, performance analysis, root cause analysis, and operational problem solving.
Experience implementing security requirements, risk controls, platform hardening, and compliance standards.

Responsibilities

Lead the design, implementation, operation, and continuous improvement of enterprise database platforms.
Serve as the primary technical leader for PostgreSQL, including Open Source PostgreSQL, EnterpriseDB (EDB), and AWS Aurora PostgreSQL.
Design highly available, secure, scalable, and resilient database solutions using modern platform engineering principles.
Engineer and support cloud infrastructure and cloud-native database services across AWS and hybrid environments.
Drive Infrastructure as Code (IaC) adoption and platform automation using Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible, Chef, XLR, and related technologies.
Build and enhance CI/CD integration for database provisioning, deployments, upgrades, testing, and operational workflows.
Develop automation solutions that improve platform velocity, reliability, consistency, and operational efficiency.
Design and maintain database infrastructure supporting distributed systems, microservices-based applications, and cloud-native architectures.
Perform advanced troubleshooting, root cause analysis, performance analysis, capacity planning, tuning, backup, recovery, and disaster recovery planning.
Establish monitoring, observability, reliability, and operational health frameworks for database services.
Collaborate with software engineering and platform teams to provide architecture guidance, technical consultation, and platform support.
Define and implement database engineering standards, configuration management practices, governance processes, and operational procedures.
Ensure database platforms meet security requirements, risk controls, audit standards, regulatory requirements, and compliance obligations.
Evaluate emerging database technologies and contribute to platform roadmaps, proof-of-concepts, and modernization initiatives.
Lead complex technical initiatives spanning multiple teams and regions.
Mentor engineers and promote engineering excellence through coaching, knowledge sharing, and technical leadership.
Champion Agile delivery practices, operational excellence, and continuous improvement across database engineering services.