Senior Platform Engineer

Mastercard; Lusk (WY); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Mastercard seeks a Senior Platform Engineer to design, build, and support secure, scalable AWS cloud infrastructure. You will work on Terraform-first infrastructure, create reusable modules, and manage EKS-based platforms for containerized workloads.

You’ll automate deployments, apply security best practices, and collaborate across Engineering, Security, and Platform teams. The role emphasizes IaC, automation, and observability with CloudWatch, Prometheus, and Grafana, plus on-call duties and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 5+ years of hands-on AWS infrastructure design and deployment using Terraform.
• 5+ years of hands-on experience with AWS.
• Experience building and operating Amazon EKS or Kubernetes platforms.
• Experience with HashiCorp Packer for machine images.
• Experience with CI/CD tools like GitHub Actions or Jenkins.
• Strong understanding of AWS networking, IAM, VPCs, load balancing, and security best practices.
• Experience with monitoring tools like CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana.
• Scripting in Python, Go, or Bash.
• Excellent troubleshooting and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and support secure, highly available AWS infrastructure for production and development environments.
• Develop IaC using Terraform as primary provisioning tool.
• Create reusable Terraform modules and enforce IaC best practices.
• Operate and optimize Amazon EKS Kubernetes platforms for containerized apps.
• Build hardened Linux images using Packer.
• Automate provisioning and deployments with CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Argo CD).
• Apply AWS security best practices (IAM, KMS, Secrets Manager).
• Monitor platform health with CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana.
• Troubleshoot complex infrastructure issues; participate in on-call rotation.
• Develop automation tooling with Python, Go, or Bash.

Skills

Problem solving

Communication

Automation scripting

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or equivalent

Tools

Terraform

AWS

Kubernetes

Packer

GitHub Actions

Job description

Our Purpose

Mastercard powers economies and empowers people in 200+ countries and territories worldwide. Together with our customers, we're helping build a sustainable economy where everyone can prosper. We support a wide range of digital payments choices, making transactions secure, simple, smart and accessible. Our technology and innovation, partnerships and networks combine to deliver a unique set of products and services that help people, businesses and governments realize their greatest potential.

Title and Summary

Senior Platform Engineer

Overview:

The Cyber and Intelligence Solutions (C&I) team is responsible for product management and innovative product development of products and services to address the evolving risk & cyber security needs of all of MasterCard's various customer segments. The C&I team was established with the responsibility to safeguard all aspects of safety and security in payments and have made great strides with new products, services and standards, positively impacting all aspects of our current and future payment eco-system.

Ekata, a Mastercard company, is the global standard in identity verification, providing businesses worldwide the ability to link any digital transaction to the human behind it. Our Ekata Identity Engine, the first and only of its kind, uses complex machine learning to combine features derived from the billions of transactions within our proprietary network and the data from our graph to deliver industry leading risk assessment solutions.

We are seeking a Senior Platform Engineer to join our Cloud Infrastructure Engineering team. In this role, you will design, build, automate, and support secure, scalable, and highly available AWS cloud platforms that power mission-critical applications.

This is a Terraform-first engineering role where Infrastructure as Code is the standard for provisioning and managing cloud infrastructure. You will build reusable infrastructure modules, automate deployments, and support modern cloud-native platforms using Amazon EKS and AWS services.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, build, and support secure, highly available AWS cloud infrastructure for production and development environments.
• Design, develop, and maintain Infrastructure as Code using Terraform as the primary provisioning tool.
• Build reusable Terraform modules and enforce Infrastructure as Code best practices across cloud platforms.
• Build, operate, and optimize Amazon EKS Kubernetes platforms supporting containerized applications.
• Build and maintain hardened Amazon Linux and Ubuntu machine images using HashiCorp Packer.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning, deployments, and operational tasks using GitHub Actions, Argo CD, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Implement AWS security best practices, including IAM, KMS, Secrets Manager, patching, and vulnerability remediation.
• Monitor platform health, availability, and performance using CloudWatch, Prometheus, and Grafana.
• Troubleshoot complex AWS, Kubernetes, Linux, networking, and infrastructure issues while participating in an on-call rotation.
• Develop automation and tooling using Python, Go, or Bash to improve operational efficiency.
• Leverage AI-assisted engineering tools such as GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, and Amazon Q Developer to accelerate infrastructure development and automation.
• Collaborate with Engineering, Security, and Platform teams to deliver secure, scalable, and cost-effective cloud solutions.
• Create and maintain technical documentation, architecture diagrams, Terraform standards, and operational runbooks.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or equivalent practical experience.
• 5+ years of hands-on experience designing and deploying AWS infrastructure using Terraform.
• Demonstrated experience developing reusable Terraform modules and managing Infrastructure as Code in enterprise environments.
• 5+ years of hands-on experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS).
• Strong experience building and operating Amazon EKS or Kubernetes platforms.
• Strong experience administering Amazon Linux and Ubuntu Linux.
• Experience building machine images using HashiCorp Packer.
• Experience with GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or similar CI/CD platforms.
• Strong understanding of AWS networking, IAM, VPCs, load balancing, Route 53, storage, and security best practices.
• Experience with monitoring and observability tools such as CloudWatch, Prometheus, and Grafana.
• Programming or scripting experience using Python, Go, or Bash.
• Excellent troubleshooting, problem-solving, and communication skills.

Work Schedule & On-Call Requirements

• Standard working hours are ~10 AM - ~6/7 PM UTC, Monday through Friday.
• Participate in a follow-the-sun on-call rotation approximately every 1.5 months once the team is fully staffed.
• During the initial staffing period, team members should expect to participate in the on-call rotation approximately every 3-4 weeks until the team reaches full capacity.
• Ability to respond to and troubleshoot production infrastructure and networking issues during assigned on-call periods.

We cultivate a culture of inclusion ( for all employees that respects their individual strengths, views, and experiences.

Corporate Security Responsibility

All activities involving access to Mastercard assets, information, and networks comes with an inherent risk to the organization and, therefore, it is expected that every person working for, or on behalf of, Mastercard is responsible for information security and must:

• Abide by Mastercard's security policies and practices;
• Ensure the confidentiality and integrity of the information being accessed;
• Report any suspected information security violation or breach, and
• Complete all periodic mandatory security trainings in accordance with Mastercard's guidelines.