VP of Platform Engineering & Cloud Transformation

Mastercard

Missouri

On-site

USD 200,000 - 330,000

Full time

14 days+
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Benefits offered by this job

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Tuition assistance
Paid holidays

Job summary

Mastercard is seeking a seasoned Vice President Platform Engineering to lead the enterprise platform strategy, cloud modernization, and secure engineering practices. You will guide large‑scale CI/CD, IaC adoption, and platform reliability, balancing innovation with risk management across global teams.

In this role, you will drive governance, standards, and collaboration with Architecture & Technology to deliver scalable, secure, and observable platform services with measurable impact.

Qualifications

  • Deep expertise in platform engineering, DevOps, cloud infrastructure, automation, and enterprise software delivery platforms.
  • Experience designing and operating large‑scale CI/CD ecosystems and platform services.
  • Strong knowledge of cloud-native architectures and security‑by‑default engineering practices.

Responsibilities

  • Define and execute the enterprise platform engineering strategy for software delivery and cloud infrastructure.
  • Lead modernization initiatives across AWS/Azure and container platforms with governance standards.
  • Drive secure, scalable, observable platform services and reusable patterns.
  • Partner with leadership to align platform roadmaps with business goals and risk management.

Skills

Platform Engineering
DevOps
Cloud infrastructure
Kubernetes
Automation
CI/CD
Security
Programming (Java/Python/C#)

Job description

Mastercard is seeking a seasoned Vice President Platform Engineering to lead the enterprise platform strategy, cloud modernization, and secure engineering practices. You will guide large‑scale CI/CD, IaC adoption, and platform reliability, balancing innovation with risk management across global teams.

In this role, you will drive governance, standards, and collaboration with Architecture & Technology to deliver scalable, secure, and observable platform services with measurable impact.

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