Senior Database Administrator (Platform Engineer)

Platform Engineer II

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

Platform Engineer II1. Overview - DBA to handle Critical Production Oracle databases. Additional Database technology knowledge.

2. Role - Senior Database Administrator
* Proactively monitoring database performance and troubleshooting issues
* Working cross-functionally with our engineers and analytics professionals to optimize queries, fix performance bottlenecks, improve existing schemas and design new ones
* Creating and maintaining change control and testing processes, reviewing and approving database modifications
* Reviewing development and deployment processes related to databases and identifying areas of improvement (such as online schema changes)
* Implement database changes and modifications as per the application release activities
* Can do database patching , database upgrades and implement best practice on databases .
* Improving database expertise company-wide
* Additional knowledge of Oracle and Redis will be helpful as there are some critical respective modules resides on those technologies.


3. All about You/Experience
* Postgres DBA experience in a 24x7 production environment
* 2+ years of database management and engineering experience
* Experience architecting a large-scale production database platforms
* Expertise with Oracle system metrics and optimization strategies
* Familiarity with system level metrics and practical use of common Linux utilities
* Understanding of virtualization and clustered environments
* Great communication skills and a passion for both teaching and learning
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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.

Experience Level

Mid Level