Principal Database Engineer Job Listing at Mastercard in Pune, MH (Job ID R-214721)

Description

Our Purpose

We work to connect and power an inclusive, digital economy that benefits everyone, everywhere by making transactions safe, simple, smart and accessible. Using secure data and networks, partnerships and passion, our innovations and solutions help individuals, financial institutions, governments and businesses realize their greatest potential. Our decency quotient, or DQ, drives our culture and everything we do inside and outside of our company. We cultivate a culture of inclusion for all employees that respects their individual strengths, views, and experiences. We believe that our differences enable us to be a better team – one that makes better decisions, drives innovation and delivers better business results.

Title and Summary

Principal Database Engineer The Principal Database Engineer role has the ability to perform 70%
architecture and 30% engineering functions where the individual partners with Executive Management to create the strategic direction for the Database Engineering Program. The Principal Database Engineer breathes the Mastercard Way. The role encompasses strategic engineering aspects of disruptive emerging technology for on premise and cloud solutions. The role collaborates with enterprise architects and is responsible evolution of emerging database services but also grounded in core MasterCard foundation database expertise.

Description:
•    Strongly influences the Database Engineering overall strategy through collaboration with technical experts and management.
•    Strong knowledge of Domain Driven Design, Data Modeling, and Application Architectures
• Knowledge of Database patterns and technologies and when to use each; RDBMS, NoSQL, Columnar, Key-Value, etc.
•    Knowledge or experience of migrating applications and databases to the cloud
•    Builds relationships internally and externally to contribute to the enterprise application programs strategic direction in providing abstract technical contributions in a global environment with strategic responsibility for the entire application portfolio.
•    Proven record of accomplishment in delivering the strategy for positive business outcomes on behalf of the application portfolio.
•    Ability to perform as a technical lead by aligning the application strategy to the database strategy through the creation of roadmaps in collaboration with application program leadership.
•    Contributes to complex cross-functional Database Engineering strategic initiatives by providing direction and communicating a unified vision across Mastercard.
•    Ability to lead a technology portfolio with a proven record of accomplishment for Database as a Service on-premise and cloud solutions by proactively planning, communicating, coordinating, and executing technical and architectural efforts with Executive Management that is agnostic to database technologies to improve the customer experience.
•    Ability to take a macro and micro view of trending for scalability, capacity, performance for a technology portfolio by conducting database performance assessments in collaboration with application programs.
•    Deep hands-on experience in proactively architecting secured on-premise and cloud solutions through standardization, automation, optimization, availability, scalability with an eye on end of life needs with the ability to strategize and identify architecture that will accelerate Database Engineering.
•    Deep hands-on experience with the ability to lead the effort in understanding and implementing security related risk and compliance initiatives with the ability to guide Database Engineering in streamlining security functions.
•    Deep hands-on experience with a proven record of accomplishment to lead efforts in optimizing support models for Database Engineering including optimization of security, backup/recovery, architecture, networking, and administration, and operational support with the ability to guide members of Database Engineering for running an optimized support model and providing thought leadership to Executive Management.
•    Experts in understanding the application and infrastructure layers for architecting and engineering solutions in partnership with application, development, and infrastructure teams across Mastercard.
•    Ability to develop and drive vendor management partnerships strategically for Mastercard with Executive Management.
•    Ability to conduct and communicate database performance assessments for a technology portfolio with the internal database team and provide thought leadership in partnering with application programs and management for the execution of performance assessments.
•    Responsible and accountable for managing and mitigating risk in a technology portfolio by proactively identifying technology risks and guiding the organization to address the risks.
•    Strong leadership experience growing, mentoring, and motivating a team by instilling a technical process improvement culture in database engineering colleagues in a positive manner.
•    Researches and implements modern technologies to enhance/grow existing database infrastructure and performs proof-of-concept research on behalf of Database Engineering.
•    Create and deliver presentations for internal learning, training events, and/or business discussions with strategic partnership that is tailored to the audience.
•    Drive intellectual property development and use for projects, team, and Database Engineering.
•    Sharp shooters in identifying, troubleshooting, and resolving complex technical challenges or operational issues across Mastercard.

Education (preferred):
• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information systems or equivalent experience.

[About You]
• Requires related experience in the design, maintenance, and administration of Postgres
• Highly knowledgeable of Postgres architecture and Internals
• Proficient with Postgresql installation and configuration, particularly Postgresql Plus Advanced Server from EnterpriseDB
• Proficient with Postgresql monitoring and alerting tools/processes specifically PEM from EnterpriseDB
• Proficient in setup, configuration and monitoring of Postgresql binary and logical data replication solutions (Binary Streaming, XDB and Bi-Directional Replication – BDR,..)
• Proficient with collecting diagnostics and tuning Postgresql as well as SQL tuning
• Proficient with Postgresql prodecdural languages (PL/pgSQL, PL/Tcl, PL/Perl, PL/Python) and SQL
• Proficient in designing and supporting Postgres clustered environments
• Experience in Postgres replication technologies
• Excellent troubleshooting skills.
• Perform debugging, tuning and performance enhancement as well as automation of operational and continuous integration aspect of the Postgres platforms.
• Proficient with collecting diagnostics and tuning Postgres as well as SQL tuning
• Proficient with the Linux operating system, specifically Oracle Linux Enterprise.
• Working knowledge of Data Modelling.
• Working knowledge of scripting languages, Bash, ksh, perl etc.

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.

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