Principal, Network Architect

Mastercard - Tampa, FL

Part-time - Principal

Tampa, FL

Credit Intermediation and Related Activities

About the position

The Principal, Network Architect role at Mastercard focuses on developing and modifying network platform capabilities to enhance business processes. This position involves managing network infrastructure security, availability, performance, and supportability while ensuring optimal network safeguard processes are in place. The role also emphasizes collaboration with business stakeholders to align IT strategies with future business and technology architecture.

Responsibilities

• Formulates recommendations to optimize the existing network architecture including developing creative solutions to drive innovation
• Oversees Mastercard's network security to ensure optimal network safeguard processes are in place and operational networks are running efficiently for hosted production systems
• Tracks and manages architecture issues and their corresponding exceptions or corrective action plans to ensure best practices are implemented and adhered to
• Supports process improvement efforts to identify and test opportunities for automation and/or reduction in time to deployment
• Collaborates with business stakeholders to communicate Mastercard's strategic vision for IT and future state business/technology architecture
• May manage the day-to-day global technology domains and sub-domains (i.e., network, datacenter, middleware, compute storage, etc.) to ensure consistency throughout
• Mentors and coaches staff by providing training to develop technical skills and capabilities across the organization

Requirements

• Experience leading large cross-functional network domain initiatives, expected to provide project direction and technical expertise
• Extensive experience leading the day-to-day global technology domains and sub-domains
• Experience teaming with leaders in the technical community to derive new solutions and future business network requirements
• Demonstrated success at selecting and evaluating new technology that will adhere to innovative industry trends and practices.

Benefits

• Insurance (including medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, disability, life insurance)
• Flexible spending account and health savings account
• Paid leaves (including 16 weeks new parent leave, up to 20 paid days bereavement leave)
• 10 annual paid sick days
• 10 or more annual paid vacation days based on level
• 5 personal days
• 10 annual paid U.S. observed holidays
• 401k with a best-in-class company match
• Deferred compensation for eligible roles
• Fitness reimbursement or on-site fitness facilities
• Eligibility for tuition reimbursement
• Gender-inclusive benefits