Senior Platform Engineer - Database Admin

Mastercard•O’Fallon, MO

About The Position

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. Senior Platform Engineer - Database Admin Overview • Provide world-class support and expertise to all of MasterCard’s Database environments. • MasterCard’s Database Architects set the direction for the enterprise leadership to design and build highly available, scalable and efficient solutions • Represent MasterCard’s Data Architecture team as a subject matter expert. • Continually look for opportunities to create efficiencies and provide expertise to integrate technologies and platforms into current environments • Provide leadership and contribute to technology roadmaps to support MasterCard’s vision • What technologies do you have hands-on experience with, and what degree is that experience? • In your current role, what new database technologies have you integrated into your current environment and how? • What experience do you have with data migration and integration from multiple systems?

Requirements

Excellent trouble shooting skills
Displays excellent collaborative skills to facilitate cross-functional teams.
Ability to work with minimal supervision seeking direction as required
Demonstrates excellent verbal and written communication skills
Highly knowledgeable of RDBMS architecture and internal database workings
Forward thinking infrastructure automation and scripting skills.
Leads in managing clients expectations and communicates proactively.
Ability to work with team members located in multiple geographies and time zones
Proficient with Oracle RDBMS installation and configuration.
Proficient with Oracle Enterprise Monitoring and alerting tools/processes
Proficient in setup, configuration and monitoring of Oracle & Postgresql binary and logical data replication solutions (binary streaming, xDB Multi Master replication, Oracle Data Guard, Oracle GoldenGate)
Proficient with collecting diagnostics and tuning Oracle as well as SQL tuning
Proficient with Oracle & Postgres procedural languages (PL/pgSQL, PL/Tcl, PL/Perl, PL/Python) and SQL
Proficient with Linux (RedHat)
Working knowledge of Data Modelling.
Working knowledge of scripting languages, Bash,KSH, perl etc

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s Degree in Information systems or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

Configure and set up new database installations
Review existing configurations and installations and provide design decisions for improvements to platform environments
Implements backup strategies and performs upgrades and patching
Develop architectures to migrate data and entire databases; Implement and deliver on the architecture migrating databases.
Perform production level support and be part of the on call rotation when required.
Work with RDBMS vendors and their respected support channels when required.
Work with multiple application teams and developers
Lead and set direction for MasterCard’s use of best practices and application database solutions.
Work with management to plan and implement new strategies including new tools and products that provide data services.
Lead efforts to identify, communicate and implement new strategies and represents Data Architecture in high level planning and long term direction.
Advance knowledge of Oracle middleware (OEM/ODI/OWB/APEX).
Advance knowledge of Oracle physical database tuning.
Intermediate/Advance knowledge of SQL tuning background.
Working knowledge of backup/recovery
Working PL/SQL coding background.
Advance implementation knowledge of partitioning.
Advanced knowledge of Oracle RAC, Cluster Resource software and Oracle 12C features.

Benefits

insurance (including medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, disability, life insurance)
flexible spending account and health savings account
paid leaves (including 16 weeks of new parent leave and up to 20 days of bereavement leave)
80 hours of Paid Sick and Safe Time, 25 days of vacation time and 5 personal days, pro-rated based on date of hire
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

Stand Out From the Crowd

Upload your resume and get instant feedback on how well it matches this job.

Upload and Match Resume