The Principal Platform Architect is responsible for designing infrastructure solutions ensuring alignment with operational standards and collaborating with teams to generate technical architecture documents and resolve operational issues.

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
Principal Platform Architect
Overview
Infrastructure Design Services is a team of Technology Architects and Engineers responsible for the analysis and design of the infrastructure framework to fit the application platform or system needs in-line with MasterCard's operational standards and principles.
Infrastructure Design Services is engaged from the beginning of the analysis and design phase to work with the application team(s) and other critical teams within Mastercard to ensure that the completed infrastructure and application architecture aligns with MasterCard's security scalability and availability standards.
Infrastructure Design Services' primary deliverable is the TAD / RAD (Technical Architecture Document / Reference Architecture Diagram) which details the infrastructure design for the application platform or system.
This job requires experience in internet fundamentals related to web servers application servers internet security and other internet technologies combined with routing and resiliency strategies.
This job actively performs designing and delivering internet infrastructure solutions that satisfy member product service and backbone requirements. Public and Private cloud knowledge along with Infrastructure automation and end to end solution architecture knowledge.
Have you ever worked with Microsoft Visio to design middleware infrastructure from the ground up?
Can you interface with the user(s) application team(s) etc. and all other stakeholders in order to determine their (evolving) needs and requirements?
Can you generate the highest level of system requirements based on the given requirements and other constraints?
Can you ensure that this set of high level requirements is consistent complete correct and operationally defined?
Role• Generating requirements together with other architects engineers application team(s) and user(s) to determine that all of the high level requirements have been met.• Generating products such as TADs technical documents logical flows and models to keep the user(s) architects and the engineers constantly up to date and in agreement on the application system or platform to be provided as it is evolving.• Ensuring that all architectural products and products with architectural input are maintained in the most current state and never allowed to become obsolete.• Resolve internet architectural and operational problems impacting infrastructure and product availability and performance globally.• Research and evaluate new technology for possible deployment in MasterCard's internet infrastructure.• May assume lead and total accountability for ongoing regional projects as assigned; including responsibility for planning; time and cost control; resource utilization and implementation.• Implement manage and support internet infrastructure components while leveraging current standards and best practices.• Perform problem diagnosis; performance tuning; capacity planning and configuration management for MasterCard internet components.• Assure system stability and future compatibility by monitoring production execution of all relevant systems.
All About You• Thorough knowledge and understanding of network operating system principles and web middleware.• Thorough knowledge in one or more core functions related to internet infrastructure design and/or web administration.• Must be high-energy proactive detail-oriented and able to function under pressure in an independent environment.• Must have a high degree of initiative and self-motivation and demonstrate the ability to drive results.• Strong communication skills both verbal and written and strong relationship and collaborative skills and organizational skills with the ability to work as a member of matrix based diverse and geographically distributed project team.• Willingness and ability to learn and take on challenging opportunities is critical.
Mastercard is a merit-based inclusive equal opportunity employer that considers applicants without regard to gender gender identity sexual orientation race ethnicity disabled or veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law. We hire the most qualified candidate for the role. In the US or Canada if you require accommodations or assistance to complete the online application process or during the recruitment process please contact [email protected] and identify the type of accommodation or assistance you are requesting. Do not include any medical or health information in this email. The Reasonable Accommodations team will respond to your email promptly.
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.

In line with Mastercard's total compensation philosophy and assuming that the job will be performed in the US the successful candidate will be offered a competitive base salary and may be eligible for an annual bonus or commissions depending on the role. The base salary offered may vary depending on multiple factors including but not limited to location job-related knowledge skills and experience. Mastercard benefits for full time (and certain part time) employees generally include: 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; and many more. Mastercard benefits for interns generally include: 56 hours of Paid Sick and Safe Time; jury duty leave; and on-site fitness facilities in some locations.
Pay Ranges
Arlington Virginia: $175000 - $297000 USD