Senior Platform Architect – Enterprise Infrastructure

About the role

The Infrastructure Engineering team at Mastercard is seeking a Senior Platform Architect to lead the design and evolution of secure, scalable, and resilient enterprise infrastructure platforms. You will work across on‑premises, hybrid, and cloud environments to enable critical business services and drive platform modernization.

Key responsibilities

• Lead architecture, design, and delivery of highly available enterprise infrastructure solutions.
• Partner with Engineering, Network, Security, Cloud, Database, Middleware, Product, and Program Management teams to align infrastructure with business and technology strategies.
• Drive solution delivery from business engagement through architecture reviews, financial approvals, procurement, implementation, operational readiness, and production deployment.
• Design resilient networking, application delivery, and security architectures using load balancing, web application firewalls, API gateways, and distributed platforms.
• Lead modernization initiatives focused on automation, Infrastructure‑as‑Code, platform standardization, and performance optimization.

Required profile

• Strategic technology leader with deep expertise in enterprise architecture and infrastructure engineering.
• Highly collaborative, intellectually curious, and passionate about solving complex technical challenges.
• Proven ability to partner across engineering, security, and product organizations.
• Experience delivering scalable solutions that support business growth and exceptional customer experiences.

Required skills

• Enterprise Architecture
• Infrastructure Engineering
• Cloud Technologies
• Automation
• Infrastructure‑as‑Code (IaC)
• Load Balancing
• Web Application Firewall
• API Gateway
• Distributed Infrastructure Platforms
• Networking
• Application Delivery
• Security Architecture