As a Senior Platform Engineer at Mastercard, you'll manage IT infrastructure, oversee colocation operations, coordinate with vendors, and support infrastructure scaling.
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
Senior Platform Engineer
Overview
At Mastercard, we are dedicated to delivering unparalleled customer experiences by pushing the boundaries of innovation. Our European Data Center team is looking for a Senior Data Center Engineer to help grow our operational capacity in the region.
About The Role• Deploy and maintain IT infrastructure within colocation data center facilities.• Manage relationships and daily operations with colocation providers and vendors.• Coordinate and oversee third-party integrators during installations and maintenance.• Handle contract reviews, renewals, and compliance with colocation service agreements.• Provide hands-on support during operational outages, including occasional on-call duties• Maintain accurate documentation of hardware assets, cabling, and network layouts.• Collaborate with internal teams to support infrastructure scaling and capacity planning.• Coordinate with colocation vendor to collect required documents for internal/external audit and site assessment• Demonstrate drive and curiosity by continuously learning and teaching yourself new skills. • Collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams, demonstrating your technical prowess and contributing to the overall success of the projects.
To excel in this role, you should have:• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.• Understanding of networking protocols, hardware, and data center infrastructure.• Experience with cabling, racking, and equipment installation in a colocation environment.• Proficiency in data center technologies (power, cooling, etc.)• Understanding of physical and network security standards in data centers.• Hands-on experience with server, storage, and virtualization platforms (e.g., VMware, Hyper-V).• Ability to perform cabling diagnostics and troubleshooting independently.• Strong documentation, communication, and coordination skills for client and team interaction.
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:
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
Senior Platform Engineer
Overview
At Mastercard, we are dedicated to delivering unparalleled customer experiences by pushing the boundaries of innovation. Our European Data Center team is looking for a Senior Data Center Engineer to help grow our operational capacity in the region.
About The Role• Deploy and maintain IT infrastructure within colocation data center facilities.• Manage relationships and daily operations with colocation providers and vendors.• Coordinate and oversee third-party integrators during installations and maintenance.• Handle contract reviews, renewals, and compliance with colocation service agreements.• Provide hands-on support during operational outages, including occasional on-call duties• Maintain accurate documentation of hardware assets, cabling, and network layouts.• Collaborate with internal teams to support infrastructure scaling and capacity planning.• Coordinate with colocation vendor to collect required documents for internal/external audit and site assessment• Demonstrate drive and curiosity by continuously learning and teaching yourself new skills. • Collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams, demonstrating your technical prowess and contributing to the overall success of the projects.
To excel in this role, you should have:• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.• Understanding of networking protocols, hardware, and data center infrastructure.• Experience with cabling, racking, and equipment installation in a colocation environment.• Proficiency in data center technologies (power, cooling, etc.)• Understanding of physical and network security standards in data centers.• Hands-on experience with server, storage, and virtualization platforms (e.g., VMware, Hyper-V).• Ability to perform cabling diagnostics and troubleshooting independently.• Strong documentation, communication, and coordination skills for client and team interaction.
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.
Top Skills
Data Center Technologies
Hyper-V
VMware
Mastercard London, England Office
1 Angel Lane, London, United Kingdom, EC4R 3AB
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