Lead Software Engineer (DevOps)

Join Mastercard's Identity Solutions team as a Lead Software Engineer (DevOps). In this role, you will design, build, and optimize our AWS Cloud infrastructure, ensuring high availability, reliability, security, and scalability. You will also develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and enhance monitoring and observability solutions. This position requires strong programming and scripting skills, advanced expertise in Linux/UNIX systems, and deep knowledge of AWS networking services.

• Lead the design, development, and implementation of highly available and scalable AWS Cloud infrastructure, ensuring solutions are reliable, secure, and optimized.
• Provide technical leadership and accountability within a geographically diverse team, serving as a subject matter expert (SME) while mentoring and developing junior team members.
• Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using tools such as Jenkins, Ansible, Argo CD, Terraform, CloudFormation, Resource Manager, and related DevOps technologies.
• Strong programming and scripting aptitude in Go, Python, and Bash, with experience developing automation and operational tooling; familiarity with MySQL and PostgreSQL databases
• Advanced expertise in Linux/UNIX systems, including troubleshooting, performance tuning, memory management, I/O subsystems, RAID, networking protocols, security, and system optimization
• Deep expertise in AWS networking services, including Amazon VPC, Direct Connect, Transit Gateway, Elastic Load Balancing (ELB), Route 53, Resolver endpoints, and DNS Firewall
• Experience building, deploying, and managing containerized applications and orchestration platforms, including Docker, Kubernetes, Mesos, or Docker Swarm, with a strong understanding of cloud platforms including AWS, Azure, and GCP
• Proven experience designing and supporting hybrid cloud connectivity and multi-region architectures, including VPNs, Direct Connect, high availability, and resilient network designs
• Experience implementing and managing CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and similar automation and deployment platforms
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent professional experience, with excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Strong knowledge of AWS network security, including Security Groups, Network ACLs (NACLs), AWS Firewall, and VPC Flow Log analysis and troubleshooting
• Demonstrated technical leadership and project leadership experience, with a strong track record of collaborating effectively across geographically distributed teams
• Hands-on experience with DevOps/BizOps, Infrastructure as Code, and automation, leveraging tools such as Terraform, Ansible, and Chef for provisioning and configuration management