Design and maintain technology reference architectures and long-term roadmaps. Lead a team of systems and solution architects, ensure ARB compliance, evaluate new technologies, and ensure solutions meet non-functional requirements (performance, scalability, availability, security). Collaborate with cross-functional teams and communicate technical risks to business and operations.
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
Solution Architect (Vmware, Platform Engg, Network Security)
Who is Mastercard?
Mastercard is a global technology company in the payments industry. Our mission is to connect and power an inclusive, digital economy that benefits everyone, everywhere by making transactions safe, simple, smart, and accessible. Using secure data and networks, partnerships and passion, our innovations and solutions help individuals, financial institutions, governments, and businesses realize their greatest potential.
Our decency quotient, or DQ, drives our culture and everything we do inside and outside of our company. With connections across more than 210 countries and territories, we are building a sustainable world that unlocks priceless possibilities for all.
Typically, the role will require the holder to:
• Creation and maintenance of a Technology Reference Architecture• Lead a team of systems and solution architects responsible for creating and maintaining 3-PI roadmaps covering all agile release trains (ARTs) and 5 year technology roadmaps.• Maintain the technology roadmap in line with end of support dates.• Work closely with cross functional teams including architecture trains, Engineering and Operations.• Ensure that new solutions are submitted to the Architecture Review Board (ARB) and conform to policies and standards and meet defined non-functional requirements for performance, scalability, availability, security and manageability.• Identify, assess and communicate technical risks to the Business and Operations.• Evaluate products for future usage and take responsibility for trialling new technologies.
All About You
Essential:• Significant experience in a demanding, high availability environment• Proven experience of delivering complex technical designs and architectures • Ability to present complex technical information to both a technical and non-technical audience. • Flexibility to take on new products, services, strategies and ways of working.• A clear understanding of how non-functional requirements such as performance and availability are delivered by a technology solution.
Desirable: • Safe Agile training for architects
The ideal candidate for this position should:• Continually look at the market and competition to identify trends and new technologies that will benefit the company.• Identify areas for continuous improvement and provide thoughtful and sustainable solutions.• Be skilled at explaining technical problems succinctly and clearly. • Be able to communicate your vision and roadmap effectively to a wide variety of stakeholders.• Always look for potential solutions to solve problems
Corporate Security Responsibility
Every person working for, or on behalf of, Mastercard is responsible for information security. All activities involving access to Mastercard assets, information, and networks comes with an inherent risk to the organization and therefore, it is expected that the successful candidate for this position 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.
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
Solution Architect (Vmware, Platform Engg, Network Security)
Who is Mastercard?
Mastercard is a global technology company in the payments industry. Our mission is to connect and power an inclusive, digital economy that benefits everyone, everywhere by making transactions safe, simple, smart, and accessible. Using secure data and networks, partnerships and passion, our innovations and solutions help individuals, financial institutions, governments, and businesses realize their greatest potential.
Our decency quotient, or DQ, drives our culture and everything we do inside and outside of our company. With connections across more than 210 countries and territories, we are building a sustainable world that unlocks priceless possibilities for all.
Typically, the role will require the holder to:
• Creation and maintenance of a Technology Reference Architecture• Lead a team of systems and solution architects responsible for creating and maintaining 3-PI roadmaps covering all agile release trains (ARTs) and 5 year technology roadmaps.• Maintain the technology roadmap in line with end of support dates.• Work closely with cross functional teams including architecture trains, Engineering and Operations.• Ensure that new solutions are submitted to the Architecture Review Board (ARB) and conform to policies and standards and meet defined non-functional requirements for performance, scalability, availability, security and manageability.• Identify, assess and communicate technical risks to the Business and Operations.• Evaluate products for future usage and take responsibility for trialling new technologies.
All About You
Essential:• Significant experience in a demanding, high availability environment• Proven experience of delivering complex technical designs and architectures • Ability to present complex technical information to both a technical and non-technical audience. • Flexibility to take on new products, services, strategies and ways of working.• A clear understanding of how non-functional requirements such as performance and availability are delivered by a technology solution.
Desirable: • Safe Agile training for architects
The ideal candidate for this position should:• Continually look at the market and competition to identify trends and new technologies that will benefit the company.• Identify areas for continuous improvement and provide thoughtful and sustainable solutions.• Be skilled at explaining technical problems succinctly and clearly. • Be able to communicate your vision and roadmap effectively to a wide variety of stakeholders.• Always look for potential solutions to solve problems
Corporate Security Responsibility
Every person working for, or on behalf of, Mastercard is responsible for information security. All activities involving access to Mastercard assets, information, and networks comes with an inherent risk to the organization and therefore, it is expected that the successful candidate for this position 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.
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.
Mastercard Pune, Mahārāshtra, IND Office
Poona Club Road, Pune, Maharashtra, India, 411001
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