The Lead Database Engineer defines and maintains data architecture, optimizes SQL tuning, implements database standards, and enhances database performance through business improvements.
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
Lead Database Engineer
Overview• Responsible for defining and maintaining the data architecture and associated data maintenance, integration and load processes for the organization
Role• Identifies and selects appropriate technologies, develops, builds, maintains and tests database technologies, including associated software products• Supports the development of SQL tuning statement procedures to optimize SQL tuning and query development• Assists in performing database implementations to ensure configuration, process, and procedure standards are in place• Supports database security posture which includes escalating potential concerns, and implementing both risk mitigation plans and control functions• Drafts and reviews status reports and performs implementation and troubleshooting activities• Provides high-level technical assistance to development programmers and customers to ensure proper database performances• Implements business and process improvements, formulating recommendations to increase database performance efficiencies• May manage smaller project/initiatives as an experienced individual contributor with specialized knowledge within assigned discipline
All About You• Experience and expert in at least one database technology, technical or application area• Experience designing and testing database architecture standards or frameworks• Gains exposure to automation and/or cloud delivery effort• Experience participating in an assigned global technology domain or sub-domain (e.g., providing inputs around specific technologies)• Participates in business resource groups and global communities• Exposure to Java and Spring boot is added advantage.
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
Lead Database Engineer
Overview• Responsible for defining and maintaining the data architecture and associated data maintenance, integration and load processes for the organization
Role• Identifies and selects appropriate technologies, develops, builds, maintains and tests database technologies, including associated software products• Supports the development of SQL tuning statement procedures to optimize SQL tuning and query development• Assists in performing database implementations to ensure configuration, process, and procedure standards are in place• Supports database security posture which includes escalating potential concerns, and implementing both risk mitigation plans and control functions• Drafts and reviews status reports and performs implementation and troubleshooting activities• Provides high-level technical assistance to development programmers and customers to ensure proper database performances• Implements business and process improvements, formulating recommendations to increase database performance efficiencies• May manage smaller project/initiatives as an experienced individual contributor with specialized knowledge within assigned discipline
All About You• Experience and expert in at least one database technology, technical or application area• Experience designing and testing database architecture standards or frameworks• Gains exposure to automation and/or cloud delivery effort• Experience participating in an assigned global technology domain or sub-domain (e.g., providing inputs around specific technologies)• Participates in business resource groups and global communities• Exposure to Java and Spring boot is added advantage.
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 Mumbai, Maharashtra, IND Office
Bandra Kurla Complex Road, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, 400051
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