Director - Cloud Engineering

We are seeking an experienced and highly motivated Director of Cloud Engineer to join Mastercard’s Cloud Platform Engineering organization. The role will design, build, and evolve Mastercard’s cloud platforms, delivering secure, scalable, automated cloud capabilities that accelerate development across Mastercard.

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in cloud engineering, platform engineering, or large-scale distributed systems.
• Deep hands-on experience with AWS OR Azure (either expertise is acceptable).
• Strong proficiency with Infrastructure-as-Code: AWS: CDK / CloudFormation Azure: Terraform AND/OR Bicep.
• Strong understanding of cloud networking (VPC/VNet, private endpoints, hybrid connectivity).
• Experience with CI/CD and build/deployment tooling (Jenkins, CodePipeline, GitHub/BitBucket, Artifactory, SonarQube).
• Strong programming background (Python, Java, Go) and scripting skills (Python, Bash, PowerShell).
• Experience designing and troubleshooting highly available, distributed systems.
• Ability to debug, optimize, automate, and drive engineering excellence.
• Strong communication and leadership skills.

Benefits

• Insurance (including medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, disability, life insurance)
• Flexible spending account and health savings account
• Paid leaves (including 16 weeks of new parent leave and up to 20 days of bereavement leave)
• 80 hours of Paid Sick and Safe Time
• 25 days of vacation time and 5 personal days
• 10 annual paid U.S. observed holidays
• 401k with a best-in-class company match
• Deferred compensation for eligible roles
• Fitness reimbursement or on-site fitness facilities
• Eligibility for tuition reimbursement