Director, Platform Engineering

Mastercard is seeking a Director, Platform Engineering to lead the advancement of infrastructure and platform automation strategy through innovation and effective problem-solving. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience with infrastructure automation tools like Terraform, Ansible, or Chef, and strong DevOps engineering skills. The role requires designing, building, and maintaining automation frameworks, platform services, and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) capabilities that power large-scale, hybrid infrastructure environments.

Requirements

• 5–8+ years of experience in DevOps, platform engineering, cloud engineering, or infrastructure automation roles.
• Strong hands-on experience with Terraform, Ansible or Chef.
• Solid understanding of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and on prem infrastructure (VMware, Linux, networking fundamentals).
• Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, GitLab, Jenkins, or Azure DevOps.
• Strong scripting or programming skills (Python, Go, or similar). Experience with configuration management, secrets management, and artifact repositories.

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