Senior Systems Platform Engineer

Our Purpose

We work 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. We cultivate a culture of inclusion for all employees that respects their individual strengths, views, and experiences. We believe that our differences enable us to be a better team – one that makes better decisions, drives innovation and delivers better business results.

Title and Summary

Senior Systems Platform Engineer

•  Do you have senior level experience Engineering a Brocade fiber channel environment?
•  Do you have experience with SAN storage arrays?
•  Do you have trouble-shooting skills with a Brocade SAN fabrics?
•  Do you enjoy interacting with other infrastructure and installation teams?
•  The storage team is responsible for managing MasterCard’s storage requirements around the world, supporting more than 39 Petabytes of block storage.
•  The storage team is also responsible for maintaining Mastercard’s Brocade Storage Area Network (SAN).
•  The storage team works closely with project managers to make recommendations pertaining to various storage options.

List only the essential responsibilities of the position in bullet form – 5-6 maximum. Begin each with a present tense, action verb.
•  Design, management, and troubleshooting of a global Brocade fiber channel infrastructure. (Gen 5 and 7).
•  Manage a global block storge environment comprised of multiple storage array vendors (Dell EMC, HPE, and IBM). Pure and NetApp experience could be beneficial as well.
•  Collaborate with other technical teams to ensure timely and accurate provisioning of storage resources.
•  Trouble-shoot and resolve end-to-end storage related issues, including performance problems and provisioning issues.
•  Provide second-level off-hours support on occasion to offer guidance to operations team.
•  Assist project managers by providing storage recommendations and solutions that meet project requirements.
•  Document and proceduralize tasks for the operations teams.
•  Document, document, document
•  Familiar with CHEF and scripting tools.

•  Essential Knowledge - High level of experience managing Brocade SMB and Director Class Switches.
•  Strong Unix and Windows skills are a necessity.
•  Strong understanding of switch management tools like SANnav.
•  Preferred Knowledge – Familiarity with Storage Array Management and Performance Analysis.

In the US, Mastercard is an inclusive Equal Employment Opportunity employer that considers applicants without regard to gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, disabled or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. If you require accommodations or assistance to complete the online application process, please contact reasonable_accommodation@mastercard.com and identify the type of accommodation or assistance you are requesting. Do not include any medical or health information in this email. The Reasonable Accommodations team will respond to your email promptly.

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.

In line with Mastercard’s total compensation philosophy and assuming that the job will be performed in the US, the successful candidate will be offered a competitive base salary based on location, experience and other qualifications for the role and may be eligible for an annual bonus or commissions depending on the role. Mastercard benefits for full time (and certain part time) employees generally include: insurance (including medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, disability, life insurance), flexible spending account and health savings account, paid leaves (including 16 weeks new parent leave, up to 20 paid days bere