Principal Software Engineer

Overview

As a Principal Software Engineer in Mastercard’s Operations Automation Program, you lead automation and infrastructure management across on-premise and cloud environments. You’ll shape scalable DevOps across global engineering teams, champion Infrastructure as Code, and advance high-performance, cost-efficient delivery of distributed systems. This role offers impact on critical infrastructure while collaborating across product, development, and operations teams in a fast-paced, security-conscious setting.

Responsibilities

• Automate, provision and manage public and on-prem cloud infrastructure, including containerized and virtualized systems
• Plan, build, and optimize CI/CD pipelines for fast, safe delivery of distributed systems across global data centres
• Collaborate across cross-functional teams to automate deployments, troubleshoot issues, and support new product initiatives
• Champion Infrastructure as Code using Terraform Enterprise, Ansible and Chef
• Drive observability and reliability through monitoring/logging/alerting systems (Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk, etc.)
• Foster continuous improvement and adopt new tools to boost efficiency, scalability and cost optimization
• Hands-on automation coding in GoLang
• Partner with stakeholders to align DevOps initiatives with uptime, deployment velocity, and cost efficiency

Key requirements

• 10+ years in Software Engineering and DevOps roles
• Strong Linux systems administration
• Deep familiarity with AWS, Azure or GCP
• Experience with container orchestration/tools (Kubernetes, Helm, Docker Compose)
• Hands-on experience with Terraform Enterprise, Ansible and Chef
• Strong understanding of CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Jenkins)
• Proficient in scripting/programming (Bash, Go, Python, Ruby)
• Experience with monitoring/observability platforms (Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk, Dynatrace)
• Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration
• Ownership mindset and ability to thrive in a fast-paced, multi-tasking environment

• Excellent communication
• ownership mindset
• cross-functional collaboration
• Terraform Enterprise
• Ansible
• Chef

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