{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"8a5fafb3ce8c0a42271069f2","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/8a5fafb3ce8c0a42271069f2","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/8a5fafb3ce8c0a42271069f2","title":"Lead Software Engineer-R-227948","description":"Our PurposeWe 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 SummaryLead Software EngineerWho is Mastercard?Mastercard is a global technology company in the payments sector. We power payments and provide products and services for individuals and industries all around the world. Our people, technology, data, and brand provide the capabilities that drive our success. We believe in connecting people to priceless possibilities.As a company, we know that our success is driven by the skills, experience, integrity, and mindset of the talent we hire. By building an inclusive, world-class culture, our employees have once-in-a-career opportunities to be a part of teams that have a greater impact on our community and our world. We invite you to join our team to find out how you too can start something priceless.OverviewThe Builder Enablement Program are looking for experienced Kubernetes engineers to build a new on-premises Kubernetes capability (using Openshift). This will be rolled out globally within Mastercard and will be responsible for supporting tens of thousands of workloads. Skills to build a fully automated platform that is operationally and security hardened; integrated with supporting systems; and ready for production workloads will be key.Role Working within a global team, the role will be responsible for implementing IT initiatives that supports and continually improves our operational efficiency, driving automation, improving cost effectiveness, and creating operational excellence. Will include championing technology innovation and change, working with innovation stakeholders across the business, creating a culture of collaboration. Requires previous experience of implementing Kubernetes within an organization, and to be proficient with infrastructure / platform automation, with the ability to evangelize these across the organization. Is primarily focused on services, ensuring we meet their SLAs and efficiency targets, providing support for solutions based upon principles of high-availability, agility, scale and efficiency. Requires working with:Agile frameworksInfrastructure As CodeInfrastructure and Network technologies.Orchestration of build and deployment of containerized environments.Building and maintaining virtualization automation, monitoring, and reporting tools.Troubleshooting, resolving, and assisting in complex environmental issue resolution.Participation in automation initiatives driving change and efficiencies.Mentoring and sharing knowledge with other members of the team through retros, planning meetings and daily standups.All About You 2+ years experience with building and running on-premises Kubernetes (ideally OpenShift). CKA, CKAD, or CKS certifications a plus. Solid infrastructure experience. Networking, storage, and compute (ideally VMWare). Demonstrated ability to organize, manage, plan and control several concurrent initiatives with conflicting needs. Track record of successful delivery in a large enterprise environment. Familiarity or working knowledge of public cloud patterns (AWS/EKS, Azure/AKS); container tools (Kubernetes, Docker); pipeline tools (Jenkins, Ansible, Chef, Puppet, Terraform); ancillary (Nexus IQ, SonarQube, Hashicorp Vault); logging and monitoring (Loki, ELK, Prometheus, Kibana, Splunk, Dynatrace); scripting (Python, Bash).Mastercard is an inclusive equal 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. In the US or Canada, if you require accommodations or assistance to complete the online application process or during the recruitment 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, andComplete 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 bereavement leave), 10 annual paid sick days, 10 or more annual paid vacation days based on level, 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, gender-inclusive benefits and many more.R-227948","company":"Mastercard","rawCompany":"mastercard","city":"Toston","state":"MT","isRemote":false,"isActive":false,"createdAt":"2026-08-14T10:52:16.554Z","occupations":[{"code":"15-1252.00","title":"Software Developers","slug":"software-developers"},{"code":"15-1299.08","title":"Computer Systems Engineers/Architects","slug":"computer-systems-engineers-architects"},{"code":"15-1211.00","title":"Computer Systems Analysts","slug":"computer-systems-analysts"}],"industries":[{"code":"541512","title":"Computer Systems Design Services","slug":"computer-systems-design-services"},{"code":"513210","title":"Software Publishers","slug":"software-publishers"},{"code":"541511","title":"Custom Computer Programming Services","slug":"custom-computer-programming-services"}],"jobPosting":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"JobPosting","title":"Lead Software Engineer-R-227948","description":"Our PurposeWe work to connect and power an inclusive, digital economy that benefits everyone, everywhere by making transactions safe, simple, smart and accessible. 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Skills to build a fully automated platform that is operationally and security hardened; integrated with supporting systems; and ready for production workloads will be key.Role Working within a global team, the role will be responsible for implementing IT initiatives that supports and continually improves our operational efficiency, driving automation, improving cost effectiveness, and creating operational excellence. Will include championing technology innovation and change, working with innovation stakeholders across the business, creating a culture of collaboration. Requires previous experience of implementing Kubernetes within an organization, and to be proficient with infrastructure / platform automation, with the ability to evangelize these across the organization. Is primarily focused on services, ensuring we meet their SLAs and efficiency targets, providing support for solutions based upon principles of high-availability, agility, scale and efficiency. 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