Oracle Exadata Manager

Our Purpose

Mastercard powers economies and empowers people in 200+ countries and territories worldwide. Together with our customers, we’re helping build a sustainable economy where everyone can prosper. We support a wide range of digital payments choices, making transactions secure, simple, smart and accessible. Our technology and innovation, partnerships and networks combine to deliver a unique set of products and services that help people, businesses and governments realize their greatest potential.

Title and Summary

Oracle Exadata Manager

Who is Mastercard?
Mastercard is a global technology company in the payments industry. Our mission is 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. With connections across more than 210 countries and territories, we are building a sustainable world that unlocks priceless possibilities for all.


Position Overview:

The Manager of Platform Engineering – Database leads a team of database engineers responsible for the design, implementation, scalability, and reliability of enterprise database systems. This role ensures optimal performance, data security, and operational excellence across database platforms, while driving automation, standardisation, and innovation. The manager collaborates cross-functionally with product, infrastructure, and application teams to align database strategy with organisational goals and enable high availability, disaster recovery, and performance tuning best practices.



Key Responsibilities:
* Lead and mentor a team of database engineers, overseeing their work and professional growth.
* Architect, develop, and optimise large-scale database systems and data infrastructure.
* Drive database automation, monitoring, and deployment processes to ensure system reliability and efficiency.
* Collaborate with software engineering, data science, and IT teams to integrate database solutions seamlessly into applications and analytics workflows.
* Define and enforce best practices for database design, development, security, and maintenance.
* Manage database performance tuning, capacity planning, and scaling strategies.
* Oversee data backup, recovery, and disaster recovery planning.
* Stay current on emerging database technologies and recommend innovative solutions to improve system architecture.
* Manage project timelines, resource allocation, and cross-team communication to deliver database engineering initiatives on schedule.
* Ensure compliance with data governance and security policies.

Qualifications:
* Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
* Extensive experience in database engineering, architecture, or administration with a strong leadership track record.
* Deep knowledge of relational (e.g., Oracle, PostgreSQL) and NoSQL databases (e.g., MongoDB, Redis).
* Proficient in database scripting, automation tools, and cloud database platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP).
* Experience managing and mentoring technical teams.
* Strong problem-solving, project management, and communication skills.
* Familiarity with DevOps practices and CI/CD pipelines is a plus.

All About You / Experience:
* You bring a minimum of 7+ years of hands-on experience in database engineering, architecture, or administration, with at least 3 years in a leadership or management role.
* You have deep expertise with both relational and NoSQL database technologies, including performance tuning and scalability best practices.
* You are skilled in database automation, scripting, and cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
* You excel at managing and motivating technical teams, fostering collaboration and continuous learning.
* You thrive in a fast-paced environment, balancing multiple priorities while delivering high-quality results.
* You have excellent communication skills, capable of translating complex technical concepts to diverse stakeholders.
* Experience with DevOps, CI/CD, and infrastructure as code is highly desirable.
* You are proactive, detail-oriented, and passionate about staying ahead in the evolving database landscape.

Mastercard is a merit-based, 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. We hire the most qualified candidate for the role. In the US or Canada, if you require accommodations or assistance to complete the online application process or during the recruitment process, please contact [email protected] 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 and may be eligible for an annual bonus or commissions depending on the role. The base salary offered may vary depending on multiple factors, including but not limited to location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. 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 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, pro-rated based on date of hire; 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; and many more.

Pay Ranges

O'Fallon, Missouri: $112,000 - $187,000 USD