Systems Platform Engineer - Graduate Program (Feb 2025)

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 realise 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. 

The Mastercard Launch program is aimed at early career talent, to help you develop skills and gain cross-functional work experience. Over a period of 18 months, Launch participants will be assigned to a business unit, learn and develop skills, and gain valuable on-the-job experience. 

Overview

The Distributed Virtualization team, Distributed Platform program is looking for a Systems Platform Engineer to assist in driving our customer experience strategy forward by consistently innovating and problem-solving. This role will involve building, implementing, and maintaining support for Mastercard's systems/platforms for performance, efficiency, and capacity by analyzing and testing the facilities, and identifying/diagnosing performance issues (e.g., middleware, compute & storage). The ideal candidate is passionate about the customer experience journey, highly motivated, intellectually curious, analytical, and possesses an entrepreneurial mindset. 

Role

In this client-facing position, you will:

• Assist in the analysis, design, development and delivery of our hypervisor solutions (VMWare)
• Assist in performing feasibility studies, cost and time analysis and create detailed estimates for external customers
• Assist in managing Mastercard’s HCI global fleet efficiently in terms of capacity management and technical refresh
• Be part of a team that plans, designs and develops technical virtual infrastructure solutions and alternatives to meet business requirements in adherence with MasterCard standards, processes and best practices and with a high level of innovation, cost-effectiveness, high quality and faster time to market.

All About You

The ideal candidate for this position should:

• Graduating seniors – Class of 2024 with a Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Information Technology, Computer Science or Engineering.
• Have an understanding of HCI Engineering Concepts and Methodologies with specific skillsets in VMWare.
• Have an understanding or experience in automation techniques or processes, specifically with some of the products used (PowerCLI, Python, Terraform, GIT, Bitbucket, Artifactory).
• Have an understanding or knowledge of x86 rack-mounted servers and or blade technologies.
• Must be high-energy, detail-oriented, proactive and able to function under pressure in an independent environment and have the ability to learn and take on challenging opportunities and work as a member of matrix based diverse and geographically distributed project team.
• Be a strong, confident, and exacting writer and speaker, able to communicate your vision and roadmap effectively to a wide variety of stakeholders.
• Be skilled at explaining and presenting technical problems succinctly and clearly to senior management.

Please note: that unfortunately, Mastercard does not sponsor immigration visas for graduate roles at this time. Please ensure that you have full, unrestricted working rights to qualify for this position (AU/NZ Permanent Residents & Citizens only).

Working at Mastercard

Our culture offers a world of Priceless possibilities. It’s a culture of purpose, belonging and knowing that the work you do matters. We cultivate an environment for all employees that respects their individual strengths, views and experiences. Mastercard was recently named number 20 in the top 100 graduate programs by GradAustralia, and number 5 in Technology companies. 

At Mastercard, you get flexibility and choice to meet your needs and commitment to your personal and professional growth. It’s about bringing your authentic self to work.

Our benefits include:

• Hybrid work (i.e. 2office3home). Work where suits you and your team best.
• 'Work from elsewhere' or in one of our 210 offices worldwide for 4 weeks a year.
• Paid volunteering leave to make a difference in your community.
• Access to well-being initiatives and counselling services to boost your mind, body, and spirit.
• We got you covered for health insurance, travel Insurance and accidental insurance.
• Resource and funding assistance for personal and professional growth.
• A generous and inclusive parental leave policy.

You can also join one of our business resource groups (BRGs) to connect with your colleagues and make a lasting impact in an area that you are passionate about!