Lead, Network Architect

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

Lead, Network Architect

Overview

Purpose of the Team:

The Network Architecture team responsibilities include:
• Global network design and network/component standards, network roadmaps, audit compliance; investigation, testing, and deployment of new technologies to fit business needs.
• Perform a network expert consultative role to both internal and external customers at the "C suite" levels of the organizations.
Purpose of the position includes:
• Network design (high level and low level), architecture, and implementation oversight including associated documentation.
• Network design of Software Defined Wide Area Networks (SD-WAN) using the latest technologies.
• Network design for On-Prem and Off-Prem cloud products and partners. This must include extensive experience with environments in either AWS, Azure or GCP.
• Global deployment of network security infrastructure solutions including firewalls/IDS/IPS both physical appliances and VNF's.

Best Fit for the role:
• Candidates should have a minimum of 10+ years industry experience in network design.
• You have created business justification cases including financials, analyzed, tested, authored high level/low level designs and brought new technology solutions to implementation.
• You have performed detailed problem analysis and troubleshooting. Lead efforts to solve the problem collaboratively.
• Deployed production ready applications or virtual infrastructure in the cloud.
• Designed and worked with a cross-functional teams to deploy solutions on a global scale.
• You have created or provided input to governances, process and procedure relating to network infrastructure.

Role
• Design solutions for merged or acquired companies to work with the Mastercard network.
• Design, engineering, and implementation of complex network solutions in a variety of disciplines, emphasis on edge security postures, access control and automation.
• Provide strategic technical direction on highly complex network projects or activities involving the selection and recommendation of design approach and systems technology.
• Research and develop innovative solutions. Support vendor management including evaluation and selection of new products.
• Research and develop automation tools to support the Continuous Integration / Continuous Development (CI/CD) movement.
• Provide fourth level support to the Operations Command Center; owning, investigation, troubleshooting and resolving network communications and operations problems impacting customer, backbone access, or performance on a global basis.

All About You
Network engineering, design, and architecture expertise in the following areas:

• Software Defined WAN, Security, QoS, Encryption technologies their design methodologies and implementation best practices.
• Mastery of TCP/IP protocol communications, addressing & subnetting for IPv6 addressing.
• Firewall experience: Checkpoint as well as Palo Alto.
• SD-WAN deployment experience with Fortinet.
• Extensive knowledge of Cisco's product portfolio; routers, switches, wireless, ACS and ISE
• Extensive knowledge of Network diagnostics, protocols, and disciplines, OMP, OSPF, EIGRP, BGP, SNMP MIBs/OID's, VPN, MPLS, Cellular technologies.
• Knowledge of security and encryption technologies including; IPSEC & GRE tunnels on routers and firewalls, PKI Certificates, and SSL/MSSL.

• 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.