Mastercard
Senior Principal Data Architect - Finance Modernization
Mastercard, Des Moines, Iowa, United States
Senior Principal Data Architect - Finance Modernization
Role overview and responsibilities for Mastercard's Finance Technology modernization initiative.
Overview Mastercard is seeking talented professionals to join our team and contribute to our mission of connecting and powering an inclusive, digital economy that benefits everyone, everywhere. Our ideal candidate thrives in a collaborative environment, embraces challenges, and is committed to achieving excellence. If you are ready to advance your career and be part of a forward-thinking company that values creativity, dedication, and professional growth, we invite you to explore this opportunity with Mastercard.
Role Overview As the Senior Principal Data Architect, you will lead the architecture design and development of end-to-end Finance infrastructure and capabilities. You will be responsible for the technology architecture of all finance systems, covering Billing, Financial Planning, Accounting, Settlement, Treasury, and Reporting and Analytics. You will collaborate with senior leaders across the organization to align finance technology architectural design with business objectives and customer needs. You will also drive the modernization of the finance infrastructure, leveraging cloud, data, and automation technologies to optimize performance, scalability, and security.
Responsibilities
Lead architecture design and development for Finance systems and applications.
Build scalable, secure, and resilient architecture aligned with business objectives; establish technical strategies and roadmaps; partner across the enterprise to drive standards and frameworks.
Drive modernization of the finance technology portfolio using cloud, data, and automation to enhance customer experience, operational efficiency, and business agility; perform architecture and cost analysis for internal, hybrid, and public cloud environments.
Collaborate with engineering, data, application, and operations teams to meet performance, security, and operational needs; work with finance stakeholders to understand requirements and provide technical thought leadership.
Identify and implement new architectural patterns and methodologies to drive innovation and cost-efficiency.
Drive architectural design for dependent services, service interactions, and policies; simplify and improve cost/benefit of architecture strategies.
Consult across teams to identify synergies and reuse opportunities; guide engineering on high-level and low-level designs.
Contribute to and design holistic platform security posture, including risk identification and mitigation plans.
Stay informed on emerging trends and incorporate Finance industry best practices to keep Mastercard advancing with industry developments.
All About You
Experience leading large global projects, including architecting, estimating, planning, implementing, operating, and talent selection across geographies.
Extensive experience with data lifecycle management (ingestion, ETL, modeling, governance) in highly regulated environments.
Deep understanding of data modeling, data warehousing, and data lake architectures, tools, and technologies.
Thought leadership with a track record of enabling business through technical decisions; ability to articulate architecture patterns to executive and stakeholder audiences.
Design for resilience with observability, throttling, redundancy, and event-driven processing.
Ability to develop and evangelize reference architecture and engineering principles from the outset.
Skills to drive trade-off discussions to set development capacity based on value drivers (regulatory, security, new business, market parity, technical debt).
Experience in automating across multiple business areas and guiding best methods and tools.
Performance engineering to ensure applications scale and perform under varying traffic.
Ability to evaluate practices, metrics, and roles to optimize SDLC methodologies and automate processes to improve lead time and quality.
Experience with architecture and cost analysis for internal, hybrid, and public cloud environments.
Qualifications
Advanced degree in Data Science, Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
15+ years of engineering experience in software, data, or related field.
Prior experience in financial systems (e.g., Oracle Financials, Oracle Fusion Cloud, Hyperion) with experience integrating into broader data ecosystems is a plus.
Mastercard is a merit-based, inclusive, equal opportunity employer. If you require accommodations or assistance during the online application process, contact reasonable_accommodation@mastercard.com and identify the type of accommodation you are requesting.
Corporate Security Responsibility All activities involving access to Mastercard assets, information, and networks come with inherent risk. 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 information accessed;
Report any suspected information security violation or breach;
Complete all periodic mandatory security trainings in accordance with Mastercard’s guidelines.
Pay ranges and location-based details are provided below for transparency. Benefits include medical, dental, vision, disability and life insurance, 401k with company match, paid time off, and other available programs.
Pay Ranges by Location
O'Fallon, Missouri: $200,000 - $320,000 USD
Atlanta, Georgia: $200,000 - $320,000 USD
Miami, Florida: $200,000 - $320,000 USD
New York City, New York: $240,000 - $384,000 USD
Purchase, New York: $230,000 - $368,000 USD
Seniority level
Mid-Senior level
Employment type
Full-time
Job function
Engineering and Information Technology
Industries
Financial Services
IT Services and IT Consulting
Technology, Information and Internet
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Overview Mastercard is seeking talented professionals to join our team and contribute to our mission of connecting and powering an inclusive, digital economy that benefits everyone, everywhere. Our ideal candidate thrives in a collaborative environment, embraces challenges, and is committed to achieving excellence. If you are ready to advance your career and be part of a forward-thinking company that values creativity, dedication, and professional growth, we invite you to explore this opportunity with Mastercard.
Role Overview As the Senior Principal Data Architect, you will lead the architecture design and development of end-to-end Finance infrastructure and capabilities. You will be responsible for the technology architecture of all finance systems, covering Billing, Financial Planning, Accounting, Settlement, Treasury, and Reporting and Analytics. You will collaborate with senior leaders across the organization to align finance technology architectural design with business objectives and customer needs. You will also drive the modernization of the finance infrastructure, leveraging cloud, data, and automation technologies to optimize performance, scalability, and security.
Responsibilities
Lead architecture design and development for Finance systems and applications.
Build scalable, secure, and resilient architecture aligned with business objectives; establish technical strategies and roadmaps; partner across the enterprise to drive standards and frameworks.
Drive modernization of the finance technology portfolio using cloud, data, and automation to enhance customer experience, operational efficiency, and business agility; perform architecture and cost analysis for internal, hybrid, and public cloud environments.
Collaborate with engineering, data, application, and operations teams to meet performance, security, and operational needs; work with finance stakeholders to understand requirements and provide technical thought leadership.
Identify and implement new architectural patterns and methodologies to drive innovation and cost-efficiency.
Drive architectural design for dependent services, service interactions, and policies; simplify and improve cost/benefit of architecture strategies.
Consult across teams to identify synergies and reuse opportunities; guide engineering on high-level and low-level designs.
Contribute to and design holistic platform security posture, including risk identification and mitigation plans.
Stay informed on emerging trends and incorporate Finance industry best practices to keep Mastercard advancing with industry developments.
All About You
Experience leading large global projects, including architecting, estimating, planning, implementing, operating, and talent selection across geographies.
Extensive experience with data lifecycle management (ingestion, ETL, modeling, governance) in highly regulated environments.
Deep understanding of data modeling, data warehousing, and data lake architectures, tools, and technologies.
Thought leadership with a track record of enabling business through technical decisions; ability to articulate architecture patterns to executive and stakeholder audiences.
Design for resilience with observability, throttling, redundancy, and event-driven processing.
Ability to develop and evangelize reference architecture and engineering principles from the outset.
Skills to drive trade-off discussions to set development capacity based on value drivers (regulatory, security, new business, market parity, technical debt).
Experience in automating across multiple business areas and guiding best methods and tools.
Performance engineering to ensure applications scale and perform under varying traffic.
Ability to evaluate practices, metrics, and roles to optimize SDLC methodologies and automate processes to improve lead time and quality.
Experience with architecture and cost analysis for internal, hybrid, and public cloud environments.
Qualifications
Advanced degree in Data Science, Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
15+ years of engineering experience in software, data, or related field.
Prior experience in financial systems (e.g., Oracle Financials, Oracle Fusion Cloud, Hyperion) with experience integrating into broader data ecosystems is a plus.
Mastercard is a merit-based, inclusive, equal opportunity employer. If you require accommodations or assistance during the online application process, contact reasonable_accommodation@mastercard.com and identify the type of accommodation you are requesting.
Corporate Security Responsibility All activities involving access to Mastercard assets, information, and networks come with inherent risk. 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 information accessed;
Report any suspected information security violation or breach;
Complete all periodic mandatory security trainings in accordance with Mastercard’s guidelines.
Pay ranges and location-based details are provided below for transparency. Benefits include medical, dental, vision, disability and life insurance, 401k with company match, paid time off, and other available programs.
Pay Ranges by Location
O'Fallon, Missouri: $200,000 - $320,000 USD
Atlanta, Georgia: $200,000 - $320,000 USD
Miami, Florida: $200,000 - $320,000 USD
New York City, New York: $240,000 - $384,000 USD
Purchase, New York: $230,000 - $368,000 USD
Seniority level
Mid-Senior level
Employment type
Full-time
Job function
Engineering and Information Technology
Industries
Financial Services
IT Services and IT Consulting
Technology, Information and Internet
Referrals increase your chances of interviewing at Mastercard. Get notified about new Senior Data Architect jobs in Missouri, United States.
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