Analyst(Data/ Business/ Application)

Lead Systems Analyst

We 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 (https://www.mastercard.us/en-us/vision/who-we-are/diversity-inclusion.html) 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.

Job Title

Lead Systems Analyst

You will work as part of a development team within our Cyber and Intelligence program. If you want to be part of team building software to prevent fraud and working on cutting edge technology, then this is the job for you.

Major Responsibilities:

•Technical analysis of product or application hardware and software to ensure that business and functional requirements can be met. The SA is a liaison and key communication bridge between the development and business teams.

•Clear communication of technical requirements to the development team and development concerns to business stakeholders. The SA speaks the language of software development and product management.

•Prioritize and identify cross application/system enhancements.

•Identify key dependencies and knock-on impacts of new development work.

•Lead the development of conceptual/architectural designs and user interface mockups.

•Collaborate with development staff on software designs.

•Identification and integration of Mastercard technology standards as and when required.

•Act as a technical consultant for Business Owners during implementation of new products/services.

•Provide subject matter expertise and participate in L4 support escalations.

•Lead review sessions of technical requirements.

•Document and coordinate audit controls and PCI requirements.

Education:

•Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or Management Information Systems or equivalent combination of relevant experience and education.

Corporate Security Responsibility

Every person working for, or on behalf of, Mastercard is responsible for information security. All activities involving access to Mastercard assets, information, and networks comes with an inherent risk to the organization and therefore, it is expected that the successful candidate for this position 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.

Knowledge / Experience:

•Experience in related field

•Strong technical knowledge and capability.

•Experience with CI/CD, Cloud infrastructure (PCF, AWS, Azure), enterprise architectural patterns or microservices architecture is highly advantageous.

•Knowledge of data structures and experience in data extraction and analysis is highly advantageous.

Skills/ Abilities:

•High-energy, detail-oriented and proactive with the ability to function independently with competing demands.

•High degree of initiative and self-motivation with a willingness and ability to learn and take on challenging opportunities.

•Very strong communication skills, both verbal and written, with strong relationship, collaborative and organization skills.

•Ability to train/guide more junior resources.

Due to COVID-19, most of our employees are working from home. We’ve implemented a virtual hiring process and continue to interview candidates by phone or video and are onboarding new hires remotely. We value the safety of each member of our community because we know we’re all in this together.

Mastercard is an inclusive Equal Employment 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.​