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

Senior Data Center Engineer

Overview
At Mastercard, we are dedicated to delivering unparalleled customer experiences by pushing the boundaries of innovation. Our European Data Center team is looking for a Senior Data Center Engineer to help grow our operational capacity in the region.
About The Role
•\tDeploy and maintain IT infrastructure within colocation data center facilities.
•\tManage relationships and daily operations with colocation providers and vendors.
•\tCoordinate and oversee third-party integrators during installations and maintenance.
•\tHandle contract reviews, renewals, and compliance with colocation service agreements.
•\tProvide hands-on support during operational outages, including occasional on-call duties
•\tMaintain accurate documentation of hardware assets, cabling, and network layouts.
•\tCollaborate with internal teams to support infrastructure scaling and capacity planning.
•\tCoordinate with colocation vendor to collect required documents for internal/external audit and site assessment
•\tDemonstrate drive and curiosity by continuously learning and teaching yourself new skills.
•\tCollaborate effectively with cross-functional teams, demonstrating your technical prowess and contributing to the overall success of the projects.
To excel in this role, you should have:
•\tBachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
•\tUnderstanding of networking protocols, hardware, and data center infrastructure.
•\tExperience with cabling, racking, and equipment installation in a colocation environment.
•\tProficiency in data center technologies (power, cooling, etc.)
•\tUnderstanding of physical and network security standards in data centers.
•\tHands-on experience with server, storage, and virtualization platforms (e.g., VMware, Hyper-V).
•\tAbility to perform cabling diagnostics and troubleshooting independently.
•\tStrong documentation, communication, and coordination skills for client and team interaction.

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.