Senior Unix Engineer

Mastercard is hiring a Senior Unix Engineer in Pune.

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 Unix Engineer

Responsibilities

Design, develop, and maintain Ansible playbooks, roles, and automation frameworks to manage Unix platforms at scale Build and manage Infrastructure as Code (IaC) pipelines for provisioning, configuration, and lifecycle management Standardise and automate Unix builds, patching, upgrades, and compliance enforcement Integrate automation with tools such as Git, CI/CD pipelines, and Service Management platforms Lead platform modernisation initiatives, moving from manual/legacy processes to automated solutions Collaborate with development, platform, and security teams to deliver automated, reusable service offerings Develop and maintain technical documentation, automation standards, and reusable patterns Analyse and resolve complex platform issues, leveraging automation to prevent recurrence Support capacity planning, performance optimisation, and cost efficiency through automation insights Partner with 3rd parties and internal teams to align with industry best practices in DevOps and platform engineering Contribute to continuous improvement of Agile delivery practices (Scrum/Kanban) Experience Strong experience delivering automation-led platform engineering initiatives, leading workstreams or domains Proven track record implementing Ansible at scale across Unix/Linux estates Experience building end-to-end automated pipelines (build, config, patch, deploy) Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code and GitOps methodologies

Preferred qualifications

Red Hat Specialist in Security RH403 – Red Hat Satellite Administration VMware Certified Professional (VCP)

Desirable / Good to Have

HashiCorp Terraform Associate AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate

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.

About Mastercard

As a Unix Platform System Engineer (Ansible-focused), you will be responsible for the build, automation, and continuous improvement of Vocalink Core Unix platforms (RedHat, OEL, Solaris). The role is centred on infrastructure automation, configuration management, and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using tools such as Ansible, and Git, reducing manual effort and improving consistency, scalability, and resilience. You will lead the transition from traditional system administration to automated, self