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Title and Summary

Lead, Big Data Analytics & Engineering

The AI & Decision Product Enablement Platform Services team is responsible for product management and innovative product development of products and services to address the evolving risk and security needs of all of Mastercard’s various customer segments. Cyber Product Integration team in C&I focuses on defining the strategic direction for underlying platforms to enable the successful implementation of real-time, data-driven innovative products and services focused on network, security, fraud, digital identity and authentication. The team is responsible to look across all the products/services across security solutions and drive efficiency, re-usability and increase speed to market for our products and services.

The candidate for this position will focus on Data Unification across different data assets, enabling a single unified view of data from multiple sources and support the development of new innovative data driven cyber products, services and actionable insights.

The Role:
We are seeking a Lead, Big Data Analytics & Engineering who will:

•\tPerform data ingestion, aggregation, processing to drive and enable relevant insights from available data sets.
•\tPartner with various teams (i.e., Product Manager, Data Science, Platform Strategy, Technology) on data needs/requirements in order to deliver data solutions that generate business value.
•\tManipulate and analyze complex, high-volume, high-dimensionality data from varying sources using a variety of tools and data analysis techniques.
•\tIdentify innovative ideas and deliver proof of concepts, prototypes to deliver against the existing and future needs and propose new products, services and enhancements.
•\tIntegrate new data assets which increase the value proposition for our customers and enhance our existing solutions and services.
•\tAnalyse large volumes of transaction and product data to generate insights and actionable recommendations to drive business growth
•\tCollect and synthesize feedback from clients, development, product and sales teams for new solutions or product enhancements.
•\tApply knowledge of metrics, measurements, and benchmarking to complex and demanding solutions.

All About You:
•\tStrong proficiency in Python – Pandas, Numpy, PySpark and Impala.
•\tExperience in doing data analysis and extraction on Hadoop.
•\tExperience with Enterprise Business Intelligence Platform/Data platform.
•\tStrong SQL and higher-level programming languages with solid knowledge of data mining, machine learning algorithms and tools
•\tExperience with data integration tools – ETL/ELT tools (i.e. Apache NiFi, Azure Data Factory, Pentaho, Talend)
•\tExperience with Graph Database is a plus.
•\tExperience in hands-on data modeling, programming, querying, data mining and report development using large volumes of granular data to deliver business intelligence and custom reporting solutions.
•\tExposure to collecting and/or working with data including standardizing, summarizing, offering initial observations and highlighting inconsistencies.
•\tStrong understanding of the application of analytical methods and data visualization to support business decisions.
•\tAbility to understand complex operational systems and analytics/business intelligence tools for the delivery of information products and analytical offerings to a large, global user base.
•\tAble to work in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment as part of a team and as an individual contributor
•\tAbility to easily move between business, analytical, and technical teams and articulate solution requirements for each group


Location Requirement: This is a hybrid position based in Mastercard's O'Fallon, Missouri location.

This role is not eligible for Mastercard’s work authorization sponsorship. As such, candidates must be eligible to work in the United States, now as well as in the future, without employer sponsorship.

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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.

In line with Mastercard’s total compensation philosophy and assuming that the job will be performed in the US, the successful candidate will be offered a competitive base salary based on location, experience and other qualifications for the role and may be eligible for an annual bonus or commissions depending on the role. Mastercard benefits for full time (and certain part time) employees generally include: insurance (including medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, disability, life insurance), flexible spending account and health savings account, paid leaves (including 16 weeks new parent leave, up to 20 paid days bereavement leave), 10 annual paid sick days, 10 or more annual paid vacation days based on level, 5 personal days, 10 annual paid U.S. observed holidays, 401k with a best-in-class company match, deferred compensation for eligible roles, fitness reimbursement or on-site fitness facilities, eligibility for tuition reimbursement, gender-inclusive benefits and many more.

Pay Ranges

O'Fallon, Missouri: $138,000 - $221,000 USD