7 Software Architect jobs in Ireland
Principal Software Architect - Platform

Posted 14 days ago
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**Position Overview**
Autodesk is on a journey to transform its business through the realisation of our **platform strategy** and is seeking a **Principal Software Architec** t to help us in that journey. Our ability to deliver a trustworthy solution becomes paramount as our customers move their data and workflows into the Autodesk Platform. Delivering solutions that our customers consider dependable and performant while simultaneously addressing security, privacy, and cost concerns.
As Software Architect, you will report to the Senior Distinguished Architect. You will identify, assess, prioritise, and, most importantly, drive the projects through which we will achieve this outcome. You will play a key part in realising Autodesk's platform vision and transforming multiple industries. As we transition from a product company to a platform company, this is a high-impact role that will shape the direction of our systems and practices.
**This role can be a hybrid or remote working model aligned to our Dublin, Ireland offices.**
**Key Responsibilities**
- Work with peers throughout Autodesk to understand our architectural landscape and challenges, articulate opportunities, and motivate change with an emphasis on building trust
- Drive technical standards and approaches
- Work with leadership to articulate our current architecture and inform future investments via quantitative and qualitative arguments
- Assess current development and operational practices from an architectural perspective, emphasising privacy, security and especially resilience.
- Propose, prioritise and encourage adoption of Autodesk architecture and practice standards
- Coordinate with multiple industry division product development teams, other members of our centralised platform team, and other teams, as required, through effective communication and networking
- In collaboration with peers in PSET's architectural organisation, provide input on solving current and ongoing architecture challenges, designing and articulating architectural direction for **the platform and interrelated divisions**
- Lead the resolution of complex problems within one's discipline, often with the need to integrate cross-functional processes and outcomes.
- Contribute to cross-organisation working groups targeted to solving some of Autodesk's most pressing architectural challenges
- Maintain expert-level knowledge of architectural patterns, technologies and trends
- Bring innovative, state-of-the-industry architectural thinking to our practice of software architecture
- **Support configuration management** and help create a build-once, deploy-anywhere strategy for efficient deployment pipelines.
- Track industry best practices and advocate where relevant
- Influence leaders within your function to adopt solutions, establish priorities, and allocate resources
- Anticipate business challenges that could significantly impact Autodesk's operational and financial success and proactively develop solutions to address them.
- Advise on the development and adoption of Autodesk and AWS technologies, including databases, compute frameworks, **CI/CD, and regionalisation strategies**
- Write and speak internally about your work through internal conferences, mentoring, seminars, etc. Travel to at least four international trips per year will be required for internal meetings
**Minimum Qualifications**
- 15+ years of experience in software engineering and Software Architecture.
- **5+ years in a senior architecture role in a SaaS** business pursuing a **platform strategy**
- Excellent experience in Java, Python, Golang and other programming languages.
- Develop and maintain **cloud architecture on AWS (Azure or other clouds acceptable),** working with managed services such as RDS, Aurora, ECS, and Lambda
- Drive continuous integration/continuous deployment **(CI/CD) improvements** , with experience in Jenkins, Harness and creating **"golden paths" for developers**
- Self-directed with an ability to complete work strategically and efficiently
**Preferred Qualifications**
- Proven track record of innovation demonstrated through patents, publications, or conference presentations
- Experience leading a company's transition from a product-centric model to a platform-centric approach, focusing on scalability and agility
- Strong background in architecting and building large-scale, highly available, resilient cloud-based solutions
- Ability to lead teams or initiatives with significant organisational impact and visibility
- Expertise in developing novel, cutting-edge solutions that push the boundaries of existing technology
- Comfortable collaborating with cross-functional teams, influencing diverse stakeholders, and driving results in a dynamic environment. Background in creating scalable solutions that can be integrated into multiple business functions
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**About Autodesk**
Welcome to Autodesk! Amazing things are created every day with our software - from the greenest buildings and cleanest cars to the smartest factories and biggest hit movies. We help innovators turn their ideas into reality, transforming not only how things are made, but what can be made.
We take great pride in our culture here at Autodesk - it's at the core of everything we do. Our culture guides the way we work and treat each other, informs how we connect with customers and partners, and defines how we show up in the world.
When you're an Autodesker, you can do meaningful work that helps build a better world designed and made for all. Ready to shape the world and your future? Join us!
**Salary transparency**
Salary is one part of Autodesk's competitive compensation package. Offers are based on the candidate's experience and geographic location. In addition to base salaries, our compensation package may include annual cash bonuses, commissions for sales roles, stock grants, and a comprehensive benefits package.
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Head of Enterprise Architecture
Posted 10 days ago
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Software Engineer/Architect
Posted 3 days ago
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Apply ( Location:London, United Kingdom
+ Alternate LocationDublin, Galway, Lisbon, Porto, Krakow
+ Area of InterestEngineer - Software
+ Job TypeProfessional
+ Technology Interest*None
+ Job Id1446969
**Meet the Team:**
Global Demo Engineering is the world-class leader in delivering innovative, demonstration-centric experiences of Cisco solutions to customers, providing a full-suite, integrated sales-enablement portfolio. By demonstrating to customers how Cisco products can make them more productive, sales teams and partners can enlarge sales opportunities and shorten the sales cycle. From scripted, repeatable demos to fully customizable labs with complete administrative access, the Cisco dCloud platform provides content and access to field and channel partners on any network (internal & external), any device, and in any location. The dCloud Platform is a force that not only improves people's experiences but also drives business.
**Your Impact:**
The Engineering Architect will oversee the entire software development lifecycle, including planning, design, development, testing, deployment, and maintenance of software solutions that support demo automation and related platforms. In this role, you will collaborate closely with the product owner and content developers as key stakeholders to understand their needs and ensure the software solutions effectively address them. You will take full ownership of the development process, ensuring compliance with dCloud's best practices and standards. Additionally, you will manage the development support process, which includes reporting, handling escalations, and facilitating communication. As the first point of contact for escalations, you will promptly notify and coordinate with the appropriate engineers to resolve issues efficiently.
Primary Function
Software Engineer Architect
The candidate must be skilled and demonstrate proficiency in software development focused on architecture design. Deliverables will include development, delivery, and education for the team and organization within this area. Delivery and demonstration opportunities will be both internal and some customer-facing to help drive Cisco sales.
Project Management 10%
Identify and prioritize all project-related tasks. Ability to organize, strategize, and communicate project goals, objectives, and tasks at all levels of the organization. The Engineering Architect will be responsible for effectively reporting status on all projects.
Engineering 50%
Design, develop, document, and maintain a large variety of content, mainly but not limited to demo automation. This will require meeting with content developers, extracting requirements, and helping to create designs conducive to content objectives. Engineers will be responsible for creating and maintaining a library that can be utilized by internal and other developers. Engineers will draft, test, and troubleshoot their work and automation solutions. Provide schematics as required of design concepts aiding in the build and troubleshooting of customer demonstrations.
Platform Design 20%
Properly document and plan all projects prior to entering the build phase. The candidate must be well-versed in the use of standard design templates and tools (Git, Visio, PowerPoint, MS Project). The candidate will be required to justify all designs in front of a working peer group.
**Minimum Qualifications:**
+ Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or a related discipline
+ 7+ years' experience in a software engineering role or environment
+ Proficiency in Go and Python; Java, Kotlin and/or JavaScript are a strong plus
+ Experience working with Kubernetes, Containers, and Helm
+ Experience developing and deploying scalable solutions in both on-premise and public cloud environments
**Preferred Qualifications:**
+ Experience building Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform or equivalent tools
+ Hands-on experience with version control (Git) and CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, ArgoCD) to automate builds, tests, and deployments across enterprise environments
+ Hands-on experience with AWS; GCP and/or Azure is a strong plus
+ Excellent communication and presentation skills with the ability to present to both business and technical audiences with brevity and clarity
+ Experience with vSphere or other virtual computing solutions (Nutanix, etc.) as well as virtual storage.
**Message to applicants applying to work in the U.S. and/or Canada:**
When available, the salary range posted for this position reflects the projected hiring range for new hire, full-time salaries in U.S. and/or Canada locations, not including equity or benefits. For non-sales roles the hiring ranges reflect base salary only; employees are also eligible to receive annual bonuses. Hiring ranges for sales positions include base and incentive compensation target. Individual pay is determined by the candidate's hiring location and additional factors, including but not limited to skillset, experience, and relevant education, certifications, or training. Applicants may not be eligible for the full salary range based on their U.S. or Canada hiring location. The recruiter can share more details about compensation for the role in your location during the hiring process.
U.S. employees haveaccess ( to quality medical, dental and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution, short and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance and numerous wellbeing offerings.
Employees receive up to twelve paid holidays per calendar year, which includes one floating holiday (for non-exempt employees), plus a day off for their birthday. Non-Exempt new hires accrue up to 16 days of vacation time off each year, at a rate of 4.92 hours per pay period. Exempt new hires participate in Cisco's flexible Vacation Time Off policy, which does not place a defined limit on how much vacation time eligible employees may use, but is subject to availability and some business limitations. All new hires are eligible for Sick Time Off subject to Cisco's Sick Time Off Policy and will have eighty (80) hours of sick time off provided on their hire date and on January 1st of each year thereafter. Up to 80 hours of unused sick time will be carried forward from one calendar year to the next such that the maximum number of sick time hours an employee may have available is 160 hours. Employees in Illinois have a unique time off program designed specifically with local requirements in mind. All employees also have access to paid time away to deal with critical or emergency issues. We offer additional paid time to volunteer and give back to the community.
Employees on sales plans earn performance-based incentive pay on top of their base salary, which is split between quota and non-quota components. For quota-based incentive pay, Cisco typically pays as follows:
.75% of incentive target for each 1% of revenue attainment up to 50% of quota;
1.5% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 50% and 75%;
1% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 75% and 100%; and once performance exceeds 100% attainment, incentive rates are at or above 1% for each 1% of attainment with no cap on incentive compensation.
For non-quota-based sales performance elements such as strategic sales objectives, Cisco may pay up to 125% of target. Cisco sales plans do not have a minimum threshold of performance for sales incentive compensation to be paid.
Cisco is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, genetic information, age, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected basis.
Cisco will consider for employment, on a case by case basis, qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
Software Engineer/Architect
Posted 3 days ago
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Apply ( Location:London, United Kingdom
+ Alternate LocationDublin, Galway, Lisbon, Porto, Krakow
+ Area of InterestEngineer - Software
+ Job TypeProfessional
+ Technology Interest*None
+ Job Id1446969
**Meet the Team:**
Global Demo Engineering is the world-class leader in delivering innovative, demonstration-centric experiences of Cisco solutions to customers, providing a full-suite, integrated sales-enablement portfolio. By demonstrating to customers how Cisco products can make them more productive, sales teams and partners can enlarge sales opportunities and shorten the sales cycle. From scripted, repeatable demos to fully customizable labs with complete administrative access, the Cisco dCloud platform provides content and access to field and channel partners on any network (internal & external), any device, and in any location. The dCloud Platform is a force that not only improves people's experiences but also drives business.
**Your Impact:**
The Engineering Architect will oversee the entire software development lifecycle, including planning, design, development, testing, deployment, and maintenance of software solutions that support demo automation and related platforms. In this role, you will collaborate closely with the product owner and content developers as key stakeholders to understand their needs and ensure the software solutions effectively address them. You will take full ownership of the development process, ensuring compliance with dCloud's best practices and standards. Additionally, you will manage the development support process, which includes reporting, handling escalations, and facilitating communication. As the first point of contact for escalations, you will promptly notify and coordinate with the appropriate engineers to resolve issues efficiently.
Primary Function
Software Engineer Architect
The candidate must be skilled and demonstrate proficiency in software development focused on architecture design. Deliverables will include development, delivery, and education for the team and organization within this area. Delivery and demonstration opportunities will be both internal and some customer-facing to help drive Cisco sales.
Project Management 10%
Identify and prioritize all project-related tasks. Ability to organize, strategize, and communicate project goals, objectives, and tasks at all levels of the organization. The Engineering Architect will be responsible for effectively reporting status on all projects.
Engineering 50%
Design, develop, document, and maintain a large variety of content, mainly but not limited to demo automation. This will require meeting with content developers, extracting requirements, and helping to create designs conducive to content objectives. Engineers will be responsible for creating and maintaining a library that can be utilized by internal and other developers. Engineers will draft, test, and troubleshoot their work and automation solutions. Provide schematics as required of design concepts aiding in the build and troubleshooting of customer demonstrations.
Platform Design 20%
Properly document and plan all projects prior to entering the build phase. The candidate must be well-versed in the use of standard design templates and tools (Git, Visio, PowerPoint, MS Project). The candidate will be required to justify all designs in front of a working peer group.
**Minimum Qualifications:**
+ Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or a related discipline
+ 7+ years' experience in a software engineering role or environment
+ Proficiency in Go and Python; Java, Kotlin and/or JavaScript are a strong plus
+ Experience working with Kubernetes, Containers, and Helm
+ Experience developing and deploying scalable solutions in both on-premise and public cloud environments
**Preferred Qualifications:**
+ Experience building Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform or equivalent tools
+ Hands-on experience with version control (Git) and CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, ArgoCD) to automate builds, tests, and deployments across enterprise environments
+ Hands-on experience with AWS; GCP and/or Azure is a strong plus
+ Excellent communication and presentation skills with the ability to present to both business and technical audiences with brevity and clarity
+ Experience with vSphere or other virtual computing solutions (Nutanix, etc.) as well as virtual storage.
**Message to applicants applying to work in the U.S. and/or Canada:**
When available, the salary range posted for this position reflects the projected hiring range for new hire, full-time salaries in U.S. and/or Canada locations, not including equity or benefits. For non-sales roles the hiring ranges reflect base salary only; employees are also eligible to receive annual bonuses. Hiring ranges for sales positions include base and incentive compensation target. Individual pay is determined by the candidate's hiring location and additional factors, including but not limited to skillset, experience, and relevant education, certifications, or training. Applicants may not be eligible for the full salary range based on their U.S. or Canada hiring location. The recruiter can share more details about compensation for the role in your location during the hiring process.
U.S. employees haveaccess ( to quality medical, dental and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution, short and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance and numerous wellbeing offerings.
Employees receive up to twelve paid holidays per calendar year, which includes one floating holiday (for non-exempt employees), plus a day off for their birthday. Non-Exempt new hires accrue up to 16 days of vacation time off each year, at a rate of 4.92 hours per pay period. Exempt new hires participate in Cisco's flexible Vacation Time Off policy, which does not place a defined limit on how much vacation time eligible employees may use, but is subject to availability and some business limitations. All new hires are eligible for Sick Time Off subject to Cisco's Sick Time Off Policy and will have eighty (80) hours of sick time off provided on their hire date and on January 1st of each year thereafter. Up to 80 hours of unused sick time will be carried forward from one calendar year to the next such that the maximum number of sick time hours an employee may have available is 160 hours. Employees in Illinois have a unique time off program designed specifically with local requirements in mind. All employees also have access to paid time away to deal with critical or emergency issues. We offer additional paid time to volunteer and give back to the community.
Employees on sales plans earn performance-based incentive pay on top of their base salary, which is split between quota and non-quota components. For quota-based incentive pay, Cisco typically pays as follows:
.75% of incentive target for each 1% of revenue attainment up to 50% of quota;
1.5% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 50% and 75%;
1% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 75% and 100%; and once performance exceeds 100% attainment, incentive rates are at or above 1% for each 1% of attainment with no cap on incentive compensation.
For non-quota-based sales performance elements such as strategic sales objectives, Cisco may pay up to 125% of target. Cisco sales plans do not have a minimum threshold of performance for sales incentive compensation to be paid.
Cisco is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, genetic information, age, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected basis.
Cisco will consider for employment, on a case by case basis, qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
Principal Software Development Architect

Posted 14 days ago
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_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**
Principal Software Development Architect
Job Title
Principal Software Development Architect
Overview
As a Principal Software Architect for Mastercard Commercial Solutions, you will play a critical role in shaping the architecture of a global B2B payments platform designed for scale, security, and performance. This platform supports high-throughput, mission-critical financial transactions and is central to Mastercard's vision of transforming how businesses manage payments.
You will lead the design of secure, resilient, and scalable systems, mentor engineering teams, and collaborate closely with product and cross-functional stakeholders to bring complex solutions from concept to production. This role demands deep technical expertise, a strong sense of ownership, and a bias for action.
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Role Responsibilities
- Define and drive high-level architecture and design for core platform capabilities with a focus on security, resiliency, and high throughput.
- Lead the creation of technical blueprints, service contracts, and architectural patterns that guide implementation across teams.
- Collaborate with product managers and business stakeholders to translate requirements into scalable, secure, and performant solutions.
- Provide technical leadership and mentorship, guiding teams through design elaboration, implementation, and delivery.
- Ensure alignment with Mastercard's architectural standards and best practices, including 12-factor app principles and cloud-native design.
- Conduct design and code reviews to ensure architectural integrity and adherence to non-functional requirements.
- Partner with other architects and engineering leaders to evolve the platform's architecture and technical roadmap.
- Champion a culture of high accountability, ownership, and continuous improvement.
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All About You
- Proven experience designing and delivering high-volume, secure, and resilient systems in the fintech or payments domain.
- Deep expertise in microservices architecture, distributed systems, and cloud-native technologies (e.g., Kubernetes, PCF, AWS/GCP/Azure).
- Strong understanding of non-functional requirements such as performance, scalability, observability, and fault tolerance.
- Hands-on experience with Java, Spring Boot, messaging systems (Kafka, RabbitMQ), and relational databases (Oracle, PostgreSQL).
- Familiarity with front-end technologies and frameworks (e.g., Angular) is a plus.
- Experience working in Agile environments, with a strong focus on iterative delivery and continuous feedback.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to influence across technical and non-technical audiences.
- Passion for mentoring and growing engineering talent, and for building a strong engineering culture.
- A proactive mindset with a bias for action and a commitment to delivering high-quality solutions.
**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.
Software Principal Engineer (Architect)

Posted 14 days ago
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_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**
Software Principal Engineer (Architect)
Who is Mastercard?
Mastercard is a global technology company specializing in the payments industry. Our mission is to connect and empower an inclusive, digital economy that benefits everyone, everywhere by ensuring transactions are safe, simple, smart, and accessible. Utilizing secure data and networks, strategic partnerships, and passion, our innovations and solutions support individuals, financial institutions, governments, and businesses in realizing their greatest potential. Our decency quotient, or DQ, drives our culture and influences everything we do both within and outside of our company. With connections spanning more than 210 countries and territories, we are committed to building a sustainable world that unlocks priceless possibilities for all.
Overview
The Virtual Card Management team are seeking a visionary and results-driven Principal Software Engineer (Architecture) to lead architecture for a service group in our critical virtual card platform for Corporate Solutions. This role is pivotal in driving engineering excellence, scaling delivery capabilities, and fostering a culture of innovation, accountability, and continuous improvement. You will be responsible for aligning architecture and engineering strategy with business goals, mentoring high-performing teams, and ensuring the successful delivery of complex software solutions.The Virtual Card Management group is responsible for designing, building, and operating the technology that powers Mastercard's next-generation virtual card management platform?
In this role, you will design and build software that scales to global markets, enabling secure, seamless, always available virtual card platform. This is an exciting engineering leadership role working with a global team passionate about the solutions we deliver to our customers.
Role
In this role, you will drive collaboration across engineering, product management, enterprise functions, and regional business teams. You will also lead by defining the technical strategy, architecture, design, and execution to iteratively achieve outcomes.
As a principal software engineer, you will:
Drive business outcomes with the?right technology solutions
- Lead the architecture & design of software systems and applications.
- Collaborate with product teams to understand the requirements, identify solutions, and provide technical thought leadership.
-?Have experience implementing Domain Driven Design methodology.
- Ensure solutions?meet corporate security standards and adhere to operability principles.
Drive a culture of engineering excellence
- Leading software development projects, especially at an early stage ?(PoC, Pilot).
- You have working experience across a variety of languages and frameworks.
- You love declarative paradigm and functional programming. You focus on continuous improvement.
- Your solutions are secure by design.
- You build great relationships with technical peers across your organization
Skills
- Broad experience as a Software Engineer / Full Stack Developer?
- Hands on experience implementing design patterns and using multiple programming languages?
- Experience building and operating scalable global platforms with high?throughput with 5 9's availability?
- In depth knowledge of Java,?Spring framework, persistence?and messaging technologies, and testing methodologies and tools.
- In depth knowledge of Public Cloud platforms, containers?and container orchestration.
- Good working?knowledge of cryptography functions and PKI infrastructure.
All About You?
- Hands-on technical leader who consistently demonstrates?leadership,?builds trust, focuses on talent development and inspires the team.
- Must be high-energy, detail-oriented and proactive with the ability to function under pressure in an independent environment.
- Have a passion for continuous learning and enjoy challenging opportunities.
- Strong communication skills - both verbal and written - with strong relationship building, collaborative skills and organizational skills.
- Drives outcomes through strong commitment to timely delivery of key objectives.
- Have strong decision-making skills, lead retrospection and continually improve as a result.
- Must have expert level knowledge of software development processes and be an experienced user of one or more Application Lifecycle Management tools.
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.
**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.
Technical Design Authority
Posted 10 days ago
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