Sr. Systems Engineer

IaaS Systems and Storage & Engineering (ISSE) team is part of the Operations & Infrastructure technology organization. Our vision mission and purpose are summarized as following

Vision - Deliver best-in-class Infrastructure on demand everywhere.

Mission - Engineer and build reliable and secure infrastructure for all type of workloads in Private / Hybrid Cloud utilizing open and innovative technologies at the right unit cost.

Purpose - increase innovation velocity of developers and reduce infrastructure maintenance overhead

These are the guiding principles for the important work we do every day and build toward the overall vision of Visa - The best way to pay and be paid for everyone everywhere.

You will be part of a team of systems DevOps engineers / architects who adopt integrate & engineer industry leading technologies and management solutions for the container platform focusing on Kubernetes microservices architecture and cloud technologies. The candidate should have experience in deploying infrastructure solutions on one of major public clouds such as AWS GCP & Azure. Familiarity with the philosophy of DevOps and experience in infrastructure as code and automation at scale is a must. The candidate will also establish promote and provide standard foundational services for Visas public cloud implementation closely working with stakeholders to craft and implement solutions with robust security posture deliver functions with optimized cost and enhance developer productivity.

Essential Functions :

Work with Cloud Architects to build secure scalable cloud infrastructure solutions that support Visas global payment systems and operational efficiency.

Utilize knowledge of public cloud platforms (AWS GCP Azure) to guide the design and implementation of enterprise-level infrastructure solutions.

Promote DevOps principles by driving the adoption of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and automation at scale.

Establish and maintain standard foundational services for Visas public cloud environment ensuring robust security optimized cost and enhanced developer productivity.

Ensure the availability performance and security of applications hosted in the cloud.

Collaborate to mature the cloud ecosystem by establishing standards and integrating critical infrastructure management aspects (IaC logging monitoring configuration management orchestration).

Develop processes and procedures to unify multiple public cloud environments at scale providing standardized approaches across diverse business units.

Define and document best practices for cloud infrastructure provisioning (e.g. EC2 IAM Security Groups) and implement robust logging and monitoring solutions.

Design and deliver cloud solutions using IaC tools (Terraform CloudFormation Pulumi) in line with established automation standards.

Set up and refine CI / CD pipeline templates to automate cloud application deployments with high security scalability and availability.

Standardize and harden container orchestration platforms providing Kubernetes-as-a-Service for seamless application deployments.

Create and maintain reusable Terraform modules aligned with Visa security standards enabling fast secure and efficient cloud provisioning.

Integrate cloud environments with SIEM tools to monitor security and ensure compliance with evolving requirements.

Work with vendors and stakeholders to meet specific application and security requirements.

Share technical expertise with peers and operational teams regarding public cloud architecture design and implementation.

This is a hybrid position. Expectation of days in office will be confirmed by your hiring manager.

Qualifications : Basic Qualifications

2 or more years of work experience with a Bachelors Degree or an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters MBA JD MD or PhD)

Preferred Qualifications

3 or more years of work experience with a Bachelors Degree or more than 2 years of work experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters MBA JD MD)

1 year of experience in automating at least one public cloud deployments (AWS Azure GCP)

2 years of experience as infrastruture engineer working on automating infrastructure tasks

Solid understanding various AWS / GCP / Azure services such as networking compute database etc.

Experience in designing building and running production systems in cloud or migrating to the cloud practicing infrastructure as code automated testing autoscaling and self-healing

Experience in infrastructure as code with tools such as Terraform an Pulumi and configuration management tools such as Ansible

Experience cloud-native monitoring and APM tools such as AWS Cloudwatch GCP Cloud Operations Suites and Azure Monitor

Experience using and optimizing monitoring and observability systems and experience in Prometheus Grafana and familiar with OpenTelemeter standards

Underestand of the Software Development Process including Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CICD) pipeline tools such Jenkins and proficient in git and VCS such as BitBucket Github

Familiar with docker container and kubernestes for container orchestration

Familiar container deployments in Kubernetes environments using tools such as ArgoCD or Flux

Familiar with the security tools and standard methodologies such as CIS Benchmarking OS hardening vulnerability scanning and system auditing

Strong analytical skills and able to work independently to solve sophisticated engineering problems. Make independent judgments and decisions within established guidelines

Communicate well with others both verbally and in writing and be able to effectively interact with peers management and other outside contacts

The ability to gather and understand business requirements translate them into technical / operational requirements

High degree of initiative and sense of urgency comfortable with ambiguity as needs change on a regular basis

Additional Information :

Work Hours : Varies upon the needs of the department.

Travel Requirements : This position requires travel 5-10% of the time.

Mental / Physical Requirements : This position will be performed in an office setting.  The position will require the incumbent to sit and stand at a desk communicate in person and by telephone frequently operate standard office equipment such as telephones and computers.

Visa is an EEO Employer.  Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex national origin sexual orientation gender identity disability or protected veteran status.  Visa will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with EEOC guidelines and applicable local law.

Visa will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable local law including the requirements of Article 49 of the San Francisco Police Code.

U.S. APPLICANTS ONLY : The estimated salary range for a new hire into this position is 105800.00 to 149550.00 USD per year which may include potential sales incentive payments (if applicable). Salary may vary depending on job-related factors which may include knowledge skills experience and addition this position may be eligible for bonus and equity. Visa has a comprehensive benefits package for which this position may be eligible that includes Medical Dental Vision 401 (k) FSA / HSA Life Insurance Paid Time Off and Wellness Program.

Remote Work : Employment Type :

Full-time

Key Skills

Environment,Academics,Javase,Cost Estimation,Fire,Business Studies

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1