Sr. Systems Engineer - Cloud Infrastructure Engineering

Company Description

Visa is a world leader in payments and technology, with over 259 billion payments transactions flowing safely between consumers, merchants, financial institutions, and government entities in more than 200 countries and territories each year. Our mission is to connect the world through the most innovative, convenient, reliable, and secure payments network, enabling individuals, businesses, and economies to thrive while driven by a common purpose - to uplift everyone, everywhere by being the best way to pay and be paid.

Make an impact with a purpose-driven industry leader. Join us today and experience Life at Visa.

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 Dev Ops 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 Dev Ops 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 Visa's 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.

• Work with Cloud Architects to build secure, scalable cloud infrastructure solutions that support Visa's 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 Dev Ops principles by driving the adoption of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and automation at scale.
• Establish and maintain standard foundational services for Visa's 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, Cloud Formation, 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…