Sr. Systems Engineer - Cloud Infrastructure Engineering

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

Vision – Deliver best‑in‑class Infrastructure on demand everywhere. Mission – Engineer and build reliable and secure infrastructure for all types 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.

• 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 public cloud architecture, design, and implementation.

• Basic Qualifications:
  
  • 2 or more years of work experience with a Bachelor’s Degree or an Advanced Degree (e.g., Masters, MBA, JD, MD, or PhD).
• Preferred Qualifications:
  
  • 3 or more years of work experience with a Bachelor’s 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 deployment (AWS, Azure, GCP).
  
  • 2 years of experience as an infrastructure engineer working on automating infrastructure tasks.
  
  • Solid understanding of 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 with infrastructure as code tools such as Terraform, Pulumi and configuration management tools such as Ansible.
  
  • Experience with cloud‑native monitoring and APM tools such as AWS Cloud Watch, GCP Cloud Operations Suites, and Azure Monitor.
  
  • Experience using and optimizing monitoring and observability systems and experience in Prometheus, Grafana, and familiarity with Open Telemetry standards.
  
  • Understanding of the Software Development Process including Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipeline tools such as Jenkins and proficiency in Git and VCS such…