Senior Systems Engineer

Job Description

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.

We 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. Candidate should have experience 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.

• Collaborate with cross-function teams to design, implement, and maintain secure, scalable, and automated cloud infrastructure solutions supporting enterprise-scale systems.
• Utilize deep knowledge of AWS, Azure, and GCP to guide infrastructure design decisions aligned with performance, cost, and security goals.
• Drive adoption of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and Dev Ops methodologies to enable consistent, repeatable deployments and greater operational efficiency.
• Develop and manage standard foundational services for the enterprise cloud environment, improving reliability, observability, and cost optimization.
• Ensure availability, resilience, and security of mission-critical applications hosted in cloud environments.
• Collaborate across engineering, security, and operations teams to mature the cloud ecosystem, integrating logging, monitoring, configuration management, and orchestration tools.
• Define, document, and implement enterprise standards and best practices for cloud infrastructure provisioning, automation, and compliance.
• Create and maintain reusable IaC modules and CI/CD pipeline templates to advance platform consistency and governance.
• Standardize and harden container orchestration platforms, delivering Kubernetes-as-a-Service with automated scaling and high availability.
• Integrate cloud monitoring, APM, and SIEM tools to enhance observability, proactive alerting, and security compliance.
• Partner with vendors and internal stakeholders to ensure infrastructure meets business, compliance, and security requirements.
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to peers and cross-functional teams on cloud design, automation, and operational practices.
• Support the integration of AI and data-intensive workloads into enterprise cloud environments, focusing on performance optimization and scalable automation.

This is a hybrid position. Expectation of days in office will be confirmed by your Hiring Manager. Visa requires at least 3 days in office, expectations of these days will be confirmed by your Hiring Manager.

Basic Qualifications

• 2+ years of relevant work experience and a Bachelors degree, OR 5+ years of relevant work experience
• 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)
• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• Minimum of 3 years of professional experience in cloud infrastructure engineering, Dev Ops, or site reliability engineering (SRE).
• Strong knowledge of operating systems (Linux/UNIX and Windows Server) and…