Senior Cloud Infrastructure 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

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 DevOps 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.

Professional Attributes

Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to work independently and collaboratively.

Strong communication and documentation capabilities with attention to clarity and technical precision.

High initiative adaptability and commitment to continuous learning in cloud DevOps and AI technologies.

Proven ability to operate effectively in an enterprise environment balancing agility compliance and innovation.

This is a hybrid position. Expectation of days in the office will be confirmed by your Hiring Manager.

**Visa does not support immigration for this role.

**Visa is not offering relocation assistance for this role.

Qualifications :

Basic Qualifications
2 years of relevant work experience and a Bachelors degree OR 5 years of relevant work experience

Preferred Qualifications:

 3 years of relevant work experience and a Bachelors degree

Proven hands-on experience designing deploying and automating infrastructure in major public cloud environments primary (AWS Azure GCP).

Deep understanding of core cloud services including networking compute storage and databases with experience in multi-account and multi-region configurations.

Proficiency with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) frameworks such as Terraform Pulumi or CloudFormation and configuration management tools like Ansible.

Practical experience implementing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins GitHub Actions or comparable tools.

Demonstrated ability to design and manage containerized applications and Kubernetes orchestration environments including GitOps workflows using ArgoCD.

Hands-on experience deploying and monitoring applications with CloudWatch Azure Monitor GCP Operations Suite Prometheus and Grafana.

Working knowledge of enterprise security best practices including CIS Benchmarks IAM policies vulnerability scanning and compliance frameworks.

Experience integrating or supporting AI agents within cloud-native applications including workflow orchestration and tool-calling patterns.

Exposure to Model Context Protocol (MCP) concepts or similar approaches for securely connecting AI agents to enterprise tools APIs and data sources.

Familiarity with agentic frameworks (e.g. LangChain LlamaIndex or similar) for building multi-step tool-using AI systems

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 this position is 110700.00 to 171800.00 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 :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time