Full-Time

Staff Site Reliability Engineer

Posted on 1/9/2026

Visa

Visa

10,001+ employees

Global digital payments network processing transactions

No salary listed

Ashburn, VA, USA

Hybrid

Hybrid role; in-office days to be confirmed.

Category
DevOps & Infrastructure (1)
Required Skills
Kubernetes
Docker
Hadoop
Requirements
  • 5 or more years of relevant work experience with a Bachelore26s Degree or at least 2 years of work experience with an Advanced degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or 0 years of work experience with a PhD
Responsibilities
  • Provide application second level support, in collaboration with Operations and Development teams.
  • Serve as technical lead for new initiatives, actively participate and drive projects, support business enablement and product deployment for new and existing services.
  • Working knowledge of production support processes such as incident change problem management, call triaging, and escalation procedures.
  • Ability to write and maintain code and scripting for automation and monitoring initiatives.
  • Work with product development to perform code deployment with industry standard tooling.
  • Perform routine application maintenance including connectivity setup, key setup, scheduling tasks, log rotation, job scheduling, shell scripting for common tasks.
  • Preparation and maintenance of internal documentation.
  • Manage and work with 3rd party applications (Docker, Kubernetes, Hadoop).
  • Work cross organizationally to resolve complex issues.
  • Support a 24x7 environment, with international co-workers.
Desired Qualifications
  • 6 or more years of work experience with a Bachelor Degree or 4 or more years of relevant experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or up to 3 years of relevant experience with a PhD
  • Bachelore9 Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Information Systems, or Engineering
  • Five years of payment processing experience or equivalent, finance industry
  • Five years of Windows and UNIX experience, including shell scripting
  • Five years of database experience and SQL skills
  • Experience with network troubleshooting and file transfer protocol SFTP
  • Four years of experience with one or more programming languages i.e. shell scripting, Perl, Java, JavaScript, JSP
  • Knowledge with scheduling products, Splunk, ServiceNow Ticketing Tool
  • Experience with Hadoop, Kafka, MQ, Kubernetes and Docker
  • Understanding in Incident, Problem and Change management per the ITIL process.
  • Ability to work independently and to also work effectively as part of a team
  • Strong analytical and diagnostic skills, root cause analysis
  • Excellent writing and interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical customers
  • Ability to design and manage web pages is preferred

Visa operates a global digital payments network that connects consumers, businesses, banks, and governments to enable electronic card payments. Its system moves money through a card-based flow: a merchant request, card authorization via Visa, funds settlement between banks, and data processing, with fees earned on transactions and services. The company differentiates itself with its worldwide network, large client base, and partnerships that expand access to digital payments while supporting sustainable commerce. Its goal is to widen financial inclusion and provide convenient, secure electronic payments for a growing share of global commerce.

Company Size

10,001+

Company Stage

N/A

Total Funding

$9.6M

Headquarters

San Francisco, California

Founded

1958

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Visa Ventures invested in Nekuda's $5M round for agentic payments.
  • Visa Ventures led BVNK's $50M Series B for stablecoin payments.
  • VisaNet handled 164.7 billion transactions annually in 2021.

What critics are saying

  • FedNow bypasses Visa, cutting transaction volume in 12-24 months.
  • PSD2 enables direct payments, causing 70-85% volume loss in 18-36 months.
  • CBDCs in 130+ countries reduce Visa's market by 15-25% in 36-60 months.

What makes Visa unique

  • VisaNet processes 76,000 transactions per second with 99.9999% availability.
  • VisaNet connects 3.6 billion accounts across 200+ countries.
  • VisaNet uses AI for smarter authorization and fraud prevention.

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Business Wire
May 15th, 2025
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May 6th, 2025
Visa Invests in BVNK, $50M Funding

Visa Ventures has invested in stablecoin infrastructure platform BVNK, marking Visa's first direct investment in a stablecoin payments player. This move supports the future of stablecoins in payments, enhancing BVNK's credibility and penetration with Visa's partners. BVNK, which raised $50 million in a Series B round in December 2024, processes $12 billion in annualized volume and offers solutions for B2B and B2C payments using stablecoins.

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