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.

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Job Description

As Chief Systems Architect, you will lead and manage several strategic initiatives in the Visa Commercial Solutions group.

The architecture group in Visa Commercial Solutions oversees and provides strategic direction on several regional/market-specific and horizontal/cross-cutting initiatives. We ensure that the solutions are built is in alignment with the architecture and software target state of the platform.

As a Chief Systems Architect, you will provide strategic architecture leadership to complex projects for Commercial and Money Movement Solutions (CMS) and guide their delivery. You will work with multiple CMS and Visa architecture teams on horizontal, cross-cutting initiatives across multiple products. You will focus on building secure, robust, and scalable architectures, help the organization to innovate to deliver higher value to the customers

Essential Functions:

• Play a key role in translating business requirements into efficient architecture.
• Develop high level architecture for shared, portfolio-wide components and services.
• Play a key role in the architectural governance process.
• Develop architectural patterns, standards, and guidelines, ensure their adoption throughout the organization.
• Drive security and privacy architecture across all product lines.
• Optimize software development and release processes.
• Work on improving developer experience and tools.
• Optimize the use of existing Visa’s Platforms & Solutions.
• Evaluate and recommend open source and commercial technology solutions.
• Mentor other architects and engineering leaders.

This is a hybrid position. Hybrid employees can alternate time between both remote and office. Employees in hybrid roles are expected to work from the office 2-3 set days a week (determined by leadership/site), with a general guidepost of being in the office 50% or more of the time based on business needs.

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications:

• Master's degree in Math, Science, Engineering, or Computer Science, Information Systems or related field AND minimum ten (10) years of experience in a directly related field. OR
• Bachelor's degree in Math, Science, Engineering, or Computer Science, Information Systems or related field AND minimum twelve (12) years of experience in a directly related field. OR
• Minimum fifteen (15) years of directly related experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• 15 or more years of experience with a Bachelor’s Degree or 12 years of experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, or MD), PhD with 9 years of experience
• Proven experience as Systems Architect or in a similar role, with a track record of successfully delivering complex software systems.
• Expertise in designing distributed systems and microservices architectures, containerization technologies and their orchestration.
• Solid knowledge of architectural methodologies, principles, and patterns.
• Deep understanding of big data processing, analytics, and systems integration patterns.
• Experience in machine learning and AI solutions.
• Experience with one or more programming languages. Java language preferred.
• Solid knowledge of secure software development lifecycle and security practices.
• Continuous delivery and Dev Ops experience - infrastructure automation, monitoring, logging, auditing and security implementation and practices.

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 a new hire into this position is 173,100.00 to 250,950.00 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 location. In 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.