Chief Systems Architect

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.

Make an impact with a purpose-driven industry leader. Join us today and experience Life at Visa.

Job Description

As the Chief Systems Architect focused on the cloud, you are not just an architect.  You are a trailblazer and a cloud enthusiast who pushes boundaries and drives cloud transformation across our Risk & Identity platforms.  You will work in tandem with other innovative minds, providing technical leadership and guidance to cross-functional teams.  Your mission? To design and deliver complex, cloud-centric products that redefine the fintech space.

Your understanding of business capabilities, strategic drivers, and, specifically, the deep understanding of intrinsic cloud capabilities will be pivotal in steering the technical teams.  You will sculpt the target state solution and any interim state architectures, setting the stage for our cloud journey.

You are aware of the service inter-dependencies within the hybrid cloud environment and thrive in this complexity.  You will craft flexible and extensible architectures that drive security, scalability, reliability, and performance to new heights in the cloud.

You are not only a contributor, but a catalyst in the ongoing evolution of our enterprise architecture. You will enable agility and help us hit our revenue targets in the cloud.

Responsibilities

• Architect the Future: Design complex, large-scale hybrid cloud architectures that set new industry standards.
• Lead Innovation: Spearhead Proof of Concept (POC) solutions to validate cutting-edge cloud technologies.
• Optimize Performance: Ensure cloud applications deliver low-latency, high availability, and unmatched reliability.
• Set Standards: Establish robust principles, patterns, and technology frameworks for hybrid cloud environments, ensuring compliance with PCI-DSS and GDPR.
• Drive Alignment: Lead the architecture community to align cloud platform principles and standards with innovative solutions.
• Boost Execution: Develop best practices to enhance execution velocity, leveraging existing Visa shared assets.
• Efficient Deployment: Define cloud deployment topologies in collaboration with technology peers.
• Resource Optimization: Optimize the use of cloud resources for efficient compute and storage.
• Mentor and Guide: Inspire and guide development teams, facilitate technical decisions, and influence technology selection.
• Thought Leadership: Share your cloud expertise through impactful presentations and sessions across Risk & Identity Solutions and VAS PD.
• Lead Key Initiatives: Drive pivotal VAS PD and RaIS cloud technology projects, setting new benchmarks in the industry.

As our Chief System Architect, you will not just be part of the team, but you will be in the driver seat, steering us towards the future of cloud computing.  Are you ready to embark on this journey with us?

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
• 12+ years of relevant work experience with a Bachelor’s Degree or at least 9 years of work experience with an Advanced degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or 6 years of work experience with a PhD, OR 15+ years of relevant work 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
• Java Expertise: Strong programming skills with the Java stack.
• API and Design Mastery: Deep understanding of API design, system, and component design.
• Microservices and DevOps Proficiency: Expertise in microservices, service mesh, containers, DevOps, and CI/CD.
• Cloud Savvy: Extensive experience with cloud technologies (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS), cloud migration, and management