Senior Staff Network Engineer

  • Full-time
  • Job Family Group: Technology and Operations

Company Description

As the world's leader in digital payments technology, Visa's mission is to connect the world through the most creative, reliable and secure payment network - enabling individuals, businesses, and economies to thrive. Our advanced global processing network, VisaNet, provides secure and reliable payments around the world, and is capable of handling more than 65,000 transaction messages a second. The company's dedication to innovation drives the rapid growth of connected commerce on any device, and fuels the dream of a cashless future for everyone, everywhere. As the world moves from analog to digital, Visa is applying our brand, products, people, network and scale to reshape the future of commerce.

At Visa, your individuality fits right in. Working here gives you an opportunity to impact the world, invest in your career growth, and be part of an inclusive and diverse workplace. We are a global team of disruptors, trailblazers, innovators and risk-takers who are helping drive economic growth in even the most remote parts of the world, creatively moving the industry forward, and doing meaningful work that brings financial literacy and digital commerce to millions of unbanked and underserved consumers.

You're an Individual. We're the team for you. Together, let's transform the way the world pays.

Job Description

• Plan, design implement, and support network systems of moderate complexity in the commercial network environment.

• Support WAN connections and determine circuit capacity requirements for the Visa Global Commercial client networks.

• Provide client capacity planning support consisting of data analysis, requirements verification, and providing client recommendations.

• Work closely with project and account managers to support all client network requirements.

• Provide network design documentation to project teams, peers, and network support organizations.

• Provision new client institutions by completing the necessary network updates and providing technical assistance to the membership in support of network changes.

• Perform third level support within Visa to resolve network issues and support the implementation of new network solutions.

• Provide engineering recommendations to Visa regional and product representatives as requested.

• Conduct product evaluation and testing, and support application development teams.

• Support change management processes for the commercial networks environment.

• Support maintenance window activities on the commercial networks when required.

• Build and maintain relationships with global teams and third parties to address network development and support issues.

• Participate in the development, testing and QA functions to ensure project delivery.

• Provide technical support to ensure timely problem resolution.

• Work with the Information Security Office to ensure Visa security requirements are met, and provide technical assistance for investigation and analysis of security alerts.

• Provide recommendations to management team to increase effectiveness of organization and technology solutions.

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications:

  • 10 years of work experience with a Bachelor’s Degree or at least 8 years of work experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters/MBA/JD/MD) or at least 3 years of work experience with a PhD
  • Experience in a network engineering design and/or support role.
  • Technical Expertise with IP networking and extensive knowledge of technologies such as MPLS, VPN and Ethernet.
  •  Extensive knowledge of network hardware including proven experience with networking devices from multiple vendors is required. Experience and expertise with IP routing protocols including EIGRP, OSPF and BGP.
  • Knowledge of encryption technologies (IPSec, SSL), standby protocols HSRP and VRRP, and network address translation (NAT) experience is required.
  • Experience administering enterprise IP networks in mission-critical, 24x7 production environments.
  • 3 years related experience in infrastructure/network environments and designing, planning, documenting and implementing LANs and WANs using latest technology.
  • Strong planning, organizational, and problem solving skills.
  • Strong interpersonal, and leadership skills including effective communication skills (both written and verbal).
  • Solid understanding of TCP/IP network protocols, including common application protocols.
  • Experience in high-availability networks in load-balanced, n-tier application environments.
  • Experience leading moderately complex cross regional projects, including planning, documentation, and implementation.
  • Demonstrated ability to systematically troubleshoot problems in complex systems and network environments.
  • Solid understanding of network and system security principles and techniques.
  • Demonstrated ability to meet deadlines and commitments in an environment that requires multitasking among multiple concurrent projects while also handling interrupts.
  • Experience in the financial and/or e-commerce business desired.
  • ITIL certification preferred.
  • Expert engineering experience working with SDN/SDWAN platforms and architecture
  • Expert level experience in engineering Leaf/Spine deployments
  • Bachelor's degree in Information Technology or Engineering preferred

Additional Information

Work Hours:

  • Incumbent is expected to work during core business hours

Travel Required:

  • Incumbent will be expected to travel less than 5%

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, and reach with hands and arms.
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