Lead System Architect

  • 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

This position reports into the Network Processing Architecture and Consulting team. As a Lead Systems Architect, you provide architecture leadership to product development, test engineering and business partners on projects for Network Processing. You understand the business imperatives tied to these projects. You provide technology leadership and are the technical expert on projects, advise the release strategy and guide the delivery of projects to ensure alignment with business strategy for maintaining and enhancing VisaNet systems.

 

Responsibilities:

  • Consulting
    • Collaborate with business partners to clarify requirements in order to enable development of technical solutions that span multiple systems, primarily within VisaNet
    • Consult, as requested, on technology and payment processing topics
    • Provide support and analysis for proposed initiatives, particularly as related to re-use, funding requirements and areas of risk
  • Architecting
    • Collaborate with impacted technology teams and provide architectural direction in order to translate functional and non-functional requirements into a create secure, flexible, cost effective and resilient architecture for tactical and strategic business initiatives
    • Create comprehensive target state architecture documentation for projects that take into account all areas of system and application development, primarily within VisaNet
    • Provide architectural guidance on critical project issues and escalate appropriately
    • Review and approve project documents such as technical design, test plans and client documentation to ensure compliance with the published architectural approach
    • Understands the cost of delivery and can effectively estimate project costs for small to medium sized projects
  • Expertise
    • Functional understanding of end to end payment processing, including processing outside of Network Processing
    • Working knowledge of the payment industry and Visa’s technology and product portfolio
    • Contribute to team position papers on technology and payment industry topics and trends
    • Stay current with emerging technologies and business direction and contribute to team discussions
    • Teach others within Network Processing through informal sessions such as brown bags and tech talks
    • Mentor and present to all levels of the organization related to VisaNet topics where there is demonstrated proficiency
  • Leading
    • Provide leadership to project teams to ensure solutions are built consistently and accurately
    • Demonstrates leadership through presentations across Network Processing
    • Known and respected broadly within Network Processing

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications

• 12 years of experience in information technology with a Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Preferred Requirements

• 12-15 years of work experience in information technology with extensive company and payment industry knowledge with a Bachelor’s Degree or 8-10 years of experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD)
• Financial services and/or payments processing industry experience
• Experience with architecting solutions for highly scalable, highly available systems
• Passion for innovation, new ideas, quick prototyping, hackathons etc.
• Professional experience in ideation and incubation which has led to shipping products
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills
• Self-motivated and drive for excellence
• Great time management and a passion for making commitments happen. Able to work independently, yet seamlessly integrate activities with other teams when needed.
• Demonstrated ability to succeed in a complex organization where the ability to partner with diverse stakeholders is critical to brokering solutions that are in the best interest of Visa as a whole.

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.

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