Chief Systems Architect

Payments Industry is a very exciting and fastdeveloping area with lot of new and innovative solutions coming to market. With strong demand for new solutions in this space it promises to be an exciting area of innovation. VISA is a strong leader in the payment industry and is rapidly transitioning into a technology company with significant investments in this area.

If you want to be in the exciting payment space learn fast and make big impacts Ecosystem & Operational Risk technology which is part of Visas ValueAdded Services business unit is an ideal place for you!

In Ecosystem & Operational Risk (EOR) technology group we are responsible for building Visas cuttingedge risk detection and mitigation capabilities including payment fraud disruption. This includes idea generation architecture design development and testing of products applications and services that provide Visa and its clients with solutions to detect prevent and mitigate various threats in the overall payment eco system.

We are in search of inquisitive creative and skillful technologists to join our ranks. We are currently looking for a Chief Systems Architect who will take the lead and manage several strategic initiatives within our organization.

As a Chief Systems Architect in Ecosystem & Operational Risk technology team you will need to innovate around solution approaches in a way that can deliver value in an agile incremental fashion to our clients while at the same time ensuring that broader architectural goals/tenets are met. The role will involve closely collaborating with a global network of architects and business folks across Visa to achieve the objectives.

In this role you will provide strategic architecture leadership to development leaders and your product partners on large and complex projects to meet the exciting and dynamic needs of the global payments landscape. You utilize your technical experience and industry acumen in areas of fraud prevention payments ecommerce risk analysis security digital payments to craft technically advanced solutions to meet Visas current and future needs.

Your vision is highly strategic and the solutions are focused on maintaining the reliability and functionality that is essential to both internal and external constituents. If this opportunity sparks your interest we would love to engage in further discussions and share more about our work culture and environment.

To be successful in this role the candidate needs to be a technical leader with the ability to engage in high bandwidth conversations with business and technology partners and be able to think broadly about Visas business and drive solutions that will enhance the safety and integrity of Visas payment ecosystem. The candidate will help deliver innovative insights to Visas strategic products and business. This role represents an exciting opportunity to make key contributions to strategic offering for Visa. The candidate will be a selfstarter comfortable with ambiguity with strong attention to detail and excellent collaboration skills.

The ideal candidate will bring the excitement and passion to leverage Generative AI to advance existing payment systems risk detection and defensive mechanisms and to innovate and solve new problems. This candidate will use and promote code generation capabilities like GitHub Copilot to drive efficiencies in software development.

Essential Functions

• Provide hands on technical architecture leadership across multiple large/complex projects and strategic initiatives
• Coordinate with EOR technology groups and broader VAS architecture teams on architecture standards
• Understand the proposed business architecture and understand the current baseline technical architecture for EOR applications
• Work with development leaders and business partners to arrive at a blueprint long term architecture that would meet the technical requirements like security scale performance consistency etc.
• Form and oversee an architecture review group for EOR technology team
• Stay informed about new technology trends innovations and requests from Visas strategic partners
• Incorporates the usage of Visas shared platforms into the subfunctions platform strategy
• Produce highlevel architecture and design documents for significant initiatives
• Review and approve the design in the form of a Technical Architecture Design which will be used as the basis for sizing and the creation of detailed design artifacts
• Have the team deliver proofs of concept (PoCs) and other technical evaluations of technologies designs and solutions as needed
• Apply mastery in architecture best practices to enable projects to be delivered with improved business outcomes and increase execution velocity
• Demonstrate thought leadership through presentations and act as a role model for development leads and engineers
• Works with peers across the technology organization on technology selection and deployment standards
• Formulate business problems to technical problems while ensuring key business drivers are captured in collaboration with product stakeholders
• Able to work on multiple projects and initiatives with different/competing timelines and demands.
• Present technical solutions capabilities considerations and features in business terms. Effectively communicate status issues and risks in a precise and timely manner

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 23 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.

Visa is not offering relocation assistance for this role.

Qualifications :

Basic Qualifications:
12 years of relevant work experience with a Bachelors 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 Bachelors 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 Principal Architect or in a similar role with a track record of successfully architecting and building complex software systems
Experience architecting and building large scale distributed data processing systems of high availability low latency & strong data consistency
Proficiency in designing real time distributed systems and microservices architectures
Exceptional problemsolving skills and the ability to scrutinize complex systems to identify areas for improvement.
Ability to write elegant robust code to rapidly produce proofsofconcept or prototypes to illustrate new ideas or approaches.
Comprehensive knowledge of secure software development lifecycle and security best practices.
Hands on experience and deep knowledge with programming languages like Java Python and frontend frameworks like Angular
Indepth knowledge and handson experience with big data technologies including Hadoop Spark Hive HBase etc.
Technical proficiency in Web Services SOA and messaging systems.
Experience with SQL/NoSQL technology and familiarity with databases such as Oracle MySQL SQL Server etc.
Experience working with streaming solutions like Kafka and Caching technologies like Redis Hazelcast etc. is a plus
Solid understanding and preferably working experience with AI/ML technologies
Experience with containerization technologies and orchestration tools (Docker Kubernetes)
Extensive experience in API design with a focus on API security and in system and component design.
Experience working in a strong DevOps culture and related technologies that help the organization to deliver solutions with faster timetomarket and with higherquality with a customercentric approach
Excellent interpersonal facilitation and teambuilding skills coupled with effective written and verbal communication skills. Ability to articulate complex ideas clearly and concisely and to influence and build relationships with key partners.
Experience in card industry or fintech delivering solutions in fraud risk or payments space is a plus

Additional Information :

Work Hours: Varies upon the needs of the department.

Travel Requirements: This position requires travel 510% 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 173100.00 to 250950.00 USD per year which may include potential sales incentive payments (if applicable). Salary may vary depending on jobrelated 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.

Visa is not offering relocation assistance for this role.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Fulltime