Common Purpose, Uncommon Opportunity. Everyone at Visa works with one goal in mind – making sure that Visa is the best way to pay and be paid, for everyone everywhere. This is our global vision and the common purpose that unites the entire Visa team. As a global payments technology company, tech is at the heart of what we do: Our VisaNet network processes over 13,000 transactions per second for people and businesses around the world, enabling them to use digital currency instead of cash and checks. We are also global advocates for financial inclusion, working with partners around the world to help those who lack access to financial services join the global economy. Visa’s sponsorships, including the Olympics and FIFA™ World Cup, celebrate teamwork, diversity, and excellence throughout the world. If you have a passion to make a difference in the lives of people around the world, Visa offers an uncommon opportunity to build a strong, thriving career. Visa is fueled by our team of talented employees who continuously raise the bar on delivering the convenience and security of digital currency to people all over the world. Join our team and find out how Visa is everywhere you want to be.

• Work with all the Business Units within VISA to define critical, time-sensitive applications along with the associated recovery time objectives and recovery point objectives
• Create a best-practices DR program to protect VISA’s information assets, ensuring appropriate recovery capabilities are in place
• Lead technical oversight for ITDR programs across key Visa platforms. Define DR program scope, goals and deliverables that support business goals in collaboration with senior management and stakeholders
• Validate existing application and system architectures to ensure expected DR objectives and measures are being achieved and contribute to the formation of new architectures supporting resiliency engineering best practices
• Work with different departments within VISA to understand business processes and uncover potential risks
• Use Application Impact Assessments (AIA) to develop scenarios to re-establish operations from various types of technical disruptions
• Lead and ensure the validity of annual DR/BCP testing activities to ensure VISA is prepared to keep or bring systems online during a DR/BCP event
• Help establish the ITDR governance structure consistent with accepted professional and industry standards
• Develop and deliver appropriate Awareness & Training Programs to be used enterprise-wide for the purposes of educating VISA stakeholders on the importance of a comprehensive DR program
• Support and enhance IT Disaster Recovery Central System to strengthen efficiencies in the management of application compliance data
• Create KPIs and dashboards to report the success in implementing ITDR technology architecture standards

• Master Degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related field: Required
• 10+ years of relevant experience managing engineering disciplines in High Availability (99.99%+) and High Volume platforms.
• Preference for those with knowledge of distributed systems
• 5 + years experience in leading resiliency engineering practices or disaster recovery practices
• 3 + years experience as a Technical Architecture with strong application of Resiliency Architecture and Design Patterns
• Excellent verbal/written communication; especially executive level presentations

Visa will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of Article 49 of the San Francisco Police Code.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.