Operations Analyst, Visa Operations Command Center

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

Company Description

Visa operates the world's largest retail electronic payments network and is one of the most recognized global financial services brands. Visa facilitates global commerce through the transfer of value and information among
financial institutions, merchants, consumers, businesses and government entities.  We offer a range of branded payment product platforms, which our financial institution clients use to develop and offer credit, charge, deferred debit, prepaid and cash access programs to cardholders. Visa's card platforms provide consumers, businesses, merchants and government entities with a secure, convenient and reliable way to pay and be paid in 170 countries and territories.

Job Description

Position Summary

The global systems operations team supports all the processing operations for Visa Inc., including Visa's networks, systems, and applications. It is also responsible for physical engineering and support of the Visa facilities and the lab environment.

Job Scope
As a member of Operations Command Center, the Associate Network Processing Analyst has the primary responsibility for monitoring authorization processing and providing first level response to assist with the mitigation or elimination of issues which may be impacting to our clients, or the VISA brand. The
preferred candidate will have the responsibility of being the first point of contact for all Visa customers (worldwide), and will need to possess excellent Customer Service, technical and analytical abilities in order to effectively manage first contact with VISA customers, and resolve a high number of reported issues without any need for escalation or assistance. The preferred candidate will possess all of the following competencies:

THIS IS A DAY SHIFT POSITION

  • Support and advocacy for Visa clients comprised of consumers, businesses, financial institutions, and governments worldwide.

  • Basic understanding of the ISO 8583 message format standard in order to build a strong
    understanding of the payment transaction elements from point of sale acquirer
    to Issuer and back, ultimately resulting in a seamless transaction for the
    cardholder.

  • Must develop an in-depth understanding of Authorization transaction message flow and the
    different types of transaction exceptions that can be encountered resulting in
    cardholder impact.

  • Must be able to work flexible shift hours.

  • Ability to gather pertinent information and work with our clients to isolate and resolve the
    majority of events without any need for assistance.

  • Ability to develop, edit and distribute effective internal and external communication in a timely
    and accurate manner as per documented process.

  • Follow documented support procedures, managing each issue through resolution or turnover in order to maintain established service levels.

  • Track update and resolve all assigned incidents, changes and problem reports in the incident
    management system, ensuring that documentation is thorough, accurate and meets
    a standard of high quality.

  • Properly escalate incidents in a timely manner per support guidelines and procedures.

  • Proactively monitor, recognize, analyze, isolate and/or resolve documented hardware and software problems utilizing a variety of hardware and software testing tools and
    techniques.

  • Liaise with L2 support groups and/or development groups to collaborate on the resolution of
    incidents and problems.

  • Support project schedules and changes management.

  • Maintain technical skills through participation in ongoing training.

  • Responsible for the internal and external communication of issues to management, other internal support groups and customers via pages, email broadcasts or phone calls.

  • Internal and External Bridge Stewardship in support of timely resolution of internal and client facing issues.

Qualifications

Required:

  • Data Analysis and research

  • Excellent verbal/written communication, organizational skills, ability to prioritize a
    constantly changing work load. Interpersonal skills and ability to excel as
    part of a team.

  • Financial/banking background

Preferred:

  • Basic Understanding of Authorization Mobile Payment transaction message flow with the ability to gain an in-depth understanding.

  • Understanding of Mobile Payment Technology, and Digital wallets.

  • Ability to quickly learn Visa proprietary as well as industry standard tools to support monitoring
    and response for client and Visa brand issues. Primary Tools are Netcool and Vital Signs, ServiceNow, Splunk, Data Analytics skills, Linux and Unix basic commands.  

  • 3 to 5 years of relevant experience

  • Uses sound judgment in determining priorities and enlisting support of other internal groups to
    prevent any compromise to Visa business or client service level agreements.

  • MS Office suite proficiency

  • Need to already possess Information Technology Infrastructure Library Foundation Certificate
    (ITIL), or ability to obtain within 6 months.

Additional Information

Alternative Schedule:

  • This is a two-week rotating schedule of 12-hour shifts.
  • Required to work OT as requested to cover staff shortages and training.
  • This is an operational department therefore, you will be required to work
  • weekends and over the holiday periods as scheduled.
  • Shift starts at 6:00 AM MT/8:00 AM ET and ends at 6:30 PM MT/8:30 PM ET
  • Shift repeats every 2 weeks:  
    • Week 1: Scheduled work days are: Mon, Tue, Fri, Sat and Sun
    • Week 2: Scheduled work days are: Wed and Thurs

 

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