Systems Engineer- Virtualization

Visa is a world leader in payments and technology, with over 259 billion payments transactions flowing safely between consumers, merchants, financial institutions, and government entities in more than 200 countries and territories each year. Our mission is to connect the world through the most innovative, convenient, reliable, and secure payments network, enabling individuals, businesses, and economies to thrive while driven by a common purpose – to uplift everyone, everywhere by being the best way to pay and be paid.

Make an impact with a purpose-driven industry leader. Join us today and experience Life at Visa.

As a key member of Visa’s dynamic Systems Engineering team, you’ll go far beyond traditional system administration. Our team architects, builds, and maintains the backbone of Visa’s Windows infrastructure—powering secure, global payment transactions at scale. Here, you’ll have the opportunity to leverage your Windows expertise while sharpening your skills in scripting, automation, and modern infrastructure management. We’re passionate about transforming manual tasks into streamlined, automated solutions, and we’re looking for innovative engineers who want to move beyond “keeping the lights on” and focus on building the next generation of resilient, efficient, and scalable platforms. If you’re excited about scripting, automation, and solving complex infrastructure challenges, you’ll thrive here.

Essential Job Functions:

In this role, you will have the opportunity to: 

• Engineer and optimize: Deploy, configure, and fine-tune Windows server environments (2012, 2016, 2019, and Core), ensuring they’re secure, consistent, and built for scale.
• Automate everything: Design and implement scripts and automation solutions to replace repetitive tasks—think PowerShell, SCCM, and custom tools that make our environment run smarter, not harder.
• Virtualization at scale: Support and innovate across VMware (ESXi, vSphere, vCenter, SRM) and Microsoft Hyper-V platforms, enabling resilient, high-availability environments.
• Security as a mindset: Champion vulnerability management, patching, and security remediation to keep our systems a step ahead.
• Collaborate and enable: Work cross-functionally to create reference architectures, drive process improvements, and contribute to infrastructure standards.
• Operational excellence: Troubleshoot incidents, perform root cause analysis, and partner with support teams to ensure rapid recovery and continuous improvement.
• Proactive problem-solver: Identify opportunities to automate, innovate, and streamline day-to-day operations—if you see a manual process, you’ll have the freedom to automate it.
• Toolbox ready: Bring your knowledge of storage (SDS, SAN, NAS), monitoring (Splunk, Netcool, BMC, Ansible), and hardware (HPE, Dell) to manage a robust, enterprise-scale environment.
• Document and share: Maintain clear documentation, communicate effectively with stakeholders, and contribute your expertise to team knowledge sharing.

Why this role? Join us and grow your skills in both systems engineering and automation, make a direct impact on critical global infrastructure, and collaborate with some of the brightest minds in tech. If you’re excited to engineer, automate, and innovate, we want you on our team.

This is a hybrid position. Expectation of days in office will be confirmed by your hiring manager.

Basic Qualifications
•Bachelors degree, OR 3+ years of relevant work experience

Preferred Qualifications
•2 or more years of work experience.
•Windows, Hyper-V, VMware Systems Administration
experience in relevant technologies.
•Bachelor’s degree in computer science engineering or related field is preferred
•Virtualization Administration: VMware ESX and Microsoft Hyper-V
•Server system: HPE, DELL
•Experience in administering medium to large scale virtualized environment
utilizing VMware and Hyper-V
•Understanding of networking concepts like TCPIP, DNS and DHCP
•Familiarity with Scale IO (SDS), SAN and NAS storage in Windows and ESXi
Server environment
•Exposure in Shared infrastructures hardware (HPE and DELL Enclosures)
•Basic understanding of ITIL v4 processes such as Incident, Change, Problem
and Release Management
•Able to multi-task to meet goal of low MTTR (mean time to repair)
•Strength in scripting against Windows, VMWare, PowerShell, Python, Perl and
Power CLI. BAO and Ansible automation experience are highly recommended.
•Operating Systems Administrations Skill: Windows 2012, 2016, 2019, 2022, and
CORE
•Monitoring, Tuning, Troubleshooting, and root cause analysis
 

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.

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 79,900.00 to 113,000.00 USD per year, which may include potential sales incentive payments (if applicable). Salary may vary depending on job-related 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 will accept applications for this role until at least 8/1/25.