Sr. Site Reliability Engineer

Company Description

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.

Job Description

Visa Technology & Operations LLC, a Visa Inc. company, needs a Sr. Site Reliability Engineer (multiple openings) in Austin, TX to

• Support Database Administration and Engineering Teams in the design, development and deployment, and management of Microsoft SQL database environments.
• Work cross-functionally to gather requirements and provide recommendations for database standards.
• Provide technical expertise to design the most efficient and cost effective solutions for Microsoft SQL Servers.
• Install, configure, monitor, upgrade and maintain MSSQL databases in production and non-production environments
• Work closely with other Infrastructure operations and engineering, product development, business operations, and technical operations to ensure delivery of database services within the SLA's and performance target set.
• Provide technical expertise and hands-on support in consolidation and migration of databases to new hardware and platforms.
• Implement/support databases, high-availability solutions, Database replication, encryption, and disaster recovery solutions
• Manage, support and maintain Microsoft SQL Server database technology and infrastructure, adhering to the architectural guidelines and policies.
• Provide database administration for off the shelf and internally developed applications, ensure continuous 24x7 operation and availability in support of mission critical business applications and participating in on-call.
• Provide regular database capacity planning and archival solutions related to database growth and system utilization, trend analysis, predictive future database resource requirements, and the structured organized reporting of the same.
• Participate in the evaluation, selection and implementation of DBA tools to improve the effectiveness of tasks such as performance monitoring and tuning, recovery, and database change management processing.
• Write/maintain PowerShell scripts for DB automation and application maintenance.
• Position reports to the Austin, Texas office and may allow for partial telecommuting.

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications:

• Employer will accept a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, or related field, and 2 years of experience in the job offered or in a related engineering or database administration occupation
• Microsoft SQL Server database administration in production and nonproduction environments;
• Always On Availability, HA and Disaster Recovery
• TDE encryption
• TSQL scripting
• Writing and maintaining PowerShell scripts

Additional Information

Worksite: Austin, TX

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 2-3 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.

Travel Requirements: No travel required.

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.

U.S. APPLICANTS ONLY: The estimated salary range for a new hire into this position is $105,800.00 USD to $164,100.00 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 an annual bonus and equity. Visa has a comprehensive benefits package for which this position is eligible that includes Medical, Dental, Vision, 401(k), Employee Stock Purchase Program, FSA/HSA, Life Insurance, Paid Time off and Wellness Programs.