Sr. Site Reliability Engineer

- Mid Level

Ashburn, VA

About the position

Collaborate with all Business and Technology units within VISA to identify critical, time-sensitive functions. Define associated recovery time objectives (RTOs) and recovery point objectives (RPOs). Develop and implement a best-practices Disaster Recovery (DR) program to safeguard VISA’s information assets. Ensure appropriate information security measures and disaster recovery processes are in place. Regularly validate and maintain the disaster recovery plan and program through rigorous testing, plan updates, and maintenance. Lead annual DR testing activities to ensure VISA's readiness to maintain or restore systems online during a DR event. Apply knowledge of network configurations, VPNs, firewalls, and other network components to investigate and provide guidance on potential network issues. Utilize cloud-hosted services expertise in the implementation and management of disaster recovery processes. Employ knowledge of storage devices and systems to define protective measures for data, including backups, replication, and encryption. Utilize knowledge of databases like MySQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL, or MongoDB to provide expertise on data backup, restoration, replication, and database failover procedures. Effectively collaborate with middleware teams, utilizing platforms such as Java Web Services, Apache Kafka/Tomcat, Hazelcast to integrate diverse and complex systems. Develop and maintain necessary documentation, including impact analysis, risk assessment, and DR/resiliency standards for service architecture and technology domain patterns. Lead governance, documentation, and coordination with various technology teams and stakeholders in executing Visa’s Offline Backup & Recovery program. This is a hybrid position. Expectation of days in office will be confirmed by your Hiring Manager.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Business and Technology units to identify critical functions.
• Define recovery time objectives (RTOs) and recovery point objectives (RPOs).
• Develop and implement a Disaster Recovery (DR) program.
• Ensure information security measures and disaster recovery processes are in place.
• Regularly validate and maintain the disaster recovery plan through testing and updates.
• Lead annual DR testing activities.
• Investigate network issues using knowledge of network configurations, VPNs, and firewalls.
• Utilize cloud-hosted services for disaster recovery processes.
• Define protective measures for data using knowledge of storage devices.
• Provide expertise on data backup, restoration, and database failover procedures.
• Collaborate with middleware teams to integrate systems.
• Develop and maintain documentation for DR/resiliency standards.
• Lead governance and coordination for Visa’s Offline Backup & Recovery program.

Requirements

• 2 or more years of work experience with a Bachelor’s Degree or an Advanced Degree.
• Experience in business continuity and disaster recovery planning.
• Experience working with IT departments in building Disaster Recovery/BC plans.
• Experience as a Technical Architect with strong application of Resiliency Architecture.
• Excellent verbal/written communication and administrative skills.
• Ability to develop strong inter-departmental partnerships.
• Experience with creating and deploying enterprise disaster recovery plans.
• Experience with monitoring DR programs including audit and regulatory compliance.
• Ability to create and implement DR/BC standards and procedures.
• Strong analytical skills to identify business process improvements.

Nice-to-haves

• 3 or more years of work experience with a Bachelor’s Degree.
• More than 2 years of work experience with an Advanced Degree.

Benefits

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• 401(k)
• FSA/HSA
• Life Insurance
• Paid Time Off
• Wellness Program