Sr. Database 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 Visa s Technology Organization is a community of problem solvers and innovators reshaping the future of commerce We operate the world s most sophisticated processing networks capable of handling more than 65k secure transactions a second across 80M merchants 15k Financial Institutions and billions of everyday people While working with us you ll get to work on complex distributed systems and solve massive scale problems centered on new payment flows business and data solutions cyber security and B2C platforms The Opportunity We are looking for a versatile curious and energetic Senior Database Engineer to join our team of passionate and dedicated engineers This role will primarily focus on MySQL Database Engineering team is part of the Platform as a Service PaaS group under Operations and Infrastructure O I division which delivers operationally excellent open system database infrastructure and services both on premise private cloud and in public cloud We design engineer and build reliable scalable secure highly available and cost-effective database infrastructure solutions for our product development partners The team also provides Level-3 database support for any operational issues and serves as the next level escalation for Database Reliability Engineering team This is a global team spread across multiple locations in different time zones The Work itself The work involves designing implementing and managing our database systems both on premise and in public cloud environments Develop Ansible automation scripts for DB provisioning and life cycle management Build and deploy Infrastructure as Code to manage database instances on public cloud platforms such as AWS Azure or GCP This role involves ensuring high availability performance security and scalability of our databases This role is expected to collaborate closely with Product development and other partners in Operations and Infrastructure like Compute Storage Network and Middleware Engineering teams Essential Functions Design implement and manage our database systems both on premise and in public cloud environments Develop and maintain Ansible and Python automation scripts for DB provisioning and life cycle management Build and deploy Infrastructure as Code to manage database instances on public cloud platforms such as AWS Azure or GCP Develop and implement robust backup and recovery strategies Maintain comprehensive documentation for database configurations procedures and policies Set up and maintain database monitoring tools to ensure database health and performance Troubleshoot and resolve database related issues in a timely manner Provide technical influence and database subject matter expertise tackling complex problems and identifying innovative solutions Work closely with cross-functional groups including product development other Infrastructure engineering teams Cybersecurity and Operations This is a hybrid position Expectation of days in office will be confirmed by your Hiring Manager Qualifications Basic Qualifications - 3 years of relevant work experience and a Bachelors degree OR 5 years of relevant work experience Preferred Qualifications - 3 or more years of work experience with a Bachelor s Degree or more than 2 years of work experience with an Advanced Degree e g Masters MBA JD MD 3-5 years of DBA experience managing MySQL databases MySQL 8 0 and onwards 2-3 years of MySQL native replication experience managing complex replication topology InnoDB Cluster Experience is a plus Strong understanding of MySQL database fundamentals Strong understanding of MySQL Native Replication fundamentals Strong understanding of MySQL database security management Strong scripting skills with Ansible Python and Terraform Experience with public cloud services such as AWS Google Cloud Platform or Microsoft Azure and Infrastructure as code IAC UNIX Linux platform skills and understanding of operating system network storage and security Understanding and experience with Virtualization and Containerization technologies and cloud-native Architecture Additional Information 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