Staff Site Reliability Engineer, DevOps

Job Description

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Staff Site Reliability Engineer to join our DevOps squad. This role will focus on leading technical initiatives, optimizing CI/CD pipelines, automating infrastructure provisioning, and ensuring platform resilience. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), and cloud technologies, as well as the ability to mentor engineers and contribute to the overall stability and scalability of our platform.

What You'll Do

Technical Leadership:

• Lead the implementation and optimization of CI/CD pipelines.
• Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) scripts to automate infrastructure provisioning and management.
• Identify and implement automation opportunities to improve efficiency and reduce maxnual effort.
• Ensure best practices in CI/CD and IaC to promote consistency, repeatability, and compliance.

Platform Resilience:

• Maintain CI/CD resilience by avoiding unplanned or uncommunicated changes.
• Serve as an example of diligence and reliability to the team.

Technical Contributions:

• Make high-impact technical contributions recognized by the team and organization.
• Write effective post-mortem documentation for internal and external stakeholders.

Mentorship:

• Mentor and provide constructive feedback to engineers across the company.
• Review pull requests and source code, focusing on improving CI/CD and automation practices.

Consultation and Problem-Solving:

• Serve as a consultant for engineers from different squads.
• Solve complex and unknown problems under pressure.
• Support and participate in On-Call rotations.

Technology Trends and POCs:

• Stay up-to-date with the latest technology trends in CI/CD and automation.
• Lead and execute Proof of Concepts (POCs) to introduce new technologies to the team.

This is a remote position. A remote position does not require job duties be performed within proximity of a Visa office location. Remote positions may be required to be present at a Visa office with scheduled notice. #LI-Remote

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications

• Intermediate-to-Advanced English (B2 level).
• Be based in Brazil
• Proficiency in CI/CD tools such as Argo and Codefresh.
• Expertise in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like Terraform.
• Strong knowledge of Docker and Kubernetes for containerization and orchestration.
• Proficiency in monitoring and observability tools like Grafana, Grafana Loki, Honeycomb, OpenTelemetry, and Prometheus.
• Strong exposure to cloud environment.
• Hands-on experience with automating deployment processes and integrating CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong problem-solving skills, especially under pressure.
• Ability to mentor and provide constructive feedback to engineers.
• Effective communication and collaboration skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with service mesh technologies such as Istio.
• Experience with programming languages such as Golang, Java, or Groovy can be considered a plus.

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.