Director

Visa•Highlands Ranch, CO

2h•Hybrid

About The Position

The Core Systems Engineering Team is part of Operations & Infrastructure (O&I) Technology Platform and is responsible for common integration infrastructure that supports communication between multiple enterprise applications and multiple business lines. This team is the backbone of Visa’s global infrastructure- responsible for all hardware and every operating system that powers our authorization and clearing and settlement systems for both credit and debit. We manage one of the most robust and mission-critical system environments in the industry, directly supporting 89% of Visa’s revenue. From mainframe to modern platforms, our engineers ensure the reliability, scalability, and performance of the systems that move money around the world. This position is responsible for leadership of a Mainframe systems engineering team and oversight of the technology investment as it relates to the IBM z/OS operating system, networking, storage administration and automation in support of Visa’s Core Clearing and Settlement applications. This position will report to the Senior Director of Core Systems Engineering. This is a hybrid position. Expectation of days in office will be confirmed by your hiring manager. Visa will accept applications for this role until at least January 31, 2026.

Requirements

10+ years of relevant work experience with a Bachelor’s Degree or at least 7 years of work experience with an Advanced degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or 4 years of work experience with a PhD, OR 13+ years of relevant work experience.

Nice To Haves

12 or more years of work experience with a Bachelor’s Degree or 8-10 years of experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or 6+ years of work experience with a PhD
Extensive experience in zSeries systems engineering.
Experience in tactical and strategic planning in Large IBM systems engineering departments.
Experience in z/TPF and/or z/VM operating systems is a bonus.
A demonstrated ability for information technology planning and team direction setting.
A demonstrated ability to manage highly skilled technology teams is also required.
Experience with configuration of mainframe system and significant subsystems.
Experience with installation, maintaining, and implementation of mainframe and ISV software.
Ability to work independently.
Solid experience with vendor relationships.
Team player with strong communication skills.
IT management experience.
10 or more years total Information Technology experience.

Responsibilities

Direct management and technical and strategic direction for the Mainframe Systems Engineering, Orchestration and Storage teams.
Provide direction in z/OS, z/TPF and z/VM infrastructure from a design and engineering support perspective to build a responsive, high performing enterprise engineering team.
Oversight of the technology investment as it relates to z/OS, z/TPF and z/VM operating systems, networking and automation in support of Visa’s Core applications.
Helping establish an enterprise wide technology vision for the zSeries platform and ensuring that the infrastructure related efforts are aligned with business requirements.
Coordinate with the other direct reports and teams of this Sr. Director, including hardware, storage, automation and principal engineers.
External contacts will include all levels of management of Global Systems Engineering and Systems Operations.