Sr. Director Network & Security Engineering

Visa•Austin, TX

20h•Hybrid

About The Position

Visa’s Corporate IT organization is on a transformational journey to redefine how enterprise technology enables global business scale, resilience, and employee productivity. We are moving beyond traditional infrastructure models toward software-defined, automated, cloud-integrated platforms that deliver security, reliability, and exceptional user experience at global scale. The Senior Director, Corporate Network & Infrastructure will play a critical role in modernizing Visa’s global corporate network and infrastructure platforms—driving reliability, security, and performance while enabling hybrid work, cloud adoption, and digital-first business operations.

Requirements

12+ years of relevant work experience and a Bachelors degree, OR 15+ years of relevant work experience
15 or more years of experience with a Bachelor’s Degree or 12 years of experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, or MD), PhD with 9+ years of experience
15+ years of progressive technology leadership experience with deep expertise in enterprise networking and infrastructure.
Proven experience defining and delivering multi-year modernization roadmaps in complex, global environments.
Demonstrated ability to run large-scale operations with strong reliability, incident/problem management, and continuous improvement disciplines.
Strong executive communication and influencing skills; ability to align stakeholders, drive decisions, and execute with speed and quality.
Experience leading and developing globally distributed teams; track record of building high-performing, inclusive cultures.
Experience in highly regulated environments with strong security, risk, and compliance expectations.
Proven ability to lead transformational programs spanning architecture, delivery, and operations.

Nice To Haves

Advanced degree preferred.

Responsibilities

Define and execute the global corporate network and infrastructure strategy aligned to Corporate IT priorities; translate strategy into multi-year roadmaps and quarterly outcomes.
Identify opportunities to simplify platforms, reduce toil, and increase automation; drive adoption of modern engineering practices and standards.
Act like an owner: steward investment decisions, optimize total cost of ownership, and ensure resources are allocated to the highest-value outcomes.
Serve as a senior technical authority for network and infrastructure platforms; set architecture standards, engineering principles, and guardrails.
Partner with enterprise architecture and security teams to ensure designs meet resiliency, performance, and risk requirements.
Think big and challenge the status quo by evaluating emerging technologies and patterns that can improve scale, reliability, and customer experience.
Own service reliability, availability, performance, and capacity; establish service-level objectives and transparent health reporting.
Lead major incident and problem management, driving root-cause elimination and continuous improvement; learn from mistakes and improve processes and systems.
Deliver seamlessly by strengthening change management discipline, automation, and operational readiness across releases and migrations.
Obsess about customers: partner with business and technology leaders to understand needs, prioritize initiatives, and deliver outcomes that improve employee productivity.
Listen and learn from internal customers and operational teams; convert feedback into actionable improvements and measurable service gains.
Build trust-based partnerships across Corporate IT, Cybersecurity, Facilities/Real Estate, and vendor partners.
Lead, coach, and develop global teams of engineers and architects; create clarity on roles, responsibilities, and accountability.
Champion inclusion and diversity; foster psychological safety, encourage constructive debate, and enable each other to succeed.
Attract, retain, and grow talent through intentional development, succession planning, and high-performance expectations.