Staff Database Engineer

Visa•Austin, TX

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

Visa is a world leader in payments technology, facilitating transactions between consumers, merchants, financial institutions and government entities across more than 200 countries and territories, dedicated to uplifting everyone, everywhere by being the best way to pay and be paid. At Visa, you’ll have the opportunity to create impact at scale — tackling meaningful challenges, growing your skills and seeing your contributions impact lives around the world. Join Visa and do work that matters – to you, to your community, and to the world. Progress starts with you. We are seeking a skilled and disciplined DBA Engineer with a minimum of 5 years of experience to join our global team. You will be instrumental in managing and optimizing our cloud-based database systems, ensuring high performance, availability, and scalability.

Requirements

5+ years of relevant work experience with a Bachelor’s Degree or at least 2 years of work experience with an Advanced degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or 0 years of work experience with a PhD, OR 8+ years of relevant work experience.
Minimum of 5 years of professional experience as a Database Administrator (DBA) or in a similar role.
Experience with Cloud environments, including AWS and Azure (provisioning, operations, best practices).
Proven expertise in managing and administering Aurora MySQL, Aurora PostgreSQL, and DynamoDB
Solid understanding of AWS Cloud features and services relevant to database management
Good knowledge and practical experience with Terraform
Familiarity with DevOps principles and practices
Strong sense of trustworthiness, discipline, and the ability to work effectively in a remote environment with minimal supervision.

Nice To Haves

Knowledge of shell scripting
Cockroach DB or any technology that offer data sharding
Experience with YAML coding

Responsibilities

Manage, maintain, and optimize database systems hosted on Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Azure or GCP Cloud.
Provide expertise in managing and administering Aurora MySQL, Aurora PostgreSQL, and DynamoDB
Collaborate with the DevOps team to implement infrastructure as code using Terraform
Work with a global team, participating in a 24x7 support rotation as needed.
Ensure the performance, reliability, and security of all database environments.
Monitor database health, troubleshoot issues, and implement proactive solutions.
Assist in capacity planning, backup and recovery procedures, and disaster recovery drills.