Senior Systems Engineer- - Linux Engineering, RHEL, Rocky

About Us
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.

Job Description

Join the Linux Engineering team responsible for building and operating secure, scalable, and automated Linux platforms that support Visa''s global technology ecosystem. You''ll work with modern virtualization, automation, cloud, and container technologies in a large-scale enterprise environment.

The Sr Systems Engineer - Linux Engineering will work as an individual contributor responsible for supporting RHEL, Rocky Linux, Ubuntu, virtualization, container, automation, and platform operations. The role requires strong hands-on technical skills, analytical troubleshooting ability, and experience working in large-scale production server environments.

Vision: To build and support secure, reliable, automated, and scalable Linux platforms that enable business applications to run consistently across enterprise infrastructure and hybrid environments.

Mission: To deliver high-quality Linux engineering, automation, troubleshooting, and operational support for enterprise server platforms, while maintaining strong standards for availability, security, compliance, and operational discipline.

Purpose: The purpose of this role is to apply hands-on Linux engineering and automation expertise to support stable infrastructure services, improve operational efficiency, resolve complex platform issues, and contribute to the continuous improvement of enterprise Linux environments.

Essential Functions:

Visa requires at least 3 days in office, expectations of these days will be confirmed by your Hiring Manager.

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications:

Preferred Qualifications:

Additional Information

This is a hybrid position. Hybrid employees can alternate time between both remote and office. Employees in hybrid roles are expected to work from the office 2-3 set days a week, determined by leadership-site, with a general guidepost of being in the office 50% or more of the time based on business needs. Must be willing to participate in 24x7 on-call engineering support on a weekly rotational basis.

Work Hours: Varies upon the needs of the department.

Travel Requirements: This position does not require any travel requirement.

Mental-Physical Requirements: This position will be performed in an office setting. The position will require the incumbent to sit and stand at a desk, communicate in person and by telephone, and frequently operate standard office equipment such as telephones and computers.

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.

Visa will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable local law, including the requirements of Article 49 of the San Francisco Police Code.

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.