Systems Application Analyst

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

Company Description

Visa is a world leader in payments and technology, with over 259 billion payments transactions flowing safely between consumers, merchants, financial institutions, and government entities in more than 200 countries and territories each year. Our mission is to connect the world through the most innovative, convenient, reliable, and secure payments network, enabling individuals, businesses, and economies to thrive while driven by a common purpose – to uplift everyone, everywhere by being the best way to pay and be paid.
Make an impact with a purpose-driven industry leader. Join us today and experience Life at Visa.

Job Description
•    Support and advocate for Visa clients comprised of financial institutions and vendors
•    Own and drive resolution of incidents end-to-end, including complex and high-impact issues with minimal guidance
•    Proactively monitor, recognize, analyze, isolate, and resolve VOCC outages utilizing a variety of tools and techniques across multiple platforms
•    Lead Internal and External Bridge Stewardship efforts in support of timely resolution of client-facing and critical incidents
•    Work simultaneously and independently across multiple platforms, prioritizing based on business and client impact
•    Assess the impact of incidents and author communications for distribution to appropriate recipients within set timeframes with little to no guidance
•    Support and coordinate scheduled changes, releases, and operational readiness activities

The position is permanent day 10 hour daily shift with two week rotating schedule, except during initial training for 3 months with a Monday-Friday 8 hour schedule.

This is an on-site position. An on-site position must be consistently performed at an assigned Visa office location and require daily commute to the office location. 

Qualifications

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of networking with the ability to apply concepts across multiple systems and environments
• Commercial experience 3 -5+ years
• Strong understanding of message flow with the ability to independently analyze and troubleshoot complex transaction paths across platforms
• Experience in Python or other programming languages, with the ability to develop scripts to support automation and operational efficiency
• Strong understanding of API monitoring, log analysis, and troubleshooting across distributed systems
• Experience with Unix / bash or shell scripting, including using scripts for operational support or automation
• Strong knowledge of ITIL standard ticket practices / ServiceNow, with ability to manage complex incidents end-to-end
• Strong understanding of File Transfer Protocol and its use within operational workflows
• Working knowledge of Linux, Splunk, Grafana, Prometheus or other monitoring tools, including advanced log analysis and query building
• Experience with ISO 8583 or equivalent messaging protocol, with ability to troubleshoot transaction-related issues
• Ability to work effectively as part of a team and independently, acting as a self-starter and escalation resource
• Takes full ownership of workload management, including prioritization of multiple competing priorities
• Ability to make decisions based upon available information, present recommendations, and lead resolution efforts
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, including high-impact stakeholder communication
• Demonstrated ability to lead incident resolution efforts and guide others during high-impact situations
• Client-focused mindset with the ability to interact effectively across all management levels
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including root cause analysis
• Ability to mentor and guide junior analysts and contribute to team performance

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.

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.