Director, Storage Infrastructure Reliability Engineering

As Director of Storage Infrastructure Reliability Engineering (IRE), your primary responsibility will be to lead a diverse global team responsible for the management, support, and implement/drive improvements to Visa’s global storage infrastructure based from the ITIL framework. This will involve managing the US team of engineers and working with the Directors of Storage Operations in the AP and EU locations. You will work closely with the leadership of other infrastructure teams and cross-functional teams who are managing services and applications. This position is within Infrastructure Reliability Engineering (IRE) team that operates Visa’s global storage infrastructure. The IRE team is centered around hiring and developing diverse talents who are passionate about building and operating best-in-the-breed infrastructure through technology and innovation.

Essential Functions

• Drive bottoms-up improvements for Storage Infrastructure Reliability Engineering (including Level-1 & Level-2 Incident management, Change management and Problem management)

• Lead crisis/incident event management incidents

• Customer/partner engagements to represent operational concerns/needs

• Mentor technical staff and drive programs to improve effectiveness and efficiency

• Establish best-practice methodologies for problem resolution in a global, 24 x 7, high volume, high availability, critical production environment, based on metrics-based KPIs.

• Lead the development of innovative storage operations processes and tools from concept to delivery with a focus on new technologies and automation.

• Provide leadership to manage demands from projects and technology upgrades including recommendations for vendor tools/solutions and global alignment of storage infrastructure.

• Mentor, manage and motivate a high-performing team of senior professionals and set clear priorities to achieve department goals and KPIs.

• Manage oversight of complex storage operations processes based on a combination of vendors, custom solutions, and internal resources.

• Decision making authority is broad and can have significant material impact on cost, business planning and success of Visa's core business.

• Support the adoption of new technologies and tools, recommend capability improvements to storage engineering, and assist in lab deployments for technology trials.

• Ensure that information security and risk management are embedded within the culture requiring continuous improvement to a complex set of functions to coordinate security and compliance risks related to information systems and assets.

• Drive coordination, consensus and execution to mitigate cyber risk issues and emerging threats in such a dynamic environment.

• Direct the continuous and secure operation, administration and maintenance of storage infrastructure including coordinating with Risk Management, Identity/Access Management, Information Security and Privacy, and Disaster Recovery teams.

• Lead development of innovation and strategic direction in application of theories and concepts in storage design, configuration, administration, maintenance and/or support.

• Assist in the development of a strategic roadmap to ensure storage operations goals are met.

• Ensure service level targets are met and address all service-level complaints.

• Ensure storage operations are conducted according to corporate standards, and in compliance with external standards as defined in company objectives (e.g., ITIL, ISO27001/27002 and similar).

• Participate in disaster recovery/business continuity activities, as needed.

• Comfort in working through corporate culture with purpose and energy to promote unified approach.

• Establish standards and governance in future acquisitions to mitigate risk and maximize storage infrastructure stability.

• Provide subject matter expertise in interactions with partners and customers, program manage collaboration projects externally and internally.

• Lead a culture of achieving storage security, stability, and performance through automation and SRE practices.

This is a hybrid position. Expectation of days in the office will be confirmed by your Hiring Manager. 

Visa will accept applications for this role until at least January 2, 2026.

Basic Qualifications:
10+ years of relevant work experience and a Bachelors degree, OR 13+ years of relevant work experience

Preferred Qualifications:
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
Current or held advanced storage technical certification
Experience or background with automation using Ansible and/or Python would be desired.
Experience leading a large Software/Tools Development team or Storage Engineering / Operations team.
Experience leading a storage operations team for an enterprise that has a large volume of consumer-facing and B2B interactions.
Proven track record of driving change and transformation in storage operations processes, tools and technologies through metrics driven, KPI based methodologies, and an evidence based operational improvement and decision-making approach to best meet business objectives and priorities.
Prior experience in driving and leading enterprise technology and cultural transformation programs.
Experience working with highly effective engineering teams through major technology transitions.
Demonstrated understanding of tools and technologies in a storage infrastructure ecosystem.
Demonstrated consistent and steady growth in career.
Prior experience in multi-vendor storage technologies.
Hands-on experience in deploying large scale storage technologies.
Great communicator and able to drive consensus across diverse/global technology teams.
Track record in developing next generation leaders.
Demonstrated experience of metrics driven management with accountability.

Work Hours: Varies upon the needs of the department.

Travel Requirements: This position requires travel 5-10% of the time.

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, 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.

U.S. APPLICANTS ONLY: The estimated salary range for a new hire into this position is $176,400.00 to $282,500.00 USD per year, which may include potential sales incentive payments (if applicable). Salary may vary depending on job-related factors which may include knowledge, skills, experience, and location. In addition, this position may be eligible for bonus and equity. Visa has a comprehensive benefits package for which this position may be eligible that includes Medical, Dental, Vision, 401 (k), FSA/HSA, Life Insurance, Paid Time Off, and Wellness Program.