Sr. SW Engineer (Python, Jenkins, Github, Devops, Change Management, 3-6 years)

Overview

Software Engineer role in Visa's Platform Engineering organization, focused on application onboarding, deployment automation, production release support, platform modernization, operational excellence, and engineering productivity.

What you'll do

• Support onboarding of applications to the enterprise deployment platform.
• Assist development teams in adopting platform standards, deployment patterns, and operational best practices.
• Enable modernization initiatives including containerization and cloud-native deployments.
• Support production and non-production deployments across multiple applications and environments.
• Coordinate release activities, implementation plans, validation activities, and rollback procedures.
• Troubleshoot deployment issues and drive resolution during implementation windows.
• Develop automation scripts and tools to improve deployment efficiency and operational reliability.
• Contribute to CI/CD pipeline enhancements and deployment standardization initiatives.
• Automate repetitive operational processes and improve observability.
• Support Kafka, RabbitMQ, API Gateway, certificate management, and connectivity-related activities.
• Assist with provisioning, configuration validation, and operational troubleshooting.
• Collaborate with infrastructure teams to resolve platform dependencies.
• Participate in incident response, root cause analysis, and problem management activities.
• Contribute to operational runbooks, deployment procedures, and knowledge management.
• Monitor application health and support production stability initiatives.
• Support vulnerability remediation and security-driven platform improvements.
• Ensure deployments and operational activities comply with organizational standards and controls.
• Participate in audit and compliance-related activities when required.

What you'll need

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related discipline.
• 4-7 years of software engineering, DevOps, platform engineering, or production support experience.
• Experience supporting large-scale enterprise applications.
• Experience working in Agile development environments.
• Strong knowledge of Java-based applications and microservices architecture.
• Experience with Linux/Unix systems administration.
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines (GitHub, Jenkins, GitLab, or similar).
• Experience with container technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes/OpenShift.
• Knowledge of cloud-native deployment concepts.
• Experience with messaging technologies such as Kafka and RabbitMQ.
• Understanding of REST APIs and integration patterns.
• Knowledge of SQL databases and troubleshooting database-related issues.
• Experience with scripting using Shell, Python, or similar languages.
• Production support and incident management experience.
• Root cause analysis and troubleshooting skills.
• Release deployment and change management experience.
• Strong documentation and communication skills.

Nice to have

• Experience with enterprise payment platforms or financial services applications.
• Knowledge of observability tools and monitoring platforms.
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code and automation frameworks.
• Exposure to cloud technologies (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Experience supporting highly available and mission-critical applications.
• Understanding of security, compliance, and vulnerability remediation processes.

Details

• Hybrid position; days in the office will be confirmed by the Hiring Manager.