Sr. Site Reliability Engineer - job 25 of 50

As a Sr. Site Reliability Engineer at Visa, your primary responsibilities include developing a comprehensive Disaster Recovery program, safeguarding information assets, and ensuring robust recovery strategies are in place. You will also lead testing activities to validate disaster recovery plans, collaborating across technology teams to integrate diverse systems, and maintaining necessary documentation related to risk assessments and service architecture.

To qualify for the Sr. Site Reliability Engineer position at Visa, candidates should possess a strong background in site reliability engineering or a related field, with a deep understanding of disaster recovery processes, data management, and network configurations. Familiarity with cloud services, databases like MySQL, and experience with various technologies such as Java Web Services are essential to excel in this role.

Visa maintains its disaster recovery plans through continuous validation, regular testing, and updates. As a Sr. Site Reliability Engineer, you will lead annual testing activities, employ best practices, and ensure all stakeholders are aligned with the established plans to foster a culture of preparedness and resilience within the organization.

As a Sr. Site Reliability Engineer at Visa, you will work with a variety of tools and technologies, including cloud-hosted services, network configurations, databases like PostgreSQL and MongoDB, as well as middleware platforms such as Apache Kafka and Tomcat. Your role requires you to leverage these tools to ensure effective disaster recovery and system resilience.

At Visa, a Sr. Site Reliability Engineer can expect a hybrid work environment that promotes flexibility. The exact number of days in the office will be determined by your Hiring Manager, allowing you to balance your time effectively between remote work and collaboration in the office.

When discussing strategies for disaster recovery planning, highlight your systematic approach, including identifying critical systems, assessing RTOs and RPOs, regularly updating and testing plans, and collaborating with stakeholders to ensure their needs are met. Be prepared to share specific examples from your past experiences.

To address unexpected downtime, explain the importance of having a pre-established incident response plan. Discuss your approach to quickly assess the situation, communicate with team members, and implement disaster recovery procedures that minimize system downtime and restore services efficiently.

In your response, detail a specific incident where you planned, executed, and evaluated a disaster recovery test. Focus on the preparation involved, the challenges faced, and the end results, emphasizing any improvements that were made to the disaster recovery plan post-testing.

Discuss your experience in deploying cloud-based solutions for disaster recovery. Focus on tools and technologies you've utilized for backup, replication, and failover procedures, showcasing your ability to leverage these technologies for maximum system availability and reliability.

Highlight the importance of implementing proper encryption, access controls, and regular backups during the disaster recovery processes. Mention specific security measures you've successfully utilized in previous roles to protect sensitive data.

Emphasize the types of documentation crucial for effective disaster recovery planning, such as risk assessments, impact analyses, recovery plans, and test results. Explain how maintaining thorough documentation helps improve the recovery processes and enhance collaboration among various teams.

Here, detail your experience with essential network components such as VPNs, firewalls, and their roles in disaster recovery. Discuss how you troubleshoot and resolve network-related issues to ensure systems remain accessible during recovery efforts.

In your response, describe the methods you use to keep abreast of the latest trends and technologies in disaster recovery, such as attending industry conferences, participating in webinars, and following leading publications in the field.

Discuss how RTOs (Recovery Time Objectives) and RPOs (Recovery Point Objectives) are essential metrics in disaster recovery planning, guiding your actions in prioritizing which processes must be recovered first and how much data loss is acceptable to the business.

Explain your approach to collaboration with cross-functional teams, emphasizing communication, regular meetings, and shared goals. Give examples of how you ensure all teams are aligned on disaster recovery objectives and how you manage any challenges in executing the plans.