AWS Engineer: Istio, Kubernetes & DevOps Dashboards

Visa; Vancouver (WA); On-site; USD 64,000 - 96,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Robust benefits suite

Hands-on mentorship

Job summary

Visa in Vancouver, WA seeks an AWS Engineer who treats Istio as core work, not a buzzword. This junior-friendly role offers a $64,000–$96,000 annual range and a robust benefits suite with hands-on mentorship to grow as a technology professional.

You'll optimize performance, implement Istio architecture, build AWS dashboards, and collaborate across teams to unblock the Vancouver, WA roadmap while staying in flow on Kubernetes and GitHub Actions decisions.

Qualifications

• Willingness to commute to Vancouver, WA or work flexibly as needed.
• Instinct for prioritization when everything is labeled urgent.
• Ability to learn new technology systems quickly and apply them effectively.
• Self-direction that survives a quiet Slack channel.
• Self-motivated and able to work independently with minimal oversight.
• A Visa mindset: scrappy today, scalable tomorrow.

Responsibilities

• Optimize application performance, latency, and resource utilization at scale.
• Break large technology initiatives into Helm increments Vancouver can actually deliver.
• Build AWS dashboards so Visa's technology team stops asking engineers for numbers.
• Own the junior Disaster Recovery workstream that unblocks the rest of Visa's Vancouver, WA roadmap.
• Negotiate GitHub Actions tradeoffs with product when Visa timelines and reality collide.
• Resurrect flaky Negotiation tests until the Vancouver, WA suite is trustworthy again.
• Sketch the Istio architecture, defend it in review, then build the thing.
• Keep Visa's Empathy CI under ten minutes so Vancouver, WA engineers stay in flow.

Skills

Willingness to commute

Prioritization

Quick learner

Independence

Self-motivation

Visa mindset

Tools

Kubernetes

GitHub Actions

Job description

Visa in Vancouver, WA seeks an AWS Engineer who treats Istio as core work, not a buzzword. This junior-friendly role offers a $64,000–$96,000 annual range and a robust benefits suite with hands-on mentorship to grow as a technology professional.

You'll optimize performance, implement Istio architecture, build AWS dashboards, and collaborate across teams to unblock the Vancouver, WA roadmap while staying in flow on Kubernetes and GitHub Actions decisions.