Lead Payments Technical Solutions Consultant

Visa; Ashburn (VA); Hybrid; USD 127,000 - 216,000; Full time

Job summary

Visa is seeking a Senior Consultant, Technical Solutions to act as a trusted advisor and solution consultant across its digital payments ecosystem. You will partner with Product, Engineering, and Client Services to design, implement, optimize, and support complex payment solutions that enable secure and scalable commerce experiences.

The role requires strong analytical capabilities, client engagement experience, and the ability to translate business requirements into technology solutions.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of relevant work experience with a Bachelor's degree or 5+ years with an Advanced Degree (Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or 2 years with a PhD
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Information Technology, or a related technical discipline
• Experience delivering technical consulting, systems integration, solution engineering, implementation, or enterprise technology initiatives
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, problem-solving, and communication skills
• Experience working directly with clients, business stakeholders, and technical teams

Responsibilities

• Act as a technical consultant and subject matter expert supporting client implementations and strategic initiatives across Visa's payment ecosystem.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to design, deliver, and optimize payment solutions that align with client and business objectives.
• Lead technical discovery sessions, solution design workshops, implementation planning activities, and post-launch optimization efforts.
• Support complex integrations involving APIs, digital payment technologies, tokenization services, authentication solutions, transaction processing systems, and related platforms.
• Diagnose and resolve complex production issues impacting system performance, transaction processing, customer experience, and operational stability.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives focused on scalability, operational efficiency, reliability, and performance optimization.
• Analyze business and technical requirements and translate findings into actionable recommendations for technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Provide guidance on integration strategies, monitoring frameworks, operational readiness, and incident management processes.
• Utilize Agile delivery methodologies and project governance practices to support successful execution of strategic programs.
• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to identify opportunities for innovation and adoption of emerging technologies.
• Influence outcomes across matrixed teams and provide informal leadership across Engineering, Product, Client Services, and partner organizations.

Skills

Client engagement

Analytical skills

Communication

Technical consulting

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT/Engineering

Tools

APIs

REST

Java

SQL

Cloud technologies

GitHub

Docker

Jenkins

Job description

Visa is seeking a Senior Consultant, Technical Solutions to act as a trusted advisor and solution consultant across its digital payments ecosystem. You will partner with Product, Engineering, and Client Services to design, implement, optimize, and support complex payment solutions that enable secure and scalable commerce experiences.

The role requires strong analytical capabilities, client engagement experience, and the ability to translate business requirements into technology solutions.