Lead Systems Engineer, Microsoft Teams

Visa Visa · Fintech · Foster City, CA +2

Lead Systems Engineer for Microsoft Teams at Visa, focusing on platform strategy, architecture, governance, and operational excellence. The role involves end-to-end deployment, optimization, and evolution of the Teams environment, including meetings, chat, channels, voice, integrations, security, and device integration. A key aspect is maximizing AI and agentic automation opportunities within Microsoft Teams and Microsoft 365, including Copilot and Graph-based automation, to streamline operations and improve user experience.

What you'd actually do

  1. Serve as one of Visa’s lead Microsoft Teams experts, owning platform strategy, roadmap, architecture, governance, and day‑to‑day service excellence.
  2. Design and implement enterprise Teams policies, configuration standards, lifecycle management processes, and best‑practice governance.
  3. Optimize the global Teams experience through monitoring, analytics, incident trend analysis, and direct partnership with Microsoft.
  4. Maximize AI and agentic automation opportunities across Microsoft Teams and the broader Microsoft 365 platform, including Copilot, Graph‑based automation, workflow intelligence, meeting and communication insights, and next‑generation collaboration agents.
  5. Champion AI‑driven optimization, using insights, automation frameworks, and platform telemetry to streamline operations, improve user experience, and elevate enterprise collaboration maturity.

Skills

Required

  • Deep expertise in Microsoft Teams architecture, admin, governance, and performance tuning.
  • Strong understanding of Microsoft 365 and Exchange.
  • Ability to translate business needs into scalable technical solutions.
  • Leadership in managing complex incidents.
  • Excellent communication skills.
  • Curiosity and ownership mindset.

Nice to have

  • Experience with Teams Admin Center, PowerShell, Teams Rooms, governance.
  • Knowledge of collaboration security and compliance tools.
  • Experience integrating Teams with devices and telephony.
  • Microsoft certifications such as MS‑700 or MS‑720 preferred.

What the JD emphasized

  • Maximize AI and agentic automation opportunities
  • Champion AI-driven optimization