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Ashburn, VA

Systems Engineer Intern - Summer 2026, Ashburn

Internship
Finance
Engineering
Posted:
December 29, 2025

Visa

Global digital payments and financial network
79.1
Palpable Score
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Job Description And Responsibilities

Visa’s Internship Program provides an immersive, 12-week journey where you’ll work on impactful projects that drive Visa’s mission forward. As a Visa intern, you’ll build valuable connections across the organization, sharpen your communication and business acumen, and gain hands-on experience in a dynamic, global environment.

Throughout the program, you’ll have exclusive access to interactive workshops and learning sessions designed to deepen your expertise, expand your industry knowledge, and elevate your professional skillset. You won’t just be learning, you’ll be contributing, collaborating, and innovating every step of the way. In addition to professional development, you’ll enjoy a variety of intern social events that foster community, connection, and fun throughout the summer.

The experience culminates in an exciting final presentation, where you’ll showcase your project achievements, share key insights, and present your recommendations to Visa’s leaders and stakeholders. This is your chance to demonstrate your business impact, highlight your personal growth, and align your work with Visa’s vision for the future.

The IaaS Systems and Storage Engineering (ISSE) team is part of the Operations and Infrastructure organization.

Vision: Deliver best-in-class, on‑demand infrastructure everywhere.

Mission: Build secure, reliable private and hybrid cloud infrastructure using modern, open technologies at optimal cost.

Purpose: Accelerate developer innovation and reduce infrastructure overhead.

You will join a team of systems DevOps engineers and architects who adopt and engineer technologies for Visa’s container platforms, with a focus on Kubernetes, microservices, and cloud infrastructure. Candidates should have experience deploying solutions on AWS, GCP, or Azure, along with strong DevOps, automation, and Infrastructure‑as‑Code skills. The role includes building foundational public cloud services, improving security and cost efficiency, and enhancing developer productivity.

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Qualifications

Basic Qualifications

Preferred Qualifications

About the company

Visa

Company overview
Visa is a global payments technology company that runs the network that helps move money between consumers, merchants, financial institutions, and government entities. The company provides services like authorization, clearing, and settlement that sit behind many card and digital payment experiences. Visa operates across 200+ countries and territories and works with partners ranging from banks to fintechs and large merchants. The company’s products also extend into areas like risk, fraud, data-driven services, and advisory work.

Locations and presence

Visa has major hubs in the United States (including Foster City, San Francisco, Austin, and Atlanta) alongside offices across many global regions. The company publicly positions most roles as hybrid, with examples in job postings noting set in-office days and a policy that allows short periods working from another location for eligible hybrid roles.

Palpable Score

79.1
/ 100
Visa has a broad and repeatable early-career funnel, including a global internship program and multiple structured rotational programs with clear eligibility windows. The strongest evidence sits in learning support and early-career program design, while the weaker area is end-to-end hiring transparency because public details on interview stages and feedback norms are limited.
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