Hybrid Cybersecurity Engineer: Cloud Security & M&A

Visa; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Visa seeks a cybersecurity professional to join its merger and acquisitions-focused security team in the UK. You will analyze threats, shape security policies, and strengthen cloud and on-prem security postures while translating technical risks into clear business-friendly terms.

You will collaborate across IT and business units to embed security by design, deploy automated vulnerability management, and contribute to security reporting.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of relevant work experience and a Bachelor's degree, OR 5+ years of relevant work experience, 3 or more years of work experience with a Bachelor's Degree or more than 2 years of work experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD)
• 3+ years experience with cloud security services (AWS, Azure, GCP)
• Programming experience (Python)
• 5+ years of work experience in Cloud security
• Experience with deploying secure infrastructure into cloud environments
• Strong understanding of network, application, and system security
• AWS Security Specialty certification
• Technical experience with programming, technology, infrastructure, and security
• Experience in deploying resources using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform)
• Experience in securing Kubernetes services
• Extensive knowledge in OWASP Web Top 10 and CWE Top 25

Responsibilities

• Conduct threat and risk analysis and participate in the development of mitigation strategies
• Assist in the development and enforcement of security policies, procedures, and best practices
• Enhance the security posture of the entity hosted in public cloud or on-prem environment
• Translate security and technical requirements into business requirements and communicate security risks to different audiences ranging from business leaders to engineers.
• Collaborate with IT and other business units to ensure security is integrated into all aspects of technology and operations
• Develop the infrastructure and platform to automate vulnerability management and security reporting.

Skills

Threat analysis

Policy enforcement

Cloud security

Python

Kubernetes security

OWASP Top 10

CWE Top 25

Security communication

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher in CS/cybersecurity

Tools

AWS

Azure

GCP

Terraform

Kubernetes

CI/CD tools

Job description

Visa seeks a cybersecurity professional to join its merger and acquisitions-focused security team in the UK. You will analyze threats, shape security policies, and strengthen cloud and on-prem security postures while translating technical risks into clear business-friendly terms.

You will collaborate across IT and business units to embed security by design, deploy automated vulnerability management, and contribute to security reporting.