Senior Standards Engineer, Mobile

ZipRecruiter; Wakefield; Remote; USD 145,000 - 167,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking organization as a Senior Standards Engineer, where you will play a pivotal role in shaping PCI security standards. This innovative position involves collaborating with global experts to develop technical requirements and guidance for the payments industry. You will engage in drafting documentation, facilitating discussions, and enhancing processes to support the adoption of security standards. With a focus on mobile payments and cryptography, this role offers the opportunity to make a significant impact in a dynamic and remote work environment. Your expertise will help drive security advancements in the payments ecosystem.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in technical security fields like data or network security.
• 3+ years with payment technologies such as mobile payments.

Responsibilities

• Develop technical security requirements for PCI standards.
• Draft materials on payment technologies and coordinate stakeholder input.

Skills

Technical Writing

Information Security

Attention to Detail

Time Management

Curiosity and Creativity

Education

Bachelor's Degree in a Related Field

Job description

Job DescriptionJob Description

Job Title: Senior Standards Engineer, Mobile

Department: Standards

Location: North America, Australia and UK

Reports To: Head of Product and Technology

Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) Status: Exempt

SUMMARY

Reporting to the Head of Product and Technology, the Senior Standards Engineer will play a significant role in the ongoing development of PCI security standards, as well as contributing to PCI SSC programs and initiatives. You will work as part of the Standards Team, interfacing with technical working groups, industry stakeholders, and other subject matter experts to produce content for our portfolio of standards. This includes the development of requirements and assessment procedures to meet security objectives, as well as guidance documents, information supplements, and other documents to support adoption and implementation of the PCI standards.

The Senior Standards Engineer will interact with a diverse, global group of payment security professionals and stakeholders and will contribute to global security standards within the payments ecosystem.

This is a 100% remote role that is highly collaborative. You will be frequently engaged with Council staff and will contribute to various meetings throughout the week, primarily during US business hours.

What you will be doing in this role:

• Contribute first-hand security experience and subject matter expertise to develop technical security requirements and test procedures for the PCI security standards.
• Draft and contribute to materials covering various payment industry technologies and topics such as mobile payments, cryptography, and key management.
• Coordinate research and input from various stakeholders on current standards, evaluate feedback, provide recommendations, and draft changes as agreed to by the working groups.
• Contribute articles and content to various stakeholder communications, including newsletters, blog posts, training programs, and marketing releases.
• Chair meetings, facilitate discussions, and coordinate work efforts with various stakeholder groups to achieve meeting objectives.
• Assist in identifying improvements to the processes for creating, publishing, and maintaining policies, procedures, processes and/or related documents related to the PCI standards.
• Participate in the creation and presentation of materials for internal and external webinars and in-person presentations.
• Respond to technical inquiries received by the Council.
• Maintain proficiency with current security best practices for the payments industry.
• Collaborate across all PCI SSC teams, including standards development, program management, and stakeholder engagement, to support company goals and objectives.

What you Bring to this role:

• Strong business and technical writing skills with experience writing technical documentation, standards, procedures, training documentation, or information security articles.
• Ability to process information with high levels of accuracy and present technical concepts to audiences with a diverse understanding of information security.
• Attention to detail, self-discipline, and time management skills.
• Ability to work effectively and meet quality and schedule deadlines in a remote work environment.
• Flexible, proactive, quick to learn, and possessing a can-do attitude.
• A blend of curiosity, creativity, persistence, commitment, passion, and optimism.
• Willingness to travel up to 15%.

What you will need for this role:

• At least 7 years technical experience in one or more technical security fields {e.g., data security, software security, embedded security, cyber security, information security, network security, etc.}.
• At least 3 years of experience with payment technologies or infrastructures, such as mobile payments, cryptography, or key management.
• Expertise in implementing or evaluating security for at least one of:
  • Mobile and e-commerce payment acceptance infrastructures
  • Cryptographic protocols, algorithms, and key management architectures

What will make you stand out:

• Bachelor's degree or higher in a related technical field.
• Hands-on experience with implementing, managing, and/or assessing to one or more PCI security standards (e.g., P2PE, SPoC/CPoC, PIN, PTS POI/HSM, etc.).
• Experience in a laboratory setting
• Experience in writing formal compliance documentation, such as standards or policy documents.
• Published papers, blogs, presentations, etc. on mobile or cryptographic security.

The starting minimum salary for this role is $145,000 USD annually, plus bonus. The final compensation will be based on skills, experience, geographic location, and other relevant factors.

To learn more about the PCI Security Standards Council, visit https://www.pcisecuritystandards.org/

PCI SSC is an Equal Opportunity Employer.