Sr. Cybersecurity Engineer

Visa; London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the payments industry is seeking a Cybersecurity expert to join their Security Team. You'll handle threat analysis, develop security strategies, and enforce policies while collaborating across teams to enhance the security of their systems. If you have strong experience in cybersecurity and cloud services, you are invited to apply and make an impact.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of relevant work experience in Cybersecurity or equivalent.
• Strong understanding of security policies and risk communication.
• Technical experience with infrastructure and cloud security.

Responsibilities

• Conduct threat and risk analysis, and develop mitigation strategies.
• Enhance security posture in public cloud and on-prem environments.
• Collaborate across teams to integrate security into technology operations.

Skills

Python

Java

Agile

Scrum

Network security

Application security

System security

Cloud security services

CI/CD pipelines

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Advanced Degree (Masters, MBA, JD, MD)

PhD

Tools

AWS

Azure

GCP

Terraform

Kubernetes

Job description

Company Description

Visa is a world leader in payments and technology, with over 259 billion payments transactions flowing safely between consumers, merchants, financial institutions, and government entities in more than 200 countries and territories each year. Our mission is to connect the world through the most innovative, convenient, reliable, and secure payments network, enabling individuals, businesses, and economies to thrive while driven by a common purpose - to uplift everyone, everywhere by being the best way to pay and be paid.

Make an impact with a purpose-driven industry leader. Join us today and experience Life at Visa.

Job Description

With the Security Team you will:

• 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.

This is a hybrid position. Expectation of days in office will be confirmed by your Hiring Manager.

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications

• 5+ years of relevant work experience with a Bachelor's Degree or at least 2 years of work experience with an Advanced degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or 0 years of work experience with a PhD, OR 8+ years of relevant work experience.
• Development experience (Python, Java)
• Agile / Scrum experience
• Strong understanding of network, application, and system security
• Experience with cloud security services (AWS, Azure, GCP)
• Experience with deploying secure infrastructure into cloud environments
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines

Preferred Qualifications:

• 8 or more years of work experience in Cybersecurity
• 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
• Strong written and oral communication skills to document reports on assessments and communicate potential weaknesses and risks to different audiences ranging from business leaders to engineers.

Additional Information

Visa is an EEO Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status. Visa will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with EEOC guidelines and applicable local law.