Lead Guild Security Engineer

Mastercard; Dublin; On-site; EUR 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Mastercard is seeking a Lead Guild Security Engineer to drive security across large, global initiatives and advise product teams on secure design practices. You will apply deep security knowledge to guard the lifecycle of applications and services and lead complex cross‑functional security efforts.

The role requires 7–10 years in information security, strong cryptography knowledge, and hands‑on security engineering expertise.

Qualifications

• 7–10 years of experience in information security disciplines.
• CISSP or industry‑recognized security certification desired.
• Advanced knowledge of security protocols and standards, especially for web-based applications.
• Knowledge or technical security experience in Cryptography.
• Experience with encryption, SSL, VPN, IDS/IPS, and security tooling.
• Automation and process improvement experience a plus.
• Programming languages experience and terminal scripting skills.
• Linux systems administration experience (moderate to extensive).

Responsibilities

• Advocate on behalf of the BSEG Guild and guide program security engineers and market facing programs on security reviews.
• Document enhancements to security standards and procedures.
• Prepare and present business/technical presentations on security topics.
• Apply security principles to business requests during lifecycle stages.
• Lead larger, global initiatives and cross‑functional security efforts.
• Provide and recommend secure design solutions meeting regulatory requirements.

Skills

Information security

Security architecture

Cryptography

Web security

CISSP

Scripting

Linux administration

Job description

Lead Guild Security Engineer

The Business Security Enablement (BSE) team is looking for a Lead Security Engineer to join our team. The Business Security Enablement guild is a worldwide team of information security experts focused on helping Mastercard achieve its goals by ensuring security is at the heart of everything we do. The ideal candidate needs a high level of expertise in information security and secure engineering disciplines to advise product and operational teams on how to securely design applications and services following industry best practices. You will apply deep knowledge of security principles, theories, and concepts throughout the business and development lifecycles. As an L6 Security Engineer, you are expected to take a lead security role in large, complex, global, cross‑functional initiatives.

Role

• Advocate on behalf of the BSEG Guild, providing directions to program security engineers and market facing programs on the current security review processes and procedures ensuring established security policies and standards are observed on projects.
• Document enhancements to security standards and procedures.
• Prepare and present business/technical presentations.
• Apply knowledge of security principles, theories and concepts to business requests.
• Take a Lead Security Position in larger, more complex initiatives (e.g., global initiatives, cross‑functional/cross‑geographies).
• Provide and recommend optimal solutions to meet security and regulatory requirements in the design of new/enhanced systems.

Qualifications

• 7‑10 years of experience in information security disciplines.
• CISSP or industry‑recognized security certification desired.
• Advanced knowledge of security protocols and standards, experience with security frameworks, architecture and secure designs, especially for the implementation of web‑based applications to secure online transactions.
• Knowledge or technical security experience in Cryptography.
• Working knowledge of symmetric and asymmetric encryption, Digital Certificates, SSL, VPN, IPSec, development of DMZ’s and other security tools and processes such as privileged identity management, file integrity, audit, logging and IDS/IPS.
• Experience with automation and process improvement.
• Technical experience with programming languages.
• Intermediate to advanced hands‑on scripting experience.
• Moderate to extensive hands‑on administrative and security experience with Linux systems.

NICE Framework References

• SP‑DEV‑002, OPM622, Secure Software Assessor
• SP‑ARC‑002, OPM652, Security Architect

Corporate Security Responsibility

• Abide by Mastercard’s security policies and practices.
• Ensure the confidentiality and integrity of the information being accessed.
• Report any suspected information security violation or breach.
• Complete all periodic mandatory security trainings in accordance with Mastercard’s guidelines.