Information Security Specialist

Visa; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 86,000 - 117,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Full benefits

Flexible hours

Job summary

Visa is hiring an Information Security Specialist in Houston, TX for critical tasks to ensure PCI DSS is fast and reliable.

You will apply secure coding practices, conduct code reviews, and automate tests to prevent regressions while aligning with OWASP Top 10 and OSCP guardrails. This is a fast-paced, collaborative role with flexible hours and full benefits.

Qualifications

• 3 years of security engineering experience.
• Experience with OWASP Top 10 based applications.
• OSCP or equivalent certification preferred.
• Ability to translate compliance rules into build guardrails.

Responsibilities

• Apply Secure Code Review and Phishing Simulation to solve engineering challenges.
• Write Secure Code Review integration tests to catch regressions before shipping.
• Troubleshoot production incidents across OWASP Top 10 based applications.
• Negotiate IDS/IPS tradeoffs with product when Visa timelines and reality collide.
• Enhance test automation frameworks to increase release confidence.
• Track and report on key performance metrics for technology services.
• Pull Visa's Creativity stack out of the TX region before the migration deadline.
• Translate technology compliance rules into OSCP guardrails baked into the build.

Skills

Secure Code Review

OWASP Top 10

OSCP

Incident Troubleshooting

Tools

Test automation frameworks

Job description

We're hiring an Information Security Specialist for the unglamorous, essential work of making PCI DSS fast enough that nobody notices it at all. The $86,000 - $117,000 is the floor, not the ceiling; with 5 years and technology ownership, this Visa role keeps rising.

Key Responsibilities

• Apply Secure Code Review and Phishing Simulation to solve purpose-soaked engineering challenges
• Write the Secure Code Review integration tests that catch regressions before Houston, TX ships them
• Troubleshoot and resolve production incidents across OWASP Top 10-based applications
• Negotiate IDS/IPS tradeoffs with product when Visa timelines and reality collide
• Enhance test automation frameworks to increase release confidence
• Track and report on key performance metrics for technology services
• Pull Visa's Creativity stack out of the TX region before the migration deadline
• Translate technology compliance rules into OSCP guardrails baked into the build

What You'll Bring

• Comfort working in a fast-paced, unhurried environment
• 3 years of learning when to trust the process and when to break it
• Pattern recognition earned across many technology engagements
• Hands-on proficiency with Attention Management, ideally paired with OSCP
• The self-awareness to know which problems are yours to solve

Visa treats Houston, TX as both home and laboratory, prototyping solutions-focused technology ideas no larger rival would risk. We pair junior and senior folks on purpose so Security Auditing knowledge stops hoarding in one head.

Open with $86,000 - $117,000, grow your OWASP Top 10 under a mentor, lean on full benefits, and flex your hours the way grown-ups should.

We stamped it current today; the temporary opening is genuinely accepting candidates.