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Job type full-time
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Our purpose
We work to connect and power an inclusive, digital economy that benefits everyone, everywhere by making transactions safe, simple, smart and accessibleUsing secure data and networks, partnerships and passion, our innovations and solutions help individuals, financial institutions, governments and businesses realize their greatest potentialOur decency quotient, or dq, drives our culture and everything we do inside and outside of our companyWe cultivate a culture of inclusion for all employees that respects their individual strengths, views, and experiencesWe believe that our differences enable us to be a better team – one that makes better decisions, drives innovation and delivers better business results.
Job title
Principal information security engineer
Mastercard is seeking a demonstrated security engineering leader to join our business security enablement guild within the corporate security teamThe business security enablement guild is a powerful team of information security and devsecops experts focused on helping mastercard achieve its goals by ensuring security is at the heart of everything we doMastercard is researching and developing the next generation of products, services, and solutions at scale to enable consumers to securely, efficiently, and intelligently conduct transactions regardless of channel.
Whether through traditional retail, mobile, or e-commerce, mastercard innovation is leading the digital convergence of traditional and emerging payments technologies across a wide variety of new devices and services for billions of users world-wide.
Are you passionate about security? do you like to tinker with things in order to figure out how to build them better, stronger, and more resilient? are you a people person who values partnership, teamwork, and building solutions with cross-functional disciplines and teams? are you curious? do you follow trends, research, and best practices as part of your insatiable desire to learn and teach others? do you want to have a true impact on the security of how the world transacts? this may be the role for you.
The role – lead security engineer for digital, marketing, and loyalty programs
As the lead security engineer for mastercard’s digital programs reporting to the business security officer, you will be relied upon to serve as technical security expert supporting the development and sustainability of secure products and practicesYou will be the subject matter expert in application security delivering tactical mentorship and strategic consulting in terms of building a security-focused culture, secure development best-practices and application security awareness as well as contextualizing the threat landscape and associated risks for the programs you protect.
You will be an active and critical participant in the design and implementation of internal and external payment services and mentor others in these efforts (including creating user stories, secure code review, providing up-front and ongoing security consultation, reviewing and enabling testing efforts, etc.)
You will proactively work to find solutions that align with business needs while operating within mastercard’s risk tolerance that are scalable and can be applied across multiple programs and platformsThis requires the ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams and regularly articulate and communicate to diverse audiences and properly translates security and risk management terminology into business terms, and recommends alternative solutions to these stakeholders.
As the lead security engineer, you will also assist the business security office in assessing the current threat landscape and business needs of dml to identity and prioritize and solution risksThis includes examining systems and applications to understand the current security posture and advocating for security best-practices to engineering teams.
All about you:
Adaptive communication skills to influence cross functionally without direct authority, comfort speaking with customers and business partners at all levels
Motivated self-starter with an agility and ability to manage ambiguity, deal with and anticipate change while still meeting business objectives
Passion for great product design, security and usability
Experience with application threat modeling or other risk identification techniques
Current knowledge of security best practices, common exploits, and threat landscape
Understanding of agile methodologies
Ability to build secure devops architecture patterns and provide guidance on how to develop secure applications and infrastructures
Strong understanding of information security, authentication and data privacy within the domain of digital commerce including relevant practical experience
Demonstrated experience designing secure multi-domain internet facing applications
Knowledge of the security architecture of web based network environments and secure communication between environments
Knowledge and technical security experience in cryptography, including several of the following: pki, digital certificates, ssl, hashing, encryption techniques, etc
Good understanding of software development especially related to secure coding best practicesPrior experience programming in java is a plus.
Experienced in mobile security architecture concepts, design, implementation along with android and ios is a plus
Due to covid-19, most of our employees are working from homeWe’ve implemented a virtual hiring process and continue to interview candidates by phone or video and are onboarding new hires remotelyWe value the safety of each member of our community because we know we’re all in this together.
Mastercard is an inclusive equal employment opportunity employer that considers applicants without regard to gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, disabled or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
If you require accommodations or assistance to complete the online application process, please contact reasonable.accommodation@mastercard.com and identify the type of accommodation or assistance you are requestingDo not include any medical or health information in this emailThe reasonable accommodations team will respond to your email promptly.
Corporate security responsibility
Every person working for, or on behalf of, mastercard is responsible for information securityAll activities involving access to mastercard assets, information, and networks comes with an inherent risk to the organization and therefore, it is expected that the successful candidate for this position must:
• 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, and
• complete all periodic mandatory security trainings in accordance with mastercard’s guidelines.
