Payment Intelligence and Fraud Analyst

  • Full-time
  • Job Family Group: Risk

Company Description

Common Purpose, Uncommon Opportunity. Everyone at Visa works with one goal in mind – making sure that Visa is the best way to pay and be paid, for everyone everywhere. This is our global vision and the common purpose that unites the entire Visa team. As a global payments technology company, tech is at the heart of what we do: Our VisaNet network processes over 13,000 transactions per second for people and businesses around the world, enabling them to use digital currency instead of cash and checks. We are also global advocates for financial inclusion, working with partners around the world to help those who lack access to financial services join the global economy. Visa’s sponsorships, including the Olympics and FIFA™ World Cup, celebrate teamwork, diversity, and excellence throughout the world. If you have a passion to make a difference in the lives of people around the world, Visa offers an uncommon opportunity to build a strong, thriving career. Visa is fueled by our team of talented employees who continuously raise the bar on delivering the convenience and security of digital currency to people all over the world. Join our team and find out how Visa is everywhere you want to be.

Job Description

This high impact, high visibility position is part of Payment Systems Intelligence - a key component of Global Risk's Payment Fraud Disruption (PFD) initiative. PFD's team of technology experts are vital to Visa's efforts to identify, investigate, disrupt and prevent attacks targeting the global payment ecosystem.

**Note this can role can be based in Washington D.C. (preferred) or Austin, TX **


Key measures of success for this position include:

  • Reduced successful cyber fraud targeting merchants and financial institutions
  • Ability to support early identification of common points of purchase through intelligence and compromised payment card reporting
  • Rapid response, triage and analysis of technical forensic investigation reports and ability to conduct cyber analysis of investigation reports.  
  • Quantifiable deterrence of organized cybercrime, including law enforcement engagement 
  • Increased brand reputation and acknowledgement of Visa’s cybercrime fighting expertise

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Triage and analysis of forensic investigation reports, identification of technical correlations between the reports, and ability to develop digital infrastructure maps (domains, IPs, malware variants) of overlapping cybercrime operations. 
  • Analyze compromised payment card data from multiple reporting sources in order to identify compromised points of purchase (merchant breaches). 
  • Draft intelligence reporting for multiple audiences, including senior leadership, external clients, and for public consumption

SECONDARY RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Identify new fraud and cybercrime threats to the payments ecosystem and communicate them to relevant stakeholders  
  • Provide intelligence and technical analysis support to the Investigations team during official PCI forensic investigations. 
  • Other duties as assigned.


Qualifications

REQUIRED

  • Moderate understanding of networks, risk management, network security, digital forensics, and security operations 
  • Adaptable and able to work well in a fast paced, team oriented environment
  • 3-5 years’ experience in payment card or information security industry, and investigating payment card and/or cybercrime fraud
  • Adept with data analytics, visualization tools and concepts
  • Proficiency with correlation and interpretation of large volumes of data
  • Ability to prepare concise reports on meaningful fraud trends, cybercrime threats, and fraud statistics 
  • Ability to respond after-hours, weekends and holidays to major fraud event

Additional Information

“Visa will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of Article 49 of the San Francisco Police Code.”

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