Information Security Engineer

  • Full-time
  • Job Family Group: Technology and Operations

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 candidate will join Global Information Security and will be responsible for development and implementation of the Cyber Security Engineering program. Manage state of the art detection tools used by highly trained analysts, as well as ensuring integrity and completeness of the data they analyze.

  • Work on the platforms used in the Perimeter of the network including Firewalls, WAFs, DDoS, Proxies in a lab environment and support basic engineering needs in the field.
  • Participate in technology testing to support product version and major change events as assigned by Cyber Security Engineering teammates. Develop automation scripts/programs as needed to facilitate testing.
  • Help manage and maintain inventory and supporting information in the Visa Configuration Management Data Base (CMDB) for all the Applications/Tools owned by Cyber Security Engineering.
  • Manage and facilitate the tasks for order receipt and physical deployments of security devices and appliances owned by Cyber Security Engineering as assigned by the Application Technical Contacts (Owning Engineer).
  • Help develop operational processes and procedures to enhance and improve team’s management of operational responsibilities (Patching, TSR remediation, Remedy queue, etc.)
  • Work closely with other network and security teams within Visa, maintaining up to the minute information about the underlying network and security requirements to make sure the security tool deployments are operating effectively.
  • Maintain active understanding of industry practices for threat analytics and incident response.
  • Provide engineering support from the proof of concept phase to deployment and sustained engineering for multiple security detection and alerting tools, including: 

Firewalls
Proxies/CAS
Distributed Denial of Service Protection (DDoS)
Web Application Firewalls
Cloud Security

Qualifications

  • Experience with technology, information security, and/or network administration 
  • Understanding of networks, security, and cloud.
  • Operational knowledge of systems, network security engineering best practices.
  • Solid problem solving and analytical skills; able to quickly digest issues encountered and recommend an appropriate solution 
  • Experience in using scripting languages automate tasks and manipulate data. Programming experience is a plus 
  • Bachelor degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or a related technical discipline

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.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

 

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