Fascinated by the future and captivated by technology?

Smart, driven and want to make a difference in the world?

You’ll fit right in.

Join a diverse team at Visa, where your individuality fits right in. We can provide the opportunity to shape the payments experience globally. Together, let’s transform the way the world pays.

Think you know us?

Our mission is to connect the world through the most innovative, reliable and secure digital payment network that enables individuals, businesses and economies to thrive.

Individuality fuels our brand and our global team – we’re proud that we are a talented team of 15,000 individuals with unique backgrounds, perspectives and experiences. Therefore, we understand that you are much more than your day job. We encourage quality of life outside of the office, whether it’s taking advantage of agile work schedules or our wellness programs, Visa respects and encourages meaningful work/life balance for everyone. In addition, we offer market leading salary and have a fantastic benefits offering.

So, if you’re not satisfied with the status quo, we can satisfy your desire to explore new territory, giving you the runway to really make an impact, whilst connecting you with teams around the world in a truly inclusive culture that celebrates our uniqueness.

If you think you could support Visa as a Lead Security Specialist, we want to hear from you – together, let’s make Visa a great place to work.

What’s it all about?

Cybersecurity is at the beating heart of our business. Our diligence and expertise is what makes us undisputed leader in electronic payments.  We’ve made it our priority to create exemplary security operations and incident response teams, poised to defend us against any potential cyber threats.  

We’re looking for those of you who are inherently driven and fascinated by the art and science of cyber defence. We’ll equip you with the very best tools and tech so that you can deliver top notch results. 

Continuous self-development underpins job fulfilment at Visa. If you have a burning desire for self-development, working with us will expose you to challenges and opportunities to hone your skills. We’ll provide the right environment and a plethora of top notch professionals to learn with and from.

What we expect of you, day to day.

• The objective of Visa’s Penetration Testing program is to pro-actively identify weaknesses and shortcomings in Visa’s security posture and recommend necessary controls and procedures to protect Visa adversarial threats. With this mission in mind, our pentest experts are pro-actively involved in engagements that simulate adversarial threats & attacks in a timely manner.
• The Security Specialist will be a key contributor for performing internal and external ethical hacks of Visa applications and systems. Pentest team members also help with design, development and recommendation of security solutions to protect Visa proprietary/confidential data and systems.
• Conducting high risk and sensitive ethical hacks of internally and externally hosted applications according to scope defined by the pen test team
• Subject matter expertise in web, mobile or network penetration testing with track record of end to end testing of complex systems
• Co-ordinate and execute system/network level pen tests and ethical hacking exercises
• Pro-actively research and Identify network and system vulnerabilities and provide recommended counter measures or controls to reduce risk to acceptable and manageable level.
• Reviews results of network and application ethical hacks in order to determine severity of findings and to ensure proper remediation is applied.
• Provide accurate and timely reporting of findings and proposed remediation and mitigations.
• Technical support could include but not limited to the following: (1) Audit support & remediation, (2) Process Improvement, (3) Analysis & Reporting, (4) Cross Divisional Functional education, training and awareness, (5) function/Methodology/Strategy advancement.
• Provide technical support to senior management in identifying and streamlining new/existing protocols and tools used by the penetration testing team.
• Develop and automate scripts, tools and resources needed to advance ethical hacking capabilities around new and emerging technologies like mobile, cloud and embedded systems

What we’re after…

• Strong understanding of cryptographic concepts and applied cryptography (SSL, AES etc.)
• Proficiency in one or more scripting language. E.g. Perl, Python, Shell Scripting etc.
• Proficiency in one or more high level programming languages like Java, C, C++, Ruby etc.
• Understanding of OWASP Top 10 and SANS Top 25 web application and network vulnerabilities
• Expertise and experience in web/mobile application and network penetration testing
• Prior experience with Red teaming would be an added advantage
• Knowledge of exploit development, vulnerability research/reporting or writing system modules in C & C++, a major advantage and added bonus.
• Detailed understanding of OSI and TCP stack with emphasis on computer architecture and networking protocols
• Knowledge of web application technologies and layer 7 protocols like HTTP, DHCP, DNS, FTP etc.
• Good understanding of networking concepts around Ethernet, switched LAN and WAN environment
• Prior knowledge or academic familiarity with reverse engineering, malware analysis, security research and forensic tools will be an added advantage

Diversity & Inclusion

Universal acceptance for everyone, everywhere, is not only our brand promise, it’s the foundation of our company culture. We foster a feeling of connectedness in the workplace, support diversity of thought, culture and background, fight for important initiatives like Equal Pay and actively work to eliminate unconscious biases that hold us all back.

By leveraging the diverse backgrounds and perspectives of our worldwide teams, Visa is a better place to work and a better business partner to our clients.