Lead Information Security Engineer

Mastercard•Salt Lake City, UT

19h•Onsite

About The Position

Mastercard is seeking a professional to join our Security Engineering team in Salt Lake City. Mastercard is developing the next generation of applications and services to enable consumers and businesses to securely, efficiently, and intelligently participate in the Open Finance ecosystem. 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.

Requirements

Strong understanding of information security, risk and data privacy within the domain of Open Banking and Open Finance including relevant practical experience
Demonstrate a broad awareness of security engineering concepts and practices across all phases of the software development lifecycle
Experience providing security architecture advice for web based network environments and secure communication, including mobile applications, web applications and web services
Knowledge and technical security experience in cryptography, including several of the following encryption, hashing, key management, digital certificates, TLS
Knowledge of virtualization platforms such as Amazon Web Services (AWS) EC2, Azure, Kubernetes and containerized environments
Experience of continuous delivery / continuous integration processes and procedures including critical security considerations in automated workflows
Demonstrated experience designing secure multi-domain Internet-facing applications
Demonstrate technical competency in security engineering based on hands-on experience or relevant qualifications
Working knowledge and technical security experience with UNIX, Linux, and Windows
Demonstrate the ability to articulate and communicate effectively to diverse audiences and properly translates security and risk management terminology into business terms, and recommends alternative solutions to these stakeholders.
Strong verbal and written communication skills

Nice To Haves

Can you demonstrate a high level of expertise in information security and secure development disciplines
Can you provide detailed guidance on the securely implement systems in public cloud environments
Can you advise development teams on how to securely design applications and services following industry best practices and enhance existing approaches to security engineering
Have you performed security analysis of mobile applications, web applications and web services and understand the threats, attacks and risks Open Finance applications and APIs
Can you analyze an application architecture to reduce the security risk to an acceptable level, while still providing beneficial functionality for the end user

Responsibilities

Provide technical design and architecture advice to internal teams on how to securely develop and build applications and supporting systems
Define secure mechanisms for critical business functions in cloud environments
Work closely with developers and evaluate business requests and proposed designs to determine feasibility; work with software development teams to define alternatives and recommend optimal solutions to meet security and regulatory requirements in the design of new enhanced systems
Leverage security experience and knowledge within the mobile and digital commerce arena to cultivate and maintain effective working relationships with a variety of internal MasterCard stakeholders, including business owners, end-users, customers, project managers, engineers, and senior management
Define security requirements and guidelines to ensure repeatable processes are followed by worldwide teams
Assist in the strategy, standards, and architecture for the security aspects of the SDLC including application, mobile, web service, DevOps, cloud, and CICD efforts
Assist in SOC 2 and PCI DSS efforts and manage interactions with the external auditors.
Interface with external clients to address their due diligence questions and concerns.

Benefits

insurance (including medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, disability, life insurance)
flexible spending account and health savings account
16 weeks of new parent leave
up to 20 days of bereavement leave
80 hours of Paid Sick and Safe Time
25 days of vacation time
5 personal days
10 annual paid U.S. observed holidays
401k with a best-in-class company match
deferred compensation for eligible roles
fitness reimbursement or on-site fitness facilities
eligibility for tuition reimbursement