Lead Information Security Engineer responsible for executing Mastercard's security roadmap, advising on secure architecture and cryptography (encryption, key management, TLS, HSMs), guiding application and cloud teams to compliance (PCI, FIPS, ISO), defining security requirements, and researching emergent technologies like blockchain and stablecoin.
Our Purpose
Mastercard powers economies and empowers people in 200+ countries and territories worldwide. Together with our customers, we're helping build a sustainable economy where everyone can prosper. We support a wide range of digital payments choices, making transactions secure, simple, smart and accessible. Our technology and innovation, partnerships and networks combine to deliver a unique set of products and services that help people, businesses and governments realize their greatest potential.
Title and Summary
Lead, Information Security Engineer
Who is Mastercard?
Mastercard is a global technology company in the payments industry. Our mission is to connect and power an inclusive, digital economy that benefits everyone, everywhere by making transactions safe, simple, smart, and accessible. Using secure data and networks, partnerships and passion, our innovations and solutions help individuals, financial institutions, governments, and businesses realize their greatest potential.
Our decency quotient, or DQ, drives our culture and everything we do inside and outside of our company. With connections across more than 210 countries and territories, we are building a sustainable world that unlocks priceless possibilities for all.
Mission First, People Always
As Corporate Security, we are responsible for keeping Mastercard safe and secure from cyber and physical threats, and it is our people on the frontlines who make this happen every day. By taking care of our people, their wellbeing, and career development, we provide them the necessary tools and environment to ensure the success of our mission.
Overview
Mastercard is seeking candidates to join the Enterprise Security Architecture and Innovation team!
Mastercard is developing the next generation of applications and services to enable consumers and businesses to securely, efficiently, and intelligently conduct payment transactions, and is leveraging state-of-the-art cryptographic practices to protect its assets.
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.
• Can you demonstrate expertise in information security?• Can you advise teams on how to implement security practices related to cryptography, blockchain, and stablecoin?• Can you navigate through the many security frameworks (PCI, FIPS, ISO) and regulatory requirements with respect to cryptographic standards?
Role• Contribute to the execution the security roadmap for Mastercard - enhancing security posture and enforcing governance and compliance to the security standards • Provide technical design and architecture advice to internal teams on how to securely develop and build applications and supporting systems• Partner with application teams to determine path to compliance - articulate short, medium and long term plans when necessary • Define secure mechanisms for critical business functions, for both on-premises and in cloud environments• Define security requirements and guidelines to ensure repeatable processes are followed globally• Provide security advice in cryptography, including several of the following: encryption, hashing, key management, digital certificates, TLS• Research emergent technologies and security practices to support development of security strategy, standards, and architecture
All About You• Experience providing secure design advice for web-based environments and secure communication, including mobile applications, web applications and web services• Demonstrate a broad awareness of security engineering concepts and practices across all phases of the software development lifecycle• Strong understanding of information security, risk and data privacy within the domain of digital commerce including relevant practical experience• Knowledge of cryptography, including several of the following: encryption, hashing, key management, digital certificates, TLS, PKCS#11, HSMs• Demonstrate technical competency in security engineering based on hands-on experience or relevant qualifications• Ability to perform analysis, review, and design of custom systems, not just product implementation or operations• Strong verbal and written communication skills• Demonstrate the ability to articulate and communicate effectively to diverse audiences and properly translate security and risk management terminology into business terms and recommends alternative solutions to these stakeholders
Required Skills• Application security • Cryptography• Security engineering• Architecture and design
Additional Nice to Have• Application development (hands-on experience)• Blockchain• Stablecoin• Cloud security• Experience with PKI systems and vendors
Relevant Previous Experience• Security Engineering• Security Consultant• Application developer/architect with security experience/focus
Mastercard Corporate Security Roles have been aligned with the NICE framework (National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education). For this role the NICE Work Roles most closely aligned are: • Cybersecurity Architecture• Secure Systems Development• Security Control Assessment• Systems Security Management• Technology Research and Development
Corporate Security Responsibility
All activities involving access to Mastercard assets, information, and networks comes with an inherent risk to the organization and, therefore, it is expected that every person working for, or on behalf of, Mastercard is responsible for information security and must:
Mastercard powers economies and empowers people in 200+ countries and territories worldwide. Together with our customers, we're helping build a sustainable economy where everyone can prosper. We support a wide range of digital payments choices, making transactions secure, simple, smart and accessible. Our technology and innovation, partnerships and networks combine to deliver a unique set of products and services that help people, businesses and governments realize their greatest potential.
Title and Summary
Lead, Information Security Engineer
Who is Mastercard?
Mastercard is a global technology company in the payments industry. Our mission is to connect and power an inclusive, digital economy that benefits everyone, everywhere by making transactions safe, simple, smart, and accessible. Using secure data and networks, partnerships and passion, our innovations and solutions help individuals, financial institutions, governments, and businesses realize their greatest potential.
Our decency quotient, or DQ, drives our culture and everything we do inside and outside of our company. With connections across more than 210 countries and territories, we are building a sustainable world that unlocks priceless possibilities for all.
Mission First, People Always
As Corporate Security, we are responsible for keeping Mastercard safe and secure from cyber and physical threats, and it is our people on the frontlines who make this happen every day. By taking care of our people, their wellbeing, and career development, we provide them the necessary tools and environment to ensure the success of our mission.
Overview
Mastercard is seeking candidates to join the Enterprise Security Architecture and Innovation team!
Mastercard is developing the next generation of applications and services to enable consumers and businesses to securely, efficiently, and intelligently conduct payment transactions, and is leveraging state-of-the-art cryptographic practices to protect its assets.
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.
• Can you demonstrate expertise in information security?• Can you advise teams on how to implement security practices related to cryptography, blockchain, and stablecoin?• Can you navigate through the many security frameworks (PCI, FIPS, ISO) and regulatory requirements with respect to cryptographic standards?
Role• Contribute to the execution the security roadmap for Mastercard - enhancing security posture and enforcing governance and compliance to the security standards • Provide technical design and architecture advice to internal teams on how to securely develop and build applications and supporting systems• Partner with application teams to determine path to compliance - articulate short, medium and long term plans when necessary • Define secure mechanisms for critical business functions, for both on-premises and in cloud environments• Define security requirements and guidelines to ensure repeatable processes are followed globally• Provide security advice in cryptography, including several of the following: encryption, hashing, key management, digital certificates, TLS• Research emergent technologies and security practices to support development of security strategy, standards, and architecture
All About You• Experience providing secure design advice for web-based environments and secure communication, including mobile applications, web applications and web services• Demonstrate a broad awareness of security engineering concepts and practices across all phases of the software development lifecycle• Strong understanding of information security, risk and data privacy within the domain of digital commerce including relevant practical experience• Knowledge of cryptography, including several of the following: encryption, hashing, key management, digital certificates, TLS, PKCS#11, HSMs• Demonstrate technical competency in security engineering based on hands-on experience or relevant qualifications• Ability to perform analysis, review, and design of custom systems, not just product implementation or operations• Strong verbal and written communication skills• Demonstrate the ability to articulate and communicate effectively to diverse audiences and properly translate security and risk management terminology into business terms and recommends alternative solutions to these stakeholders
Required Skills• Application security • Cryptography• Security engineering• Architecture and design
Additional Nice to Have• Application development (hands-on experience)• Blockchain• Stablecoin• Cloud security• Experience with PKI systems and vendors
Relevant Previous Experience• Security Engineering• Security Consultant• Application developer/architect with security experience/focus
Mastercard Corporate Security Roles have been aligned with the NICE framework (National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education). For this role the NICE Work Roles most closely aligned are: • Cybersecurity Architecture• Secure Systems Development• Security Control Assessment• Systems Security Management• Technology Research and Development
Corporate Security Responsibility
All activities involving access to Mastercard assets, information, and networks comes with an inherent risk to the organization and, therefore, it is expected that every person working for, or on behalf of, Mastercard is responsible for information security and 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.
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