Data Security/ Compliance

Lead Security Engineer

Vocalink International is seeking a Security Engineer team across New Payment Plaforms. The focus of the role is to help establish common security controls and operating practices across real time payments, to align with our security standards.

  • Provide advice to product and development teams to integrate adequate security controls for web applications, web services and mobile applications. Ensure information security requirements are effectively integrated into technology products, applications, and systems.
  • Define and assist with best practices for secure design, secure coding, secure development and secure configuration of Mastercard's information systems.
  • Mature Mastercard's development processes so that security continues to be a core component for all development staff, throughout the development lifecycle.
  • Perform risk-based analysis for multiple security processes related to product development and implementation.
  • Implement and align corporate security standards, policies and processes to enable Mastercard security across real time payment staff and operations.

Responsibilities

  • Review current security posture to identify areas of weaknesses or potential security risks.
  • propose security controls to remediate identified gaps, while facilitating smooth ongoing operations and processes.
  • Influence the security design and architecture by recommending optimal solutions to meet security and regulatory requirements for new or enhanced systems.
  • Be Security Engineering's technical advocate across New Payment Platforms, and facilitate the inclusion of other Corporate Security subject matter experts in system design.
  • Maintain effective working relationships with a variety of internal Mastercard stakeholders, including business owners, end-users, customers, project managers, engineers, and senior management.
  • Define secure mechanisms for critical business functions hosted on-prem or cloud environments.
  • Provide security advice in cryptography, including several of the following: encryption, hashing, key management, digital certificates, TLS.
  • Strong understanding of information security, risk and data privacy including relevant practical experience.
  • Demonstrate a broad awareness of security operations concepts and practices across all phases of the delivery lifecycle.
  • Experience providing security architecture advice for web-based network environments and secure communication, including mobile applications, web applications and web services.
  • Technical experience with integrating a range of security technologies.
  • Demonstrate technical competency in security engineering based on hands-on experience or relevant qualifications.
  • Knowledge of relevant industry standards and guidelines such as ISO27001, PCI-DSS, NIST SP800-53, COBIT.
  • Knowledge and some experience in the practical application of cryptography to protect data and communications, e.g., encryption, hashing, key management, digital certificates, TLS.
  • 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.
  • Knowledge of challenges of deploying cloud services securely.
  • Strong knowledge security operations and Integration in an enterprise environment.
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills, with ability to communicate clearly in a multi stakeholder environment.

Mastercard is an inclusive Equal Employment Opportunity employer that considers applicants without regard to gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, disabled or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.​

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