Job Information
Mastercard Senior Information Security Engineer in Vadodara, India
Our Purpose
We work 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. We cultivate a culture of inclusion (https://www.mastercard.us/en-us/vision/who-we-are/diversity-inclusion.html) for all employees that respects their individual strengths, views, and experiences. We believe that our differences enable us to be a better team – one that makes better decisions, drives innovation and delivers better business results.
Title and Summary
Senior 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 well-being, and career development, we provide them with the necessary tools and environment to ensure the success of our mission.
Overview
The Business Security Enablement (BSE) team is looking for a Senior Security Engineer to join our team. The Business Security Enablement Guild is a worldwide team of information security experts focused on helping Mastercard achieve its goals by ensuring security is at the heart of everything we do. The ideal candidate needs a high level of expertise in information security and secure engineering disciplines with a primary focus on Third Party Software Security Evaluations.
• Apply knowledge of security principles, theories and concepts to technology reviews.
• Work independently on the review of larger, more complex initiatives with strategic importance (e.g., global initiatives, cross-functional/cross-geographies).
• Work closely with stakeholders to evaluate business requests to determine feasibility.
• Provide and recommend optimal solutions to meet security and regulatory requirements in the design of new/enhanced systems.
• Ensure established security policies and standards are observed on projects.
• Prepare and present business/technical presentations.
All About You
• Degree in computer science/information security or work experience equivalent in information security disciplines.
• CISSP or industry-recognised security certification desired.
• Advanced knowledge of security protocols and standards, experience with software, security architectures and security designs.
• Technical experience with Programming Languages.
• Understanding of security design and implementation of web-based systems.
• Knowledge or technical security experience in Cryptography.
• Working knowledge of symmetric and asymmetric encryption, Digital Certificates, SSL, VPN, IPSec, development of DMZ and other security tools and processes such as privileged identity management, file integrity, audit, logging and IDS/IPS.
• Experience with life-cycle management including OS images, binary packages and configuration management.
• Moderate hands-on scripting experience.
• Moderate hands-on administrative and security experience with Windows and Linux systems
NICE Framework References
This Mastercard role shares knowledge, skills, and abilities with related NICE work roles.
• SP-DEV-002, OPM622, Secure Software Assessor
• SP-ARC-002, OPM652, Security Architect
Corporate Security Responsibility
Every person working for, or on behalf of, Mastercard is responsible for information security. All activities involving access to Mastercard assets, information, and networks come with an inherent risk to the organization and therefore, it is expected that the successful candidate for this position 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.
• Complete all periodic mandatory security trainings in accordance with Mastercard’s guidelines.
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.