Junior Cybersecurity Engineer, M&A Automation

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Job Summary:

Visa is a world leader in payments and technology, dedicated to secure and innovative payment solutions. The Cybersecurity Engineer within the M&A Team will focus on deploying security infrastructure, managing incident responses, and ensuring the security of mergers and acquisitions through advanced cybersecurity practices.

Responsibilities:

• Deploy and maintain security infrastructure: IDS, FIM, WAF, SASE, firewalls, web proxies, vulnerability scanners

• Implement cloud security controls and automate security workflows

• Develop SIEM correlation rules, dashboards, and alerts to detect cyber-attacks

• Manage IAM solutions including Active Directory, SSO, and MFA

• Apply expertise in network protocols and DDoS mitigation

• Collaborate across cybersecurity and engineering teams to meet business requirements

• Monitor and triage security alerts via SIEM, escalating and documenting incidents per operational procedures

• Analyze sensor data (AV, IDS, Windows events, web proxy logs) to establish context and eliminate false positives

• Contain and mitigate threats using approved incident response methodologies

• Support time-critical investigations and collaborate with cross-functional teams

• Operationalize threat intelligence from internal and external sources

• Identify emerging threats, trends, and technologies impacting business security

• Provide feedback to enhance detection capabilities and security posture

• Respond to security incident reports via multiple communication channels

Qualifications:

Required:

• 2+ years of relevant work experience and a Bachelors degree, OR 5+ years of relevant work experience

Preferred:

• 3 or more years of work experience with a Bachelor’s Degree or more than 2 years of work experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD)

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Cybersecurity, or related field

• Cybersecurity certifications (CISSP, CEH, OSCP, GSEC, GCIH, GCIA, GCED, GCFA, CySA+)

• Enterprise-level incident response and security operations experience

• Hands-on cybersecurity incident handling with associated IR tools

• Proficiency with security tools: SIEM, AV, WAF, IDS, Netflow, packet analyzers, EDR

• Deep knowledge of malware families and network attack vectors

• Strong TCP/IP, networking, and packet analysis skills

• Operating systems, network services, and application security knowledge

• OWASP Top 10 and DDoS mitigation strategies

• Cloud security best practices and multi-tenant SaaS environments

• Regulatory framework knowledge (PCI DSS, ISO
27001, ISAE
3402)

• Dev Sec Ops , CI/CD, containerization, and automation experience

• Strong interest and experience in AI/ML for cybersecurity applications (professional, academic, or personal projects)

• Programming and scripting proficiency for security automation

• Familiarity with machine learning algorithms, frameworks, and AI models in security contexts

• Experience with LLMs for threat analysis, automation, or security workflows (preferred)

• Exceptional problem-solving abilities with tenacity and resilience

• Strong communication and presentation skills across diverse audiences

• Leadership and interpersonal skills to build credibility and influence peers

Company:

Visa is a multinational financial services company that facilitates electronic payment systems throughout the world. Founded in 1958, the company is headquartered in Foster City, California, USA, with a team of 10001+ employees. The company is currently Public Company. Visa has a track record of offering H1B sponsor ships.

• Seniority level
  
  Entry level

• Employment type
  
  Full-time

• Industries Software Development

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