Lead Security Engineer

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.

Lead Security Engineer

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.

The Business Security Enablement Guild (BSEG) is looking for a Lead Security Engineer to join us working out of our Vancouver office supporting the Next Gen DMP programs and initiatives. 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 to advise product and operational teams on how to securely design applications and services following industry best practices.

• Apply knowledge of security principles, theories and concepts to business and development life cycle.
• Take a Lead Security Position in larger, complex, global and cross functional/cross geographies initiatives.
• Work closely with developers 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.
• Document enhancements to security standards and procedures.
• Prepare and present business/technical presentations.

• Degree in computer science/information security or work experience equivalent of 7-10 years in information security disciplines
• CISSP or Industry recognized security certification desired.
• Advanced knowledge of security domains, protocols and standards, experience with software development, security architecture and security designs.
• Technical experience with Programming Languages
• Security design and implementation of web-based security architecture for secure on-line transactions
• Knowledge or technical security experience in Cryptography
• Working knowledge of symmetric and asymmetric encryption, Digital Certificates, SSL, VPN, IPSec, development of DMZ's and other security tools and processes such as privileged identity management, file integrity, audit, logging and IDS/IPS.
• Experience with automation of content federation and life-cycle management including OS images, binary packages and configuration management.
• Intermediate to advanced hands‑on scripting experience.
• Moderate to extensive hands‑on administrative and security experience with Linux systems

• SP-DEV-002, OPM
  622, Secure Software Assessor
• SP-ARC-002, OPM
  652, Security Architect

• 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 training courses in accordance with Mastercard’s guidelines.

Mastercard is a merit-based, inclusive, equal opportunity employer that considers applicants without regard to gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity,…