Cybersecurity Engineer

About Us
Visa is a world leader in payments technology, facilitating transactions between consumers, merchants, financial institutions and government entities across more than 200 countries and territories, dedicated to uplifting everyone, everywhere by being the best way to pay and be paid.

At Visa, you'll have the opportunity to create impact at scale — tackling meaningful challenges, growing your skills and seeing your contributions impact lives around the world.

Join Visa and do work that matters – to you, to your community, and to the world. Progress starts with you.

Job Description

The Cybersecurity Engineer – Cloud is responsible for designing, implementing, and operating security controls that protect cloud‑native platforms and workloads across public cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP). The role partners closely with engineering, DevOps, and architecture teams to ensure cloud services are secure by design, compliant with regulatory requirements, and resilient at scale.

This position combines hands‑on engineering, security architecture, and risk‑based decision‑making within complex, distributed, and regulated environments.

In addition to cloud security responsibilities, this role provides security oversight and engineering support for AI‑enabled capabilities used across the Pismo platform. The engineer ensures that adoption of Artificial Intelligence and Large Language Models (LLMs) is aligned with Visa security controls, Pismo data‑protection principles, and global regulatory expectations.

Visa requires at least 3 days in office, expectations of these days will be confirmed by your Hiring Manager.

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications • 2+ years of relevant work experience and a Bachelors degree, OR 5+ years of relevant work experience Preferred Qualifications • 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) • 5+ years of experience in cybersecurity, with hands‑on responsibility for cloud or platform security. • Demonstrated experience securing production workloads across multiple cloud providers (AWS, Azure, and/or GCP). • Experience operating in regulated or high‑availability environments is strongly preferred. • Multicloud Security Expertise (Core Requirement) Proven ability to design, review, and implement security controls across multicloud environments, including: • Cloud Identity and Access Management (IAM), least‑privilege access, and workload identity • Network segmentation, service‑to‑service authentication, and mTLS • Cloud encryption models and key management (KMS, HSM, certificate authorities) • Experience with Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) and misconfiguration detection. • Understanding of cloud‑native logging, monitoring, and detection capabilities • Infrastructure, Container & Platform Security Hands‑on experience securing: • Kubernetes and container platforms • Container image scanning and runtime security • Infrastructure‑as‑Code (Terraform, CloudFormation, ARM) • Ability to embed security controls into CI/CD pipelines and platform guardrails. • Familiarity with configuration‑drift detection and continuous compliance. • Application & Data Protection Strong understanding of: • API security (OAuth/OIDC, token‑based auth) • Application‑level encryption, tokenization, and hashing • Data protection across storage, database, and file‑system layers • Ability to support secure software development lifecycle (SSDLC) practices, including SAST, SCA, and SBOM Risk, Compliance & Governance: • Working knowledge of security and compliance frameworks such as PCI DSS, ISO 27001, SOC 2, GDPR, or NIST. • Ability to translate security findings into risk‑based recommendations for engineering and leadership. • Experience partnering with architecture, risk, and compliance teams Tools, Technologies & Certifications (Preferred): • Experience with cloud‑security tooling (e.g., CSPM, container security, IAM platforms). Cloud or security certifications are preferred but not mandatory, including: • CCSK / CCSP • AWS, Azure, or GCP Security certifications • CISSP or equivalent • Continuous learning mindset aligned with evolving multicloud security practices. • Deep Knowledge of LLM Platforms (Mandatory) Demonstrated hands‑on and architectural knowledge of enterprise‑grade AI and LLM platforms, including: • Anthropic Claude • OpenAI (ChatGPT, GPT APIs, enterprise offerings) • Comparable LLM providers and managed AI services This includes understanding: • Platform security models and shared‑responsibility boundaries • API‑based consumption vs managed SaaS usage • Enterprise controls for data handling, logging, and access enforcement

U.S. Applicants Only

The estimated salary range for this position is $123,700.00 to $ 191,300.00 USD per year, which may include potential sales incentive payments (if applicable). Salary may vary depending on job-related factors which may include knowledge, skills, experience, and location. In addition, this position may be eligible for bonus and equity.Visa has a comprehensive benefits package for which this position may be eligible that includes Medical, Dental, Vision, 401(k), FSA/HSA, Life Insurance, Paid Time Off, and Wellness Program.

Work Hours

Varies upon the needs of the department.

Travel Requirements

This position requires travel 5-10% of the time.

Mental/Physical Requirements

This position will be performed in an office setting. The position will require the incumbent to sit and stand at a desk, communicate in person and by telephone, frequently operate standard office equipment, such as telephones and computers.

Visa is an EEO Employer

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protect veteran status. Visa will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the EEOC guidelines and applicable local law.