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Progress starts with you.\nJob Description\nVisa’s Cyber Security team is seeking a Cyber Security Engineer to design, build, and operate large-scale, cloud-native and AI-driven security platforms that protect Visa’s global brand, networks, products, and data. This role combines hands-on engineering, automation-first security design, and technical leadership in a highly dynamic, high-impact environment.\nThe ideal candidate is a strong security engineer and problem solver with deep experience in Python-based services, cloud security engineering, API-driven architectures, and automation, and who is excited to apply GenAI and autonomous agent technologies to modern security challenges.\nThis role plays a critical part in reducing time-to-detect (TTD) and time-to-remediate (TTR) by driving intelligent automation, threat intelligence enrichment, and policy-as-code across Visa’s multi-cloud ecosystem.\nKey Responsibilities:\nSecurity Engineering & Platform Development:\nDesign, develop, and operate large-scale cyber security platforms that deliver detection, prevention, and response capabilities across cloud and hybrid environments.\nBuild cloud-native, API-first security services using Python and modern web service frameworks.\nDevelop and expand security integration frameworks to interconnect SIEM, CSPM, CNAPP, IAM, network security, and threat intelligence platforms.\nDrive security automation to minimize manual intervention and accelerate incident response workflows.\nGenAI & Agentic Security Capabilities:\nDesign and implement GenAI-powered security workflows, including:Autonomous agents for cloud misconfiguration analysis, policy validation, and remediation recommendations\nAI-assisted threat triage, alert summarization, and root-cause analysis\nIntelligent enrichment of security signals using applied threat intelligence\n\nBuild and operate agentic systems that can reason across telemetry, policies, and infrastructure state to propose or execute remediation actions safely.\nEvaluate and adopt emerging LLM, agent orchestration, and AI governance frameworks for enterprise-grade security use cases.\nEnsure secure, compliant, and auditable use of GenAI, including data handling, prompt safety, access controls, and model risk considerations.\nCloud Security & Automation:\nEngineer and enforce cloud security controls across AWS, Azure, and/or GCP in large-scale enterprise environments.\nImplement Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) and automation frameworks to provision and manage security controls using tools such as Terraform.\nDrive Policy-as-Code and Guardrails, authoring and maintaining policies using:OPA/Rego or Sentinel, AWS Service Control Policies (SCP), Azure Policy, GCP Organization Policies\n\nIntegrate GitOps-based promotion pipelines (dev → test → prod) with secure remote state management and drift detection.\nThreat Detection, Response & Posture Management:\nReduce time-to-detect and time-to-remediate by automating:Threat intelligence ingestion and correlation\nSensor enrichment and contextual risk scoring\n\nDesign and operate cloud security posture management (CSPM/CNAPP) capabilities using platforms such as Wiz, Prisma Cloud, or Microsoft Defender for Cloud.\nWork across multiple security domains including:Cloud firewalls and security groups, DDoS protection, Network proxies, Cloud-native SIEM platforms (e.g., ADX, Sumo Logic)\n\nArchitecture, Innovation & Leadership:\nLead technical design discussions and translate business requirements into secure, scalable architectures.\nConduct proof-of-concepts (POCs) for new technologies, tools, and architectures, evaluate feasibility and drive production adoption.\nStay current with emerging cloud, security, and AI technologies, proactively assessing their applicability within Visa.\nAct as a technical leader and mentor, raising the engineering and security maturity of the team.\nContribute to project planning, including cost estimation, timelines, and risk assessment for new security initiatives.\nThis is a hybrid position. Expectation of days in office will be confirmed by your hiring manager.\nQualifications\nBasic Qualifications8+ years of relevant work experience with a Bachelor’s Degree or at least 5 years of experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or 2 years of work experience with a PhD, OR 11+ years of relevant work experience.\nPreferred Qualifications\n9 or more years of relevant work experience with a Bachelor Degree or 7 or more relevant years of experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or 3 or more years of experience with a PhD\nCloud & Security Expertise\nStrong domain expertise in cloud security engineering within multi-cloud enterprise environments (AWS, Azure, and/or GCP).\nExpert-level certification in at least one major cloud platform.\nHands-on experience migrating applications to the cloud and implementing cloud-native security controls at scale.\nProven ability to design and implement new security controls based on risk assessments, gaps, and regulatory requirements.\nGenAI, Automation & Engineering:\nDemonstrated experience building GenAI solutions and autonomous agents for cloud security engineering or security operations.\nStrong programming skills in Python (preferred) or Go, with experience in building production-grade services.\nExpertise in IaC, automation, and GitOps workflows, including secure state management and drift detection.\nExperience with policy-as-code and enterprise guardrail enforcement.\nOperational & Leadership Skills:\nAbility to independently drive POCs, own implementations end-to-end, and transition solutions into production.\nExperience assisting with cost modeling, timelines, and delivery planning for security initiatives.\nStrong understanding of threat management, vulnerability management, and cloud security posture management.\n• Excellent communication, collaboration, and technical leadership skills, with the ability to influence across teams.\nU.S. Applicants Only\nThe estimated salary range for this position is $180,600.00 to $ 289,300.00 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\nVaries upon the needs of the department.\nTravel Requirements\nThis position requires travel 5-10% of the time.\nMental/Physical Requirements\nThis 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.\nVisa is an EEO Employer\nQualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protect veteran status. 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