Lead Software Engineer - Security Engineering

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.

Title and Summary

Lead Software Engineer - Security Engineering

At Services within Mastercard, we are building out the APT Platform, a next generation development platform blending industry-leading analytics, advanced software architecture, and the latest web technologies to help our customers make data-driven business decisions. With a growing need to keep our platform secure, our Security Engineering team seeking a Lead Software Engineer experienced in implementing security tools and technologies in the on-premise or cloud datacenter.

As a Lead Engineer, you will bring engineering expertise and leadership to a growing team of highly motivated and innovating engineers.

Enjoy large scale infrastructure challenges? Come solve them with us.

What you will be doing:

• Help set the technical vision of the team as we work towards designing and developing Security Engineering practices.
• Design, develop, and deliver simple, (re)usable, service enabled, maintainable, and scalable security solutions that meet business requirements in adherence with respective standards, processes and best practices.
• Proactively identify and prioritize cross-application synergy, system enhancements, and automation of manual processes.
• Contribute to the overall strategy and manage complex issues within functional area of expertise.
• Research and perform PoC’s (Proof of Concept) on current and upcoming technologies and application appropriate frameworks to improve security and development practices.
• Perform quality inspections and walkthroughs throughout the SDLC including requirements review, architecture review, design review, code review and security review to ensure compliance with respective standards
• Leverage security experience and knowledge to develop the security culture and maintain effective working relationships with a variety of internal stakeholders, including business owners, end-users, customers, project managers, engineers, and senior management
• Coach junior level employees on software development and security best practices
• Work on a mix of legacy and greenfield projects to enable and support full-stack modernization.

Who you are:

• Experienced working with F5 BIG-IP ASM, HashiCorp Vault, SAST, DSAT and SCA tools, etc.
• Expertise coding in languages like Python, C#, Java, or Go.
• Able to lead projects with multiple teammates and provide thoughtful technical mentorship to help grow their careers.
• Able to independently research, evaluate and decide on both short-term and long-range solutions.
• Skilled at breaking down problems, organizing work, and delivering against technical requirements.
• Able to communicate to peers and stakeholders with impact, eloquence, and authenticity.
• Experience with Azure Cloud, Chef, and Jenkins CI/CD for infrastructure management, automation, and deployment pipelines.
• Proficient in using Splunk for log management, monitoring, and security event analysis.

Location Requirement: This is a hybrid position based in Mastercard's Arlington, Virginia Tech Hub.

This role is not eligible for Mastercard’s work authorization sponsorship. As such, candidates must be eligible to work in the United States, now as well as in the future, without employer sponsorship.

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Mastercard is a merit-based, inclusive, equal opportunity employer that considers applicants without regard to gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, disabled or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We hire the most qualified candidate for the role. In the US or Canada, if you require accommodations or assistance to complete the online application process or during the recruitment process, please contact reasonable_accommodation@mastercard.com and identify the type of accommodation or assistance you are requesting. Do not include any medical or health information in this email. The Reasonable Accommodations team will respond to your email promptly.

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.

In line with Mastercard’s total compensation philosophy and assuming that the job will be performed in the US, the successful candidate will be offered a competitive base salary based on location, experience and other qualifications for the role and may be eligible for an annual bonus or commissions depending on the role. Mastercard benefits for full time (and certain part time) employees generally include: insurance (including medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, disability, life insurance), flexible spending account and health savings account, paid leaves (including 16 weeks new parent leave, up to 20 paid days bereavement leave), 10 annual paid sick days, 10 or more annual paid vacation days based on level, 5 personal days, 10 annual paid U.S. observed holidays, 401k with a best-in-class company match, deferred compensation for eligible roles, fitness reimbursement or on-site fitness facilities, eligibility for tuition reimbursement, gender-inclusive benefits and many more.

Pay Ranges

Arlington, Virginia: $159,000 - $254,000 USD