Job Description

Company Description

Visa is a world leader in payments and technology, with over 259 billion payments transactions flowing safely between consumers, merchants, financial institutions, and government entities in more than 200 countries and territories each year. Our mission is to connect the world through the most innovative, convenient, reliable, and secure payments network, enabling individuals, businesses, and economies to thrive while driven by a common purpose - to uplift everyone, everywhere by being the best way to pay and be paid.


Make an impact with a purpose-driven industry leader. Join us today and experience Life at Visa.

As an Associate Software Security Engineer, you will be part of our Cybersecurity team to help design, enhance and build our Application Security Tools and Services in addition to supporting Visa Product Development teams in writing secure code free of Application Security Vulnerabilities in an agile development environment. You will work with colleagues, who will support and challenge you daily. You will work on designing secure web applications, unit testing, code reviews and regular check-ins to continuous integration that will become part of your DNA.


Our engineers do more than just write code:


Essential Functions

Help define consistent Secure Software Development Lifecycle practices for all Visa technology projects throughout the planning and delivery cycles that assure that application security risks are mitigate Ensure end-to-end security of Visa products by hands on testing, hypothesizing threats, helping development teams remediating risks upfront and championing secure implementation efforts Improve secure coding practices, application security requirements, automation, training, and metrics Integrate threat modeling practices into the Software Development Lifecycle Help build secure products and standards around emerging technologies and using existing standards and security practices Perform Security Architecture and Low Level Application Security Design review involving: Data Protection, Authentication and Authorizations, Web Application Security and Network Security Collaborate with product development and solution teams proactively to manage software security risk aligned with business goals Collaborate with product and solution teams to achieve Cybersecurity software security program objectives Manage cross-functional internal and external team collaboration, evangelization, and communications Develop and optimize processes to improve software development efficiency in the consumption of security development practices Maintain active understanding of industry practices for secure software development and incident response

This is a hybrid position. Expectation of days in office will be confirmed by your hiring manager.

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications:

Bachelor's Degree or 3+ years of relevant work experience



Preferred Qualifications:

2 or more years of work experience. You have a Bachelor degree in Computer Science or related field and 2 -3 years

of Software Development Experience

1-2 Years of Experience in Web Application Security, SSDLC and Threat

Modelling with MS/BS degree in Information System management / Computer

Science / Information Security or a related technical discipline

Hands on experience with Software Development Java, C, JavaScript and

HTML,

MUST have deep understanding of OWASP Top 10 and CWE 25, with proven

track record and experience in implementing and integrating remediation

strategies

Excellent understanding of web applications, web servers, layer 7 application

technologies, frameworks and protocols with respect to application

development and deployment

Well versed in web application design, penetration testing, application risk

assessment and risk categorization

Operational knowledge of secure software development life cycle principles

from training and requirements gathering to post-implementation operations

support

Well versed (experience preferred) with driving and implementing secure

development practices into SDLC (SSDLC), ability to successfully integrate

security into a developers world

Success in implementing effective Secure SDLC frameworks across a large

corporation.

Ability to effectively present and communicate security threats and risks to

ANY audience and impress upon them the mitigation techniques and

strategies

Candidates should be familiar with waterfall and agile development processes

and have experience integrating secure development practices into both

models.

Deep knowledge and experience in using SAST, DAST and fuzz testing tools Highly effective communicator, well-honed influencing and negotiating skills Solid problem solving and analytical skill, able to quickly digest any

issue/problem encountered and recommend an appropriate solution.

Self-motivated, able to work independently, able to negotiate and bring

consensus to diverse priorities of product development and solution teams

Additional Information

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 protected veteran status. Visa will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with EEOC guidelines and applicable local law.