Lead Cybersecurity Engineer

Visa
California
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeUSD 200,000 - 320,000 annuallyFunction: CybersecurityExperience: 10+ yearsEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Technical leadership","Mentorship","Communication","Collaboration","Problem-solving"]

Design, build, and operate cloud-native, AI-driven security platforms that protect Visa’s global brand, networks, products, and data. You’ll engineer Python-based, API-first security services and integrations across SIEM/CSPM/CNAPP/IAM, automate threat triage and response using GenAI/agentic workflows, and implement policy-as-code with IaC and GitOps guardrails across Azure (and/or AWS). Lead technical design, POCs, and secure production adoption to reduce TTD/TTR.

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Lead Cybersecurity Engineer

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Job Summary

Design, build, and operate cloud-native, AI-driven security platforms that protect Visa’s global brand, networks, products, and data. You’ll engineer Python-based, API-first security services and integrations across SIEM/CSPM/CNAPP/IAM, automate threat triage and response using GenAI/agentic workflows, and implement policy-as-code with IaC and GitOps guardrails across Azure (and/or AWS). Lead technical design, POCs, and secure production adoption to reduce TTD/TTR.
Location: California
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Cybersecurity
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Design, develop, and operate large-scale cybersecurity platforms delivering detection, prevention, and response across cloud and hybrid environments.
  • •Build cloud-native, API-first security services in Python and expand security integration frameworks across SIEM/CSPM/CNAPP/IAM and threat intelligence tools.
  • •Drive security automation to reduce manual intervention and accelerate incident response workflows, including GenAI-powered security workflows and autonomous agents.
  • •Engineer and enforce cloud security controls across Azure (or AWS), using IaC (e.g., Terraform) and policy-as-code/guardrails with GitOps pipelines and drift detection.
  • •Lead technical design discussions, run POCs for new tools/architectures, and mentor the team to raise engineering and security maturity.
Travel: Low travel

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 200,000 - 320,000 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:MedicalDentalVision401kFsa/hsaLife InsurancePaid LeaveWellness Stipend

Key Requirements

  • •10+ years of experience with a Bachelor’s degree (or 8+ years with an advanced degree, or 3+ years with a PhD).
  • •Expert-level experience with at least one major cloud platform, Azure preferred, including cloud-native security controls at scale.
  • •Hands-on migration experience to the cloud and the ability to design and implement security controls based on risk and regulatory requirements.
  • •Strong programming and engineering skills, preferably in Python (or Go), building production-grade services.
  • •Demonstrated experience with GenAI solutions and autonomous agents for cloud security engineering or security operations.
Experience:10+ yearsCloud securityMulti-cloudCloud-native securitySecurity automationGenAI
Education:Bachelor's
Skills:Technical leadershipMentorshipCommunicationCollaborationProblem-solving
Tech Stack:PythonGoAzureAWSTerraformInfrastructure-as-Code (IaC)GitOpsPolicy-as-codeCloud security posture management (CSPM)CNAPPSIEMCSPMIAMGenAILLMsAgent orchestrationThreat intelligenceSecurity automationGitOps drift detectionWiz

Company Brief

Visa
Global payments technology company that operates the VisaNet electronic payments network, facilitating credit, debit and digital transactions between consumers, merchants, financial institutions and governments worldwide.
Industry: Payments
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: San Francisco, United States
Founded: 1958
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