Our Purpose

We work to connect and power an inclusive, digital economy that benefits everyone, everywhere by making transactions safe, simple, smart and accessible. Using secure data and networks, partnerships and passion, our innovations and solutions help individuals, financial institutions, governments and businesses realize their greatest potential. Our decency quotient, or DQ, drives our culture and everything we do inside and outside of our company. We cultivate a culture of inclusion (https://www.mastercard.us/en-us/vision/who-we-are/diversity-inclusion.html) for all employees that respects their individual strengths, views, and experiences. We believe that our differences enable us to be a better team – one that makes better decisions, drives innovation and delivers better business results.

Title and Summary

Principal Information Security Engineer

"Who is Mastercard?

Mastercard is a global technology company in the payments industry. Our mission is to connect and power an inclusive, digital economy that benefits everyone, everywhere by making transactions safe, simple, smart, and accessible. Using secure data and networks, partnerships and passion, our innovations and solutions help individuals, financial institutions, governments, and businesses realize their greatest potential.

Our decency quotient, or DQ, drives our culture and everything we do inside and outside of our company. With connections across more than 210 countries and territories, we are building a sustainable world that unlocks priceless possibilities for all.

Overview

The Modern Identity and Access engineering team is looking for a principal security engineer who is leader in the identity and access management for cybersecurity. They should be well versed in risk, and governance, be highly motivated, and can support and guide junior teammates.

In this role you will:

• Envision how Mastercard will modernize Identity and Access Management.

• Ensure that access is appropriately handled when all identity lifecycle events (e.g., Joiner, Mover, Leaver) occur.

• Improve procedures and feature sets on how Identity and Access Management is handled in complicated and mixed technology environment, included on premise, cloud and subsidiaries.

• Provide technical design and architecture advice to internal teams on how to take advantage of services as it relates to the products the team supports for Identity and Access Management.

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• Lead and support a migration from a legacy Identity Access and Governance tool to a modern product. This includes building the connectivity to multiple environments, platforms and applications.

• Support and define a strategic access review program. Assist in transitioning operational support for access reviews.

• Evangelize these services to the rest of the enterprise and drive change by fostering enthusiasm for modern Identity governance.

• Review project documentation, including maintaining technical documents and business requirements.

• Raise opportunities for improvement to senior leadership.

• Apply technical capabilities within own discipline to coach and develop junior resources

• Define platform architecture and drives strategy execution.

• Understand and define security requirements and policies following industry best practices and regulatory compliance and to ensure repeatable processes.

All About You

The ideal candidate for this position should have:

• An appreciation and clear mission for how users interact with Mastercard’s governance platform for the cloud, focusing on the customer journey and balancing security with a user-friendly design.

• Expert knowledge of Identity and Access Management concepts.

• Expert experience in implementing modern Identity Governance and Administration platforms, such as Sailpoint or Saviynt.

• Advanced skills in Powershell.

• Advanced skills in Azure Active Directory and/or Amazon Web Services (AWS).

• Fundamental understanding of zero trust and the Identity pillar.

• Have knowledge and experience supporting API configuration as well as familiarity with standard identity and authentication protocols such as SAML, OpenID Connect, and SCIM

• The ability to develop project plans for complex initiatives for streamlined execution, prioritizing various work streams and customer needs.

• IT experience with demonstrated thought-leadership and cross-functional influence and partnership demonstrated by a successful track record of enabling business through these technical decisions.

• Able to lead project teams, collaborate with business partners, vendor/ consulting organizations and peer level professionals from other IT disciplines.

• Information Security Engineering experience including risk identification with options and compensating controls to remediate.

• Successful track record in identifying ways to move modern authentication services forward to keep up with the ever-changing technology & security landscape.

• Experience initiating and managing improvement in Identity and Access Management for the cloud by leveraging process metrics and customer feedback.

• Advanced understanding of security concepts and their application. This can be evidenced through certifications such as Security+, CISSP, and CIAM.

• National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE) competency proficiency levels of advanced in leadership, operational, and professional, to advanced and expert in technical.

• This Mastercard role shares KSAs with related NICE work roles

o SP-ARC-002, OPM652, Security Architect

o SP-TRD-001, OPM661, Research & Development Specialist

o SP-SRP-001, OPM641, Systems Requirements Planner

o OV-SPP-002, OPM751, Cyber Policy and Strategy Planner

Mastercard is an 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. 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: $190,000 - $304,000 USD