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Visa Inc.

Cyber Security Engineer - Sr. Consultant level

Visa Inc.

US - Foster City, CA · full time · Senior

$180,600 – $289,300

Listed on Visa Inc.’s own careers site. You apply with them directly — we never stand between you and the employer.

What this role is

Visa is hiring a senior security engineer to design and operate large-scale, cloud-native security platforms that detect and respond to threats across their global infrastructure. This role combines hands-on Python development, cloud security architecture, and AI-driven automation, suited for someone with deep expertise in multi-cloud environments and a track record of reducing detection and response times.

Our summary, not Visa Inc.’s wording. The full posting is on their site.

What they ask for

Required

  • 8+ years of relevant cybersecurity experience (or 5+ with advanced degree, or 2+ with PhD)
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience
  • Multi-cloud security engineering in AWS, Azure, and/or GCP
  • Python or Go programming for production services
  • Infrastructure-as-Code and automation experience
  • Cloud security posture management experience
  • Ability to design and implement security controls based on risk assessment
  • Technical leadership and mentoring capability

Nice to have

  • 9+ years of relevant experience with Bachelor's degree (or 7+ with advanced degree, or 3+ with PhD)
  • Expert-level certification in a major cloud platform
  • Hands-on cloud migration and cloud-native security implementation at scale
  • Experience building GenAI solutions and autonomous agents for security
  • Policy-as-Code and enterprise guardrail enforcement expertise
  • End-to-end POC ownership and production transition experience
  • Threat management, vulnerability management experience
  • Cost modeling and delivery planning skills

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