Cybersecurity Engineer
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Role Overview
Cybersecurity is at the heart of our culture.
Our diligence and expertise are what makes us the undisputed leader in electronic payments.
We’ve made it our priority to create a top-tier Security Architecture team, poised to defend us against any potential cyber threats.
We’re looking for those of you who are inherently driven and fascinated by the art and science of cyber defense.
As a leader in global payments, Visa faces unique and complex cybersecurity challenges.
The rapid pace of technological advancement necessitates a forward-looking approach to cybersecurity that goes beyond traditional methods.
Maintaining our leadership position in cybersecurity requires continuous researching and prototyping new security technologies.
As Cybersecurity Engineer and Security Architect, you’ll work with a group of enterprise and application security architects, along with security researchers to lead the advanced prototyping to accelerate time-to-market of new and exciting cybersecurity research and innovative ideas and proposals.
We’ll arm you with the very best tools and tech so that you can deliver top notch results.
Development underpins job fulfilment at Visa.
As Cybersecurity Engineer, you’ll be enthused by getting stuck on various defense and security related projects, as well as the chance to work with people from a range of disciplines, as well as colleagues and clients at every level.
So, what do we expect from your day to day:
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Qualifications
- Basic Qualifications:
- 2+ years of relevant work experience and a Bachelors degree, OR 5+ years of relevant work experience.
- Agentic AI Development experience
- Experience in developing highly available and scalable enterprise services using Python. Experience with Java, Go, Rust or any other object-oriented programming language.
- hands-on experience with GenAI technologies — including LLMs, prompt engineering, embeddings, fine-tuning, and AI agents or agentic pipelines.
- Cybersecurity training or education.
- Preferred Qualifications:
- Specialist: 2 - 5 years of relevant work experience.
- 1 year of Agentic AI Development experience
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science (or equivalent) from an accredited university.
- Minimum of 3+ years of experience in developing highly available and scalable enterprise services using Python. Experience with Java, Go, Rust or any other object-oriented programming language is a plus.
- 1+ years of hands-on experience with GenAI technologies — including LLMs, prompt engineering, embeddings, fine-tuning, and AI agents or agentic pipelines.
- Strong software engineering background with experience in Python, PyTorch, TensorFlow, or JAX..
- Hands-on experience with LLMs (e.g., GPT, Claude, Mistral), vector databases (e.g., FAISS, Pinecone), and orchestration tools (e.g., LangChain, LangGraph, Autogen).
- Hands-on experience with design and development tools like IntelliJ, VSCode, Postman, and Jupyter.
- Expertise in evaluating various large language models (LLMs), assessing their performance, and comparing their capabilities to identify suitable models based on business requirements.
- Hands-on experience with AI model APIs and AI agent frameworks.
- Proficiency in modern backend architectures, including cloud-native development (e.g., AWS, GCP, Azure), containerization (Docker/Kubernetes), and distributed systems.
- Proficiency in working with both RDBMS and NoSQL databases.
- Proven ability to build Threat Models and analyze security weaknesses in complex deployments with varying technology stack
- Expertise in securing the integration of multiple environments across on-premises, multi-cloud, and hybrid architectures. Strong understanding of application and network security.
- Good understanding of current compliance, regulatory and legal requirements relevant to the transaction processing industry such as PCI, HIPPA, SOX, and GLB.
- Ability to multi-task in a dynamic and fast paced environment.
- Solid understanding of software development best practices and principles.
- Experience with Agile methodologies and practices.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail.
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, to effectively collaborate with cross-functional teams.
- Information for US Applicants
- Work Hours
- Varies upon the needs of the department.
- Travel Requirements
- This position requires travel 5-10% of the time.
- Mental/Physical Requirements
- This position will be performed in an office setting. The position will require the incumbent to sit and stand at a desk, communicate in person and by telephone, frequently operate standard office equipment, such as telephones and computers.
- Visa is an EEO Employer
About Visa
Visa is a global payments technology company that connects consumers, businesses, banks, and governments in over 200 countries through its electronic payment network, VisaNet.
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