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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.

As Enterprise Security Architect, you will be part of a team that supports the technology organization in embedding Cybersecurity into their products and services globally.

Essential Functions:

Develop and maintain the enterprise security architecture strategy, ensuring alignment with business goals and objectives.
Provide guidance and support for technology planning and decision-making processes.
Design and implement enterprise security architecture frameworks and standards, ensuring the integration of security controls into business processes, data, and applications.
Create and maintain technology roadmaps that outline the future direction of Visa’s security landscape and identify opportunities for innovation and efficiency improvements, including cloud and hybrid cloud environments.
Collaborate with business and IT stakeholders to design and implement scalable, secure, and cost-effective security solutions that meet business requirements.
Establish and enforce governance processes to ensure adherence to enterprise security architecture standards and best practices, and conduct architecture reviews with recommendations for improvement.
Act as a liaison between business and IT teams, ensuring clear communication and understanding of architectural principles and guidelines, and provide expert advice and support to project teams.
Evaluate emerging security technologies and industry trends, including cloud and hybrid cloud security, to determine their potential impact on Visa’s security landscape, and make recommendations for adoption where appropriate.
Identify and mitigate risks associated with security solutions, ensuring security and compliance requirements are integrated into the architecture design.
Create and maintain comprehensive documentation of the enterprise security architecture, including diagrams, models, and guidelines, ensuring it is up-to-date and accessible to relevant stakeholders.
Develop and maintain threat models to identify, assess, and prioritize potential security threats and vulnerabilities within Visa’s systems, applications, and infrastructure.
Provide training and mentorship to junior architects and other IT staff, promoting a culture of continuous learning and improvement within the architecture team.
Participate in integrating acquired entities into Visa's security architecture, ensuring seamless migration and expansion of acquired entity datacenters.
Contribute to the development and refinement of Technology Security Requirements (TSR) and Data Security Requirements (DSR), ensuring alignment with Visa’s security policies and standards.
This is a global role that involves reporting to a remote manager and collaborating with international teams.

This is a hybrid position. Hybrid employees can alternate time between both remote and office. Employees in hybrid roles are expected to work from the office 2-3 set days a week (determined by leadership/site), with a general guidepost of being in the office 50% or more of the time based on business needs.

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What You Should Know About Systems Architect - Sr. Consultant Level, Security Architecture, Visa

At Visa, we're on the cutting edge of Cybersecurity, and we’re thrilled to invite a talented Sr. Consultant Systems Architect with a focus on Security Architecture to join our innovative team in Austin! Cybersecurity is central to our ethos, and our mastery in electronic payments positions us as leaders in the industry. In your role as an Enterprise Security Architect, you'll have the unique opportunity to collaborate with a team that integrates Cybersecurity throughout all of our global products and services. Your mission will include crafting and maintaining our enterprise security architecture strategy, ensuring that it aligns with our business goals. You'll guide technology planning, design security frameworks, and create technology roadmaps that chart the future security direction at Visa, including cloud solutions. Communication is key—so you'll work closely with both business and IT stakeholders to implement robust security solutions that address their needs. Not only will you enforce best practices through governance and offer advice to project teams, but you’ll also survey emerging technologies for their potential impact. Your commitment to risk management will shine as you identify and mitigate security threats, develop threat models, and maintain comprehensive architectural documentation. By mentoring junior architects and fostering a culture of growth within the team, you'll help shape the next generation of security professionals. This hybrid position allows you to balance office collaboration with remote flexibility, with the expectation of working in-person 2-3 days per week, based on business needs. Join us as we innovate and secure the future of commerce together!

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What are the primary responsibilities of the Systems Architect - Sr. Consultant Level, Security Architecture at Visa?

As a Systems Architect at Visa, your primary responsibilities will include developing and maintaining the enterprise security architecture strategy, designing security frameworks, and ensuring proper integration of security controls across business processes, data, and applications. You will also provide guidance for technology planning, collaborate with business and IT stakeholders, and monitor emerging security trends to keep our systems protected while aligning with Visa's business goals.