Systems Architect - Sr. Consultant Level, Security Architecture - job 3 of 22

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.