Job Description

Company Description
Visa is a world leader in payments and technology, with over 259 billion payments transactions flowing safely between consumers, merchants, financial institutions, and government entities in more than 200 countries and territories each year. Our mission is to connect the world through the most innovative, convenient, reliable, and secure payments network, enabling individuals, businesses, and economies to thrive while driven by a common purpose - to uplift everyone, everywhere by being the best way to pay and be paid.
Make an impact with a purpose-driven industry leader. Join us today and experience Life at Visa.

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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. Additionally, you will leverage AI to integrate business processes, identify opportunities for transformation, and implement AI-driven security solutions to enhance our security measures and optimize workflows.
Essential Functions: * Utilize AI to integrate business processes, enhancing security measures and optimizing workflows.

• Identify opportunities for transformation using AI, leveraging AI-driven insights to improve security architecture and business processes.
• Implement AI-driven security solutions, ensuring they are scalable, secure, and cost-effective.
• Develop and maintain the enterprise security architecture strategy, ensuring alignment with business goals and objectives.
• 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.
• Establish and enforce governance processes to ensure adherence to enterprise security architecture standards and best practices, and conduct architecture reviews with recommendations for improvement.
• 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.
• Contribute to the development and refinement of Technology Security Requirements and Data Security Requirements, ensuring alignment with Visa's security policies and standards.

This is a hybrid position. Expectation of days in office will be confirmed by your Hiring Manager.
Qualifications
Basic Qualifications:

• 8+ years of relevant work experience with a Bachelor's Degree or at least 5 years of experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or 2 years of work experience with a PhD, OR 11+ years of relevant work experience..

Preferred Qualifications: * Experience in utilizing AI to integrate business processes, enhancing security measures and optimizing workflows.

• Proven track record of identifying opportunities for transformation using AI, leveraging AI-driven insights to improve security architecture and business processes.
• Minimum of 10 years of experience in IT, with at least 5 years in an enterprise security architecture role.
• Strong technical knowledge of cloud and hybrid cloud computing, data architecture, security, and integration patterns.
• Proficiency in relevant tools and technologies, including but not limited to firewalls, encryption, identity and access management (IAM), and security information and event management (SIEM).
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to analyze complex business and technical requirements and develop effective security solutions.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to communicate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.

Additional Information
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. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status. Visa will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with EEOC guidelines and applicable local law.
Visa will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable local law, including the requirements of Article 49 of the San Francisco Police Code.
U.S. APPLICANTS ONLY: The estimated salary range for a new hire into this position is 157,100.00 to 227,900.00 USD per year, which may include potential sales incentive payments (if applicable). Salary may vary depending on job-related factors which may include knowledge, skills, experience, and location. In addition, this position may be eligible for bonus and equity. Visa has a comprehensive benefits package for which this position may be eligible that includes Medical, Dental, Vision, 401 (k), FSA/HSA, Life Insurance, Paid Time Off, and Wellness Program.

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