Sr. Cybersecurity Engineer, Active Directory & Azure Access Management

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.

Job Description

The Identity and Access Management (IAM) team is responsible for securing employee access to our core applications in the most efficient, compliant, and user-friendly manner, innovatively using the latest industry standards and tools. Our goal is to become the gold standard for IAM worldwide, and we are already on our way, recently winning Oracle’s annual Identity Management Innovation award.

Visa's IAM eco-system includes an extensive, and highly customized, rich Identity Management platform implementation. The team has successfully implemented many of the core components. With a constant moving and expending environment, the IAM team is exploring all processes and technology to expend the security coverage and improve the end user experience. With the additional features and the goal of extensive coverage comes a higher level of complexity, criticality, overall usage, and dependency on the environment.

Join a growing, fast-paced and high-performance Access Controls team. The ideal candidate for position will be a proactive and self-motivated professional who will work with other team members to manage access controls for Visa key information resources residing on multiple platforms, with a focus area in Active Directory, EntraID, Windows Servers and automation. The successful candidate will aid in the continuous improvement of the identity and access management practices looking for opportunities to automate where possible.

Essential Functions

• Provide Subject Matter Expertise (SME) over IAM practices, policies and procedures for Active Directory, Windows Systems and Cloud Platforms.

• Implement and enforce Identity and Access Management policies in Active Directory ensuring access approvals, rogue access monitoring, Credential strengthening and security (including passwords and keytabs), Credential reuse monitoring, as well as support for full lifecycle of identities and access.

• Govern access controls for Cloud platforms in particular Microsoft EntraID, including PIM, Azure Key Vault, federated SSO groups, Managed ID's and SPN's across entire hierarchy.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams and key stakeholders, including Senior Cybersecurity Management, IT, Architecture and Acquired Entities to ensure seamless integration and alignment with Security best practices.

• Lead and participate in project-based activities for Access Management, contributing business requirements, design reviews, architecture planning whilst ensuring adherence to both industry and company security standards.

• Proactively identify audit and compliance access related issues to reduce the risk of security exposures on the support systems and applications. Coordinate access management related audit and compliance tasks, such as user access reporting and other relevant research and investigation.

• Identify and analyze opportunities to streamline and automate existing manual processes, specifically within access management practices, with the aim of driving operational efficiency.

• Liaise with Auditors and Regulators to present compliance and control evidence as well as conduct regular audits and assessments to identify and mitigate risks.

• Provide expertise in incident response and remediation for identity-related security incidents.

• Utilizing both SIEM and CIEM tools to enhance security monitoring, incident response, and identity management within hybrid cloud environments.

This is a hybrid position. Expectation of days in office will be confirmed by your hiring manager.

Qualifications

Basic Qualification:

•5+ years of relevant work experience with a Bachelor’s Degree or at least 2

years of work experience with an Advanced degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD,

MD) or 0 years of work experience with a PhD, OR 8+ years of relevant work

experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

•6 or more years of work experience with a Bachelors Degree or 4 or more years

of relevant experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD)

or up to 3 years of relevant experience with a PhD

•Over 6 years of hands-on experience in Cybersecurity with a strong focus on

Identity and Access Management (IAM), including extensive experience with

Active Directory management, Security Groups, User Objects, GMSAs, Service

Account Management, and Keytabs.

•3+ years of proven experience in managing and securing Azure environments

through Privileged Identity Management (PIM), AD Federations, Azure Key

Vault, and federated Single Sign-On (SSO) solutions.

•Demonstrated experience in leading and participating in project-based

activities related to access management, including contributing to business

requirements, design reviews, and architecture planning

•Certification in IAM or cybersecurity, such as CISSP, CISM, CISA, or Microsoft

Certified: Identity and Access Administrator Associate.

•Cloud platform Identity and Access Management experience with AWS and/or

GCP

•Expertise in automating IAM Processes using Generative AI and scripting

languages such as PowerShell or Python to improve operational efficiency.

•Understanding and experience with regulatory frameworks (e.g., SOX, PCI DSS)

related to identity and access management.

•Experience with SIEM and CIEM tools for security monitoring, incident

response, and cloud identity management.

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 139,800.00 to 202,750.00 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.