Senior Cyber Security Engineer - Consultant Level

Job Description

This leadership position is part of Visa's Cybersecurity Regulatory, Audit, and Compliance function within the Cybersecurity Governance Risk and Compliance and M&A Integration (GRC) team. Reporting to the Senior Director, this role involves overseeing, coordinating, and delivering activities that support regulatory operations, internal audits, external audits, and customer/client requests. The primary responsibility will be to manage technical requests from regulators in the US, UK, and other regions where Visa operates.

In addition, you will be building, implementing, and optimizing Regulatory, Audit and Compliance solutions for our team. This role translates regulatory and audit requirements into scalable, automated technical solutions enabling efficiency and operational excellence.

Essential Functions

• Oversee and manage audits, compliance, and regulatory activities related to Cybersecurity, including FBA/FFIEC, Bank of England, other regulators, GLBA, SSAE16/ISAE3402, SOC 2, PCI-DSS, Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX), internal audits, ISO, NIST, COSO, COBIT, and customer/client inquiries.
• Collaborate with Cybersecurity, Technology, Compliance, Audit, and HRIS teams to automate manual compliance and control tasks for ongoing audit readiness.
• Regularly review, analyze, and apply current technologies, including AI and machine learning, to enhance automation, efficiency, and risk management within Regulatory, Audit, and Compliance functions.
• Build intuitive dashboards and reporting capabilities for stakeholders, providing real-time visibility into the risk and compliance posture of critical business systems
• Advise Cybersecurity leadership on the status of technology risk and compliance issues, based on assessment results and information from various monitoring and control systems.

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:
•Advanced Degree (e.g., Masters, MBA) in related field.
•Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Management Information Systems, or Business Administration or another related field.
oSignificant and relevant technical experience meeting the job description may be substituted for degree requirements.
•8-10 years of leadership experience in Information Security, Audit, Risk, and/or Compliance.
oOpen to experience in other relevant fields (i.e., finance, business administration, information technology, etc.) as long as a candidate can demonstrate relevancy to this Information Security based role.
•6+ years direct participation and experience across common industry security policy areas, including, PCI-DSS, NIST, COSO, COBIT, FFIEC, SOX, SSAE16/ISAE3402, SOC 2 and others. Candidates with experience in Audit/Compliance/Regulatory discussions and proactive readiness activities in a large global financial institution or a matrix organization preferred.
•Proven experience collaborating with multiple stakeholders on both internal and external delivery and communication initiatives.
•Expertise in implementing and integrating enterprise GRC solutions, including AuditBoard, with hands-on experience in system integrations and platform administration.
•Hands-on experience with workflow automation, APIs, scripting, or low-code/no-code tools
•Passion for continuous improvement, emerging technologies, and driving innovation with AI and automation.
•Strong executive presence and exceptional communication skills, with experience in audit, compliance, regulatory discussions, and proactive readiness activities with internal partners and external clients.
•Capability to influence beyond the immediate team and engage with more experienced or senior individuals.
•Must be highly flexible and able to manage multiple tasks and priorities under tight deadlines.
•Data Analysis skills using Microsoft Excel, SQL, or other scripting languages.
•Broad and deep experience across PCI standards (DSS, PIN, P2PE, Token etc.) with the ability to apply the standards with confidence across different organizational contexts.
•Previous experience in implementing or managing Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) tools, as well as developing dashboards and creating tools to automate tasks to enhance efficiency.
•Prior experience in utilizing Artificial Intelligence tools to improve efficiency.
•CISSP, CISA, CISM, CEH, PCI QSA/ISA Certifications preferred