Senior Information Security Engineer, Program Security Engineer

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Mission First, People Always

As Corporate Security, we are responsible for keeping Mastercard safe and secure from cyber and physical threats, and it is our people on the frontlines who make this happen every day.
By taking care of our people, their wellbeing, and career development, we provide them with the necessary tools and environment to ensure the success of our mission.

Overview

The Business Security Enablement (BSE) team is looking for a Senior Information Security Engineer to join us working out of our Pune office to support the Global Customer Delivery and Care team. The Business Security Enablement Guild is a worldwide team of information security experts focused on helping Mastercard achieve its goals by ensuring security is at the heart of everything we do. The ideal candidate needs an elevated level of expertise in information security and secure engineering disciplines.
Role

• Apply knowledge of security principles, theories, and concepts to technology reviews.
• Work independently on the review of larger, more complex initiatives with strategic importance (e.g., global initiatives, cross functional/cross geographies).
• Work closely with stakeholders to evaluate business requests to determine feasibility.
• Provide and recommend optimal solutions to meet security and regulatory requirements in the design of new/enhanced systems.
• Ensure established security policies and standards are observed on projects.
• Prepare and present business/technical presentations.

All About You

• Degree in computer science/information security or work experience equivalent in information security disciplines.
• CISSP or Industry recognized security certification desired.
• Advanced knowledge of security protocols and standards, experience with software, security architectures and security designs.
• Technical experience with Programming Languages.
• Understanding of security design and implementation of web-based systems.
• Knowledge or technical security experience in Cryptography.
• Working knowledge of symmetric and asymmetric encryption, Digital Certificates, SSL, VPN, IPSec, development of DMZ's and other security tools and processes such as privileged identity management, file integrity, audit, logging and IDS/IPS.
• Experience with life-cycle management including OS images, binary packages and configuration management.
• Moderate hands-on scripting experience.
• Moderate hands-on administrative and security experience with Windows and Linux systems

NICE Framework References

This Mastercard role shares knowledge, skills, and abilities with related NICE work roles.
• SP-DEV-002, OPM622, Secure Software Assessor
• SP-ARC-002, OPM652, Security Architect

Corporate Security Responsibility

Every person working for, or on behalf of, Mastercard is responsible for information security. All activities involving access to Mastercard assets, information, and networks comes with an inherent risk to the organization and therefore, it is expected that the successful candidate for this position must:
• Abide by Mastercard's security policies and practices.
• Ensure the confidentiality and integrity of the information being accessed.
• Report any suspected information security violation or breach.
• Complete all periodic mandatory security training in accordance with Mastercard's guidelines.

Corporate Security Responsibility

All activities involving access to Mastercard assets, information, and networks comes with an inherent risk to the organization and, therefore, it is expected that every person working for, or on behalf of, Mastercard is responsible for information security and must:

• Abide by Mastercard's security policies and practices;
• Ensure the confidentiality and integrity of the information being accessed;
• Report any suspected information security violation or breach, and
• Complete all periodic mandatory security trainings in accordance with Mastercard's guidelines.

Client-provided location(s): Pune, India

Job ID: Mastercard-22331_R-257523

Employment Type: OTHER

Posted: 2025-08-08T04:17:23