Security Design Assurance, Mastercard

• Strong security mindset and knowledge of current best practices, common exploits and threat landscape
• Broad security experience across a range of disciplines with demonstrable experience of implementing technology or business process solutions across software development, architecture, network security, assurance testing
• Natural ability to negotiate with business to balance risk and security requirements with business opportunity, while ensuring ongoing compliance and regulatory needs
• The ability to work with teams and manage expectations while building strong business relationships
• Confident in providing technical guidance to team members for complex decisions including cryptography, network design, application security, data protection, identity and access management etc
• Experience of security governance frameworks as well as producing required security outputs, including documentation and threat models over the course of projects to meet deadlines
• Experience working with a range of security standards, such as ISO27001, NIST SP800-53, PCI-DSS etc
• Motivated self-starter with agility, ability to manage ambiguity, deal with and anticipate change, while still meeting business objectives
• Organisation of security assurance testing, using third party vendors
• Natural ability to negotiate with business to balance risk with business opportunity, while ensuring ongoing compliance and regulatory needs
• Proactive approach to helping develop the maturity of the security team’s capabilities

Desirable

• Mastercard are looking for a Lead Information Security Consultant based in either London, Dunstable or Harrogate
• This is an exciting position within Vocalink which is building strategic products that are used across the organization
• The successful candidate will strongly influence the security of products within Mastercard and work with many stakeholders to ensure security is built-in to our services
• Deliver a quality service within the enterprise
• Contribute to maturing the Security Consultancy team; building skills, improving consistency and allowing scalability
• Guide product and business teams on security best practices, and Corporate Security policies and procedures to ensure secure products are developed
• Provide assurance that products are developed and deployed with the right balance of security to protect against threats to the business, built upon reliable processes and procedures
• Develop and improve security standards and frameworks to meet the future needs of Mastercard