Lead, Cryptographic Security Engineer

About the role

Mastercard is developing the next generation of applications and services to enable consumers and businesses to securely, efficiently, and intelligently conduct payment transactions, and is leveraging state-of-the-art cryptographic practices to protect its assets. This role contributes to enhancing the security posture and enforcing governance and compliance to cryptographic and key management standards.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the execution of the Cryptographic roadmap for Mastercard – enhancing security posture and enforcing governance and compliance to the Cryptographic and Key Management standards
• Analyze current cryptographic implementations and identify deviations from our standards
• Provide technical design and architecture advice to internal teams on how to securely develop and build applications and supporting systems
• Partner with application teams to determine path to compliance - articulate short, medium and long term plans when necessary
• Define secure mechanisms for critical business functions, for both on-premises and in cloud environments
• Aid in the strategy, standards, and architecture for the cryptography, PKI and key management aspects of the SDLC including application, mobile, web service, DevOps, cloud, and CI/CD efforts
• Define security requirements and guidelines to ensure repeatable processes are followed globally
• Aid in the strategy, standards, and architecture for the security aspects of key management and operation
• Provide security advice in cryptography, including several of the following: encryption, hashing, key management, digital certificates, TLS
• Build out next generation governance model with the intent of understanding our assets and protecting them with proper encryption practices

Requirements

• Experience providing secure design advice for web-based environments and secure communication, including mobile applications, web applications and web services
• Strong understanding of information security, risk and data privacy within the domain of digital commerce including relevant practical experience
• Demonstrate a broad awareness of security engineering concepts and practices across all phases of the software development lifecycle
• Knowledge of cryptography, including several of the following: encryption, hashing, key management, digital certificates, TLS, PKCS#11, HSMs
• Show technical competency in security engineering based on hands-on experience or relevant qualifications
• Working knowledge and technical security experience with UNIX, Linux, Solaris, AIX, or Windows
• Ability to perform analysis, review and design of custom systems, not just product implementation or operations
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to articulate and communicate effectively to diverse audiences and properly translates security and risk management terminology into business terms and recommends alternative solutions to these stakeholders
• Design and implement data models and analytics framework into crypto inventory to aggregate, track, and maintain governance over cryptographic assets across the enterprise
• Develop automated processes and dashboards for cryptographic inventory management, enabling visibility into algorithm usage, key lifecycles, and adherence to organizational cryptographic policies
• Evaluate and integrate existing data sources to identify cryptographic-related information, ensuring data quality and relevance for inventory purposes
• Analyze and interpret complex datasets to pinpoint cryptographic data points such as algorithms, key lengths, certificates, and encryption methods across diverse systems
• Perform data completeness and accuracy assessments to validate cryptographic inventory coverage and identify gaps or inconsistencies

Qualifications

• Experience providing secure design advice for web-based environments and secure communication, including mobile applications, web applications and web services
• Strong understanding of information security, risk and data privacy within the domain of digital commerce including relevant practical experience
• Demonstrate a broad awareness of security engineering concepts and practices across all phases of the software development lifecycle
• Knowledge of cryptography, including several of the following: encryption, hashing, key management, digital certificates, TLS, PKCS#11, HSMs
• Show technical competency in security engineering based on hands-on experience or relevant qualifications
• Working knowledge and technical security experience with UNIX, Linux, Solaris, AIX, or Windows
• Ability to perform analysis, review and design of custom systems, not just product implementation or operations
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to articulate and communicate effectively to diverse audiences and properly translates security and risk management terminology into business terms and recommends alternative solutions to these stakeholders
• Design and implement data models and analytics framework into crypto inventory to aggregate, track, and maintain governance over cryptographic assets across the enterprise
• Develop automated processes and dashboards for cryptographic inventory management, enabling visibility into algorithm usage, key lifecycles, and adherence to organizational cryptographic policies
• Evaluate and integrate existing data sources to identify cryptographic-related information, ensuring data quality and relevance for inventory purposes
• Analyze and interpret complex datasets to pinpoint cryptographic data points such as algorithms, key lengths, certificates, and encryption methods across diverse systems
• Perform data completeness and accuracy assessments to validate cryptographic inventory coverage and identify gaps or inconsistencies

Skills

• Application security (in-depth knowledge)
• Cryptography
• Security engineering
• Architecture and design

Benefits

• Insurance (including medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, disability, life insurance)
• Flexible spending account and health savings account
• Paid leaves (including 16 weeks of new parent leave and up to 20 days of bereavement leave)
• 80 hours of Paid Sick and Safe Time, 25 days of vacation time and 5 personal days, pro-rated based on date of hire
• 401k with a best-in-class company match
• Tuition reimbursement
• Many more

Pay

Pay ranges vary depending on location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. For the role in Arlington, Virginia, the base salary offered may range from $161,000 to $266,000 USD. In O'Fallon, Missouri, the base salary offered may range from $140,000 to $231,000 USD.

Schedule

Full-time position.