Cyber Security Engineer, Cloud Security and Automation - Sr. Consultant level - Visa - Foster City, CA

Company Description

Visa is a world leader in payments technology, facilitating transactions between consumers, merchants, financial institutions and government entities across more than 200 countries and territories, dedicated to uplifting everyone, everywhere by being the best way to pay and be paid.

At Visa, you'll have the opportunity to create impact at scale — tackling meaningful challenges, growing your skills and seeing your contributions impact lives around the world. Join Visa and do work that matters — to you, to your community, and to the world.

Progress starts with you.

Job Description

Visa’s Cyber Security team is seeking a Cyber Security Engineer to design, build, and operate large‑scale, cloud‑native and AI‑driven security platforms that protect Visa’s global brand, networks, products, and data. This role combines hands‑on engineering, automation‑first security design, and technical leadership in a highly dynamic, high‑impact environment.

The ideal candidate is a strong security engineer and problem solver with deep experience in Python‑based services, cloud security engineering, API‑driven architectures, and automation, and who is excited to apply GenAI and autonomous agent technologies to modern security challenges.

This role plays a critical part in reducing time‑to‑detect (TTD) and time‑to‑remediate (TTR) by driving intelligent automation, threat intelligence enrichment, and policy‑as‑code across Visa’s multi‑cloud ecosystem.

Key Responsibilities:

Security Engineering & Platform Development:
• Design, develop, and operate large‑scale cyber security platforms that deliver detection, prevention, and response capabilities across cloud and hybrid environments.
• Build cloud‑native, API‑first security services using Python and modern web service frameworks.
• Develop and expand security integration frameworks to interconnect SIEM, CSPM, CNAPP, IAM, network security, and threat intelligence platforms.
• Drive security automation to minimize ma