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From the employer's careers site First seen 7 Nov 2026

Enterprise Security Architect

Visa Austin, TX Hybrid senior full-time

Salary

$162,500 to $260,400 USD per year

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Description

Cybersecurity is at the heart of Visa's culture. As Enterprise Security Architect, you will be part of a team that supports the technology organization in embedding Cybersecurity into their products and services globally.

Responsibilities:

  • Develop and maintain the enterprise security architecture strategy, ensuring alignment with business goals and objectives.
  • Provide guidance and support for technology planning and decision-making processes.
  • Design and implement enterprise security architecture frameworks and standards, ensuring the integration of security controls into business processes, data, and applications.
  • Create and maintain technology roadmaps that outline the future direction of Visa's security landscape and identify opportunities for innovation and efficiency improvements, including cloud and hybrid cloud environments.
  • Collaborate with business and IT stakeholders to design and implement scalable, secure, and cost-effective security solutions that meet business requirements.
  • Establish and enforce governance processes to ensure adherence to enterprise security architecture standards and best practices, and conduct architecture reviews with recommendations for improvement.
  • Act as a liaison between business and IT teams, ensuring clear communication and understanding of architectural principles and guidelines, and provide expert advice and support to project teams.
  • Evaluate emerging security technologies and industry trends, including cloud and hybrid cloud security, to determine their potential impact on Visa's security landscape, and make recommendations for adoption where appropriate.
  • Identify and mitigate risks associated with security solutions, ensuring security and compliance requirements are integrated into the architecture design.
  • Create and maintain comprehensive documentation of the enterprise security architecture, including diagrams, models, and guidelines, ensuring it is up-to-date and accessible to relevant stakeholders.
  • Develop and maintain threat models to identify, assess, and prioritize potential security threats and vulnerabilities within Visa's systems, applications, and infrastructure.
  • Provide training and mentorship to junior architects and other IT staff, promoting a culture of continuous learning and improvement within the architecture team.
  • Participate in integrating acquired entities into Visa's security architecture, ensuring seamless migration and expansion of acquired entity datacenters.
  • Contribute to the development and refinement of Technology Security Requirements (TSR) and Data Security Requirements (DSR), ensuring alignment with Visa's security policies and standards.

Requirements:

  • 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.
  • Python Coding experience and skillset
  • Strong technical knowledge of cloud and hybrid cloud computing, data architecture, security, and integration patterns.
  • Proficiency in relevant tools and technologies, including but not limited to firewalls, encryption, identity and access management (IAM), and security information and event management (SIEM).

Benefits:

  • Comprehensive benefits package that includes Medical, Dental, Vision, 401(k), FSA/HSA, Life Insurance, Paid Time Off, and Wellness Program.

Salary:

  • Estimated salary range for this position is $162,500.00 to $260,400.00 USD per year.

Skills

Required

Nice to have

  • TOGAF
  • Zachman Framework
  • CISSP
  • CISM
  • CISA
  • CCSP
  • CEH
  • GSEC
  • GCIA

Ready to apply?

You apply with the employer directly. Their original posting is here: https://visa.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Visa/job/US---Austin-TX/Cyber-Security-Engineer---Sr-Consultant-level_REF087619W

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