[Hiring] Senior Cybersecurity Engineer IAM @Visa

Role Description

The Senior Cybersecurity Engineer – IAM is responsible for designing, implementing, and operating identity and access management controls across the Pismo platform, ensuring compliance with Pismo Visa Corporate Identity & Access Technical Security Requirements.

• Operates at platform and architecture level, supporting multicloud and hybrid environments.
• Focuses on building secure, automated, and auditable access models for human and non‑human identities.
• Partners closely with Cloud Security, Platform Engineering, API, DevSecOps, and GRC teams.
• Embeds least‑privilege, zero‑trust, and automation‑first IAM practices across a regulated, multi‑tenant payments environment.
• Provides security and governance oversight for AI‑enabled identity use cases.
• Ensures compliance with Internal AI Governance standards, GenAI & Agentic Systems requirements, and Corporate IAM Technical and Design requirements.

This is a remote position. A remote position does not require job duties be performed within proximity of a Visa office location. Remote positions may be required to be present at a Visa office with scheduled notice.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of relevant work experience with a Bachelor’s Degree or at least 2 years of work experience with an Advanced degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or 0 years of work experience with a PhD, OR 8+ years of relevant work experience.
• 8+ years of cybersecurity experience, with deep specialization in Identity & Access Management (IAM).
• Proven experience operating at Senior / Consultant level, influencing IAM architecture, standards, and governance decisions.
• Experience supporting financial services, payments, or regulated environments.
• Multicloud IAM Architecture (Mandatory).
• Strong hands‑on experience designing and operating IAM across multicloud environments, including AWS and hybrid/federated cloud models.
• Ability to design scalable permission models across cloud platforms.
• Deep understanding of permission structures, including role‑based (RBAC) and attribute‑based (ABAC) access models.
• Strong experience implementing IAM automation.
• Hands‑on coding experience to support IAM automation and integrations.
• Experience designing and governing privileged access across cloud platforms.

Requirements

• Ability to design scalable permission models, including cloud‑native roles and permission sets.
• Ability to design access models that reduce audit scope, review volume, and operational risk.
• Experience integrating IAM controls with CI/CD pipelines and Infrastructure‑as‑Code (IaC).
• Proven ability to codify IAM policies and controls using automation frameworks.
• Ability to build reusable, auditable, and scalable IAM automation components.
• Ability to enforce time‑bound, auditable privileged access aligned with least‑privilege principles.
• Strong understanding of cloud governance roles required for vulnerability scanning, configuration.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, Vision.
• 401 (k), FSA/HSA.
• Life Insurance.
• Paid Time Off.
• Wellness Program.

Company Description

Founded by experienced entrepreneurs and engineers in 2016, Pismo is a technology company that provides a comprehensive processing platform for banking, card issuing and financial market infrastructure and helps customers innovate and build the next generation of banking and payment solutions. Pismo joined Visa in 2024.

• Pismo addresses the technological challenges that large banks, marketplaces, and fintech companies face in migrating from legacy systems to more advanced technology.
• Pismo’s cloud-based platform empowers firms to build and launch financial products rapidly.
• Pismo’s 500+ employees are located in more than 10 countries around the world.