Cybersecurity Analyst - Sr. Consultant - Red Team

Visa is a world leader in payments and technology, with over 259 billion payments transactions flowing safely between consumers, merchants, financial institutions, and government entities in more than 200 countries and territories each year. Our mission is to connect the world through the most innovative, convenient, reliable, and secure payments network, enabling individuals, businesses, and economies to thrive while driven by a common purpose – to uplift everyone, everywhere by being the best way to pay and be paid.

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Visa's Red Team pro-actively identifies weaknesses in Visa's security posture and recommends necessary controls and procedures to cost-effectively protect Visa services from intentional or inadvertent modification, disclosure or destruction. With this mission in mind, Visa's internal Red Team experts are engaged in covert operations that simulate adversarial threats and attacks in a timely manner. This is accomplished by performing internal and external ethical hacks of Visa applications and systems. Red members also help with design, development, and recommendation of security solutions to protect Visa proprietary/confidential data and systems. Assist with compliance objective. Provide guidance and direction for the logical protection of information systems assets to other functional units. Prepare reports regarding effectiveness of information security adherence and make recommendations for the adoption of new policies and procedures for Visa services.

As a member of Visa's Red team, provide technical expertise required to carry out internal and external ethical hacking exercises. Coordinate with other departments and teams to evolve information security alignment with company goals and objectives. Contribute and participate in all stages of a Red Team exercise including planning, reconnaissance, exploitation, post-exploitation, clean up, and remediation. Champion security research activities and teamwork required to carry out successful Red Team operations. Create and provide presentations to executive management highlighting outcomes of Red Team exercise and recommendations and timelines for remediation.

Essential Functions

• Conduct high risk and sensitive ethical hacks of internally and externally hosted applications globally according to scope defined by Red Team.

• Co-ordinate and execute system/network level advanced Red Team and ethical hacking exercises.

• Design and develop scripts, frameworks, and tools required for facilitating and executing complex undetectable attacks.

• Reviews results of network and application ethical hacks to determine severity of findings and to ensure proper remedies are applied.

• Performs penetration and remediation testing and reporting through the application of expert ethical hacking and penetration techniques in a fast-paced, highly technical environment. Identify network and system vulnerabilities and provide recommended counter measures or mitigating controls to reduce risk to an acceptable and manageable level.

• Provide accurate and timely reporting of findings and proposed remediation and mitigations.

• Coordinate Red team operational briefings and presentations to non-technical audience and executive management, as required.

• Provide technical support to Business Leader in identifying and streamlining new/existing protocols and tools used by the Red Team.

• Technical support could include, but not limited to the following: (1) Audit support & remediation, (2) Process Improvement, (3) Analysis & Reporting, (4) Cross Divisional Functional education, training and awareness, (5) Function/Methodology/Strategy advancement.

• Define and develop agenda for training and educating security professionals on advanced exploits, tools, and frameworks

• Perform research of emerging technologies and design frameworks and capabilities required to perform Red Team exercises of new technologies adopted by Visa.

• Requires comprehensive knowledge and mastery in assigned areas applying skills and competencies in challenging and complex situations.

• Recognized expert in the company. Only a few positions require such extensive knowledge and skill.

• Complete mastery of at least one technology domain and solid working knowledge of at least one other. For example, web applications, system exploitation, network-based attacks, payload development, reverse engineering, Mobile security, etc.

• May be involved in design phases of projects. May have professional certifications or affiliations.

• Able to work at an intermediate level when executing and improving work processes to ensure achievement of business goals.

Work Arrangement: Work special/off-hours (late nights, weekends etc.) as deemed necessary for the successful and covert execution of Red Team exercises (emulating adversaries).

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.

Basic Qualifications:
• 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.

Preferred Qualifications:
• 9 or more years of relevant work experience with a Bachelor Degree or 7 or more relevant years of experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or 3 or more years of experience with a PhD
• Expertise performing advanced exploitation and post-exploitation attacks as part of ethical hacking exercises.
• Prior experience or expertise performing Red Team exercises.
• Experience in writing proof-of-concept exploits and creating custom payloads and modules for common ethical hacking frameworks and tools.
• Well versed in system exploits (e.g. Buffer Overflows, PTH attacks, windows authentication framework etc.), custom payload development, or web application exploitation.
• Well versed with security tools & frameworks like Metasploit, Cobalt Strike, Mythic, etc.
• Extensive understanding of cryptographic concepts and applied cryptography.
• Proficiency in one or more scripting language. E.g. Perl, Python, Shell Scripting etc.
• Prior experience with exploit development or writing system modules in C & C++, a major advantage. Knowledge of high-level programming languages a bonus.
• Prior experience with reverse engineering, malware analysis, and forensic tools will be an added advantage.
• Experience leveraging AI to improve Red Team capabilities during exercises.
• Good interpersonal, facilitation, and demonstrated emerging leadership skills.
• Able to operate at an advanced level of written and spoken communication. Write and speak effectively with impact.
• Good understanding of Ethernet, switched LAN and WAN environment and detailed understanding of layer 3 and layer 4 specifications, including IP, TCP, TCP/IP routing protocols and management of ACLs.
• Knowledge of logical / physical access control methods, connections alternatives using private, public and wireless solutions, Network/Host Intrusion Detection Engines, Vulnerability Management Tools, Patch Management Tools, Penetration Testing Tools, Anti-Virus/Anti-Spyware solutions.
• Conducts complex analytical functions by performing security assessments and ethical hacks of high-risk sensitive applications.

Work Hours: Varies upon the needs of the department.

Travel Requirements: This position requires travel 5-10% of the time.

Mental/Physical Requirements: This position will be performed in an office setting.  The position will require the incumbent to sit and stand at a desk, communicate in person and by telephone, frequently operate standard office equipment, such as telephones and computers.

Visa is an EEO Employer.  Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status.  Visa will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with EEOC guidelines and applicable local law.

Visa will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable local law, including the requirements of Article 49 of the San Francisco Police Code.

U.S. APPLICANTS ONLY: The estimated salary range for a new hire into this position is 118,200 to 214,150 USD per year, which may include potential sales incentive payments (if applicable). Salary may vary depending on job-related factors which may include knowledge, skills, experience, and location. In addition, this position may be eligible for bonus and equity. Visa has a comprehensive benefits package for which this position may be eligible that includes Medical, Dental, Vision, 401 (k), FSA/HSA, Life Insurance, Paid Time Off, and Wellness Program.