Payment Systems Threat Testing Analyst

About the position

This position is part of Payment Systems Intelligence - a key component of Global Risk's Payment Ecosystem Risk Controls initiative (PERC). PERC's team of technology experts are vital to Visa's efforts to identify, investigate, disrupt and prevent attacks targeting the global payment ecosystem. This Position will handle payment transactions, financial institutions, and/or banking systems, in addition to testing experience.

Responsibilities

  • Work with the team and management to identify and develop requirements for the automation initiatives.
  • Perform UAT testing for the automation initiatives.
  • Leverage experience with ethical hacking to identify emerging fraud attack vectors that can be developed into proactive vulnerability test scenarios.
  • Develop analytics using Splunk, python, and SQL.
  • Use data mapping, data security, data quality experience to build out VPTL data warehouse.
  • Develop and support implementation of GenAI roadmap for version 2.0 of the VPTL offering.
  • Develop technical requirements for the new initiatives to help scale the program.
  • Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders on various fraud issues and produce fraud mitigation strategies to include vulnerability assessments.
  • Perform testing engagements in close collaboration with the clients and internal teams.
  • Work independently and proactively to identify value-added improvements to the service and efficiencies to internal processes and procedures.
  • Thrive in client situations that present a high degree of ambiguity to deliver bespoke analysis and best-practice recommendations to clients.
  • Multi-task effectively with strong organizational skills to manage concurrent testing.
  • Act as a technical SME for Visa Payments Threats Labs in client-facing engagements and translate complex technical requirements or recommendations for non-technical, executive-level audiences.
  • Work with the team to finalize Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and policies to document the program.
  • Provide insight and feedback on documentation for the Risk as a Service materials.

Requirements

  • 2 or more years of work experience with a Bachelor's Degree or an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD, or PhD).
  • Experience in payment systems with knowledge of EMV, Magnetic Stripe, and Card Not Present transaction messages or products.
  • Experience with regression testing.
  • Experience with UAT environment testing.
  • Experience building test cases and testing/vulnerability scenarios.
  • Experience building/manipulating .stf files.

Nice-to-haves

  • 3 or more years of work experience with a Bachelor's Degree or more than 2 years of work experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD).
  • Bachelor's degree Computer Science, or a related field. Advanced degree preferred.
  • Minimum of 3 years of experience in testing, preferably within the financial services industry.
  • Proven experience in client-facing engagements.
  • Minimum 3 years of experience with Splunk, SQL, python scripting.
  • Minimum 1 years of experience with GenAI concepts.
  • Minimum 1 years of experience with data engineering concepts.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to make data-driven decisions.
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively collaborate with stakeholders at all levels.

Benefits

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