Lead Response Technology and Automation Security Engineer

Mastercard is hiring a Lead Response Technology and Automation Security Engineer in Pune.

Our Purpose Mastercard powers economies and empowers people in 200+ countries and territories worldwide. Together with our customers, we’re helping build a sustainable economy where everyone can prosper. We support a wide range of digital payments choices, making transactions secure, simple, smart and accessible. Our technology and innovation, partnerships and networks combine to deliver a unique set of products and services that help people, businesses and governments realize their greatest potential. Title and Summary Lead Response Technology and Automation Security Engineer

Preferred qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, cybersecurity, or IT-focused disciplines (or equivalent experience).
• At least two Industry certifications: GCFA, GCIH, GNFA, GCFR, GREM, or equivalent.
• Experience with SecOps focused MCP server architectures, agentic frameworks, or tools
• Experience building EDR live-response scripts and tool libraries.
• Exposure to detection-as-code and response-as-code practices, including CI/CD for security content.
• Background in regulated financial services or Fortune 500 SOC environments.

Corporate Security Responsibility

All activities involving access to Mastercard assets, information, and networks comes with an inherent risk to the organization and, therefore, it is expected that every person working for, or on behalf of, Mastercard is responsible for information security and must:

• Abide by Mastercard’s security policies and practices;

• Ensure the confidentiality and integrity of the information being accessed;

• Report any suspected information security violation or breach, and

• Complete all periodic mandatory security trainings in accordance with Mastercard’s guidelines.

About Mastercard

The Corporate Security Threat and Response Management product ownership team is looking for a Lead Level Security Engineer to help drive our Security Operations modernization strategy. The ideal candidate is passionate about the modern security tools, capabilities, and strategies. The RESPOND product team executes on the multi-year strategy and roadmap set by the RESPOND product owner to evolve and modernize SecOps incident investigation and response technology, capabilities, tools, and process.