Lead Security Logging & Monitoring Response Analyst

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 Security Logging & Monitoring Response Analyst

Who is Mastercard?

Mastercard is a global technology company in the payments industry. Our mission is to connect and power an inclusive, digital economy that benefits everyone, everywhere by making transactions safe, simple, smart, and accessible. Using secure data and networks, partnerships and passion, our innovations and solutions help individuals, financial institutions, governments, and businesses realize their greatest potential.

Our decency quotient, or DQ, drives our culture and everything we do inside and outside of our company. With connections across more than 210 countries and territories, we are building a sustainable world that unlocks priceless possibilities for all.

Mission First, People Always

As Corporate Security, we are responsible for keeping Mastercard safe and secure from cyber and physical threats, and it is our people on the frontlines who make this happen every day. By taking care of our people, their wellbeing, and career development, we provide them the necessary tools and environment to ensure the success of our mission.

Overview

The Tactical Defense Controls (TDC) team is looking for a Lead Security Analyst to join us in simulating real-world threat actors to assess and improve Mastercard’s detection, prevention, and response capabilities. The analyst will design and execute threat-informed attack scenarios based on current intelligence and known adversary tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) as well as create tests to provide assurance about current alerts and controls. The analyst will directly influence the cyber security posture of Mastercard.

Responsibilities

• Design and execute adversary emulation scenarios aligned to real-world threat actor behaviors
• Simulate attack lifecycles, including initial access, lateral movement, persistence, privilege escalation, and data exfiltration
• Evaluate the effectiveness of security controls, monitoring tools (SIEM, EDR), and incident response workflows
• Identify detection gaps, control weaknesses, and alert fidelity issues
• Partner with SOC and detection engineering teams to enhance monitoring and response capabilities
• Leverage internal and external threat intelligence to profile adversary groups and campaigns
• Mentor and train junior team members on applicable technologies and controls
• Develop and maintain tools, scripts, and infrastructure to support emulation operations

All About You

• Strong understanding of adversary TTPs and offensive security methodologies
• Experience with red teaming, adversary emulation, or purple teaming activities
• Ability to assess detection coverage and identify defensive gaps
• Strong technical knowledge of security tools across multiple security functions (IDPS, Web Proxy, Security Information Event Managers, File Integrity Monitoring, Antivirus, EDR, etc)
• Strong understanding of TCP/IP, Malware Kill Chain, Common Vulnerabilities, Knowledge of Windows and Unix Based Operating Systems, and Networking Principles
• Strong interpersonal skills, including good communication with the ability to articulate ideas in a precise and concise manner
• Ability to think creatively, take ownership of tasks, and adapt to changing business requirements

NICE Framework References

National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE) competency proficiency levels of proficient to advanced in the following areas:
• Cybersecurity Curriculum Development
• Cybersecurity Instruction
• Secure Systems Development
• Security Control Assessment
• Systems Authorization

Corporate Responsibility

Every person working for, or on behalf of, Mastercard is responsible for information security. All activities involving access to Mastercard assets, information, and networks comes with an inherent risk to the organization and therefore, it is expected that the successful candidate for this position 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

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.