Lead Red Team Analyst

Our PurposeMastercard 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 SummaryLead Red Team AnalystWho 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.OverviewThe Mastercard Red Team is looking for a Lead-level Red Team member with multiple years of experience leading and executing offensive security campaigns. This role is highly collaborative, involving continuous adversary simulation and security assurance against Mastercard’s infrastructure, data, processes, and physical environments. The ideal candidate has several years of prior experience leading and executing red team offensive security operations and is highly motivated, intellectually curious, analytical, and possesses a “thinking out of the box” mindset. The individual in this role will be responsible for simulating real-word cyber and physical attacks in coordination with the Red Team to help mature security operations as well as help identify security best practices.Role Helps lead and execute advanced adversary simulation activities Collaborates with team members to deliver high-impact red team engagements Documents and presents findings to various stakeholders across different leadership levels and departments Drives red team maturity initiatives in alignment with strategic direction Identifies and documents security best practices and areas for improvement Develops and enhance red team capabilities, including tools, techniques, and procedures Conducts phishing and other social engineering campaigns Supports red team infrastructure management Provides offensive security expertise to internal teams Stays current with emerging attack methodologies and threat actor tacticsAll About You Extensive knowledge of cyber security principles, techniques, and tools Multi-year operational offensive cyber security experience in red teaming Extensive knowledge and operational experience with common offensive security tools, C2 frameworks, TTPs, and exploitation techniques Skilled in presenting complex data to technical and non-technical audiences effectively narrates campaign scenarios, outcomes, remediation recommendation, and impact assessment Advanced knowledge and experience in endpoint and monitoring controls evasion Proficient in scripting and coding across multiple programming languages Experience operating in cloud environments Demonstrated ability to work independently and collaboratively Extensive understanding of operating systems, common software, network protocols and architecture Strong analytical and problem-solving skillsCorporate Security ResponsibilityEvery 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 ResponsibilityAll 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, andComplete all periodic mandatory security trainings in accordance with Mastercard’s guidelines.