Senior Technology Risk Analyst-1

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

Senior Technology Risk Analyst-1

Overview

The ONE (“The Operations, Network, and Employee Digital Experience teams focus on the underpinning platforms that power our Network and the employees that serve it”) Technology Operations Controls team is a group focused upon establishing both foundational and transformational risk management practice at Mastercard Technology. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to, executing efforts in support of Technology partners with identifying control gaps, designing key control activities, monitoring such activities (via assessment and testing), and driving risk remediation with TeamONE platform teams.

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of solving complex problems and working with great Mastercard technology leaders in operations and platforms. In this role you'll combine your technical, risk, and control expertise with your keen eye for detail to assess, create, implement, and test robust control activities that fortify TeamONE against threats and potential issues. If you're ready to be at the forefront of technological risk management, we invite you to bring your technology controls experience to our innovative and collaborative environment.

Role

• Conduct assessments and testing of IT controls and processes to identify deficiencies, deviations, and compliance gaps.
• Lead and perform IT and operational control walkthroughs to determine existing process controls and adherence to control framework.
• Develop and update control and process documentation in support of complying with relevant standards, regulatory, industry, and customer expectations.
• Based on criticality and urgency, support remediation activities and link such activities back to monitor risk rating
• Partner with front line and second line technology risk management teams to ensure alignment on risk management methodology, practices, terminology, etc.

All About you

o Knowledge of IT general controls and related operations.

o Experience in Mainframe, Oracle, SQL, Unix / Linux, HP Nonstop and / or Windows environments.

o Knowledge of cybersecurity principles, best practices, and threat landscape.

o Ability to both assess and test technology controls, vulnerabilities, and potential risks.

o General understanding of technology infrastructure.

o Experience in delivering technology risk assessments, testing and mitigation activities (e.g., understanding different steps in testing and how best to apply them).

o Demonstrated experience in both executing and leading technology risk and control assessment and testing activities as part of a larger team and as an individual contributor.

o General understanding of industry standards and regulatory requirements related to technology risk management (e.g., ISO 27001, NIST Cybersecurity Framework).

o Experience in developing, performing, and evaluating / assessing technology controls and testing / validation.

o Ability to align the organization's technology practices with legal and regulatory standards.

o Demonstrate strong execution skills, consistently meeting and exceeding team project deadlines, and goals both as an individual contributor and within a team dynamic.

o Demonstrate ability to work in a global team environment, ensuring tasks are completely, thoroughly and accurately executed.

o Strong analytical skills to identify potential risks, assess their potential impact, and devise effective mitigation strategies.

o Excellent communication skills to effectively convey technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders, including executive management.

o Ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams, including other technology, security, compliance, application / product teams, and business / regional teams.

o Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related field.

o Experience in evaluating (assessing / testing) compliance with legal, regulatory, operational and IT requirements.

o Professional Certification or Designation (e.g., CISA, CIA, CISSP, or equivalent).

o Experience in payment eco systems.

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.