We are seeking a Senior Security Platform Engineer to join our team. This role is responsible for the creation and management of a platform to report on the security weaknesses, threats, posture, and develop a broad and holistic inventory capability across the company.
You’ll have the chance to:
- Help build a sophisticated automated vulnerability and compliance program from the ground
- Build integrations and provide deep insight through metrics and dashboards across the entirety of the Marqeta security tool stack
- Drive the creation of an automated asset and service security posture management program.
This role is remote-first and can be performed from anywhere in the U.S. or from our Oakland office. If you are passionate about data security and looking to develop your expertise, we would love to have you on board!
The Impact You'll Have
- Develop and manage a platform for reporting on security weaknesses, threats, and posture.
- Develop a broad and holistic inventory capability across the company.
- Work on security remediation, application security, security compliance, and vulnerability management programs.
- Develop services and automations to enable data integrations.
- Develop organizational security dashboards.
- Orchestrate ticketing of vulnerabilities across Marqeta.
- Automate the assessment of service and asset security aligned to our common control framework.
- Contribute to the general operations of the Infrastructure Security Team
Who You Are
- A minimum of 5 years related experience with a Bachelor’s degree; or 3 years and a Master’s degree; or a PhD with 2 years’ experience; or equivalent combination of related education and work experience.
- Experience with security remediation, application security, security compliance, and vulnerability management programs.
- Experience developing services and automations to enable data integrations, such as creating API shims and managing data normalization.
- Must have significant experience with a programming language such as Go, Python, or Java.
- Experience managing significant vulnerability data sources in a cloud native environment.
- Experience creating a security data model for the enterprise.
- Experience developing organizational security dashboards.
- Experience with compliance and control frameworks (Experience with PCI DSS 4.0, SOC2, ISO27K1, GDPR, NIST CSF, NIST SSDF)
- Experienced with AWS development and cloud native operations.
Nice to Have:
- Experience with Kubernetes
- Experience with IaC tools such as Terraform.
- CISSP, CCSP, CISA or other appropriate certifications is a plus.
- Experience with AWS cloud services security design, strategies, and protocols.
Your Manager
- Krantikishor Bora - Senior Manager, Product Security
Recruiter For This Role
- Kayla Osuna - Senior Recruiter
Typical Process
- Application submission
- Recruiter phone call
- Hiring manager video call
- Virtual “Onsite” consisting of 4-5, 45 min calls
- Offer!
Compensation and Benefits
Marqeta is a Flex First company which allows you to choose your best working environment, whether that be from home or at a company office. To support Flex First, we calibrate pay to a competitive value according to working location. Compensation is aligned according to three tiers within the United States:
- National: A baseline tier that applies to most of the geographic territory of the United States.
- Premium: Slightly elevated from the National tier, and oriented toward a narrower set of higher cost-of-living areas, such as Los Angeles CA and Seattle WA
- Premium Plus: A tier for the most expensive working areas, like the San Francisco Bay area and New York City.
Visit this page or consult with a Recruiter to determine which tier would be applicable to you.
When determining salaries, we consider several factors including, but not limited to, skills, prior experience, and work location. The new-hire base salary range for this position is:
- National: $121,000 - $162,000
- Premium: $137,000 - $183,000
- Premium Plus: $152,000 - $203,000
We also believe in recognizing the contributions of our people. That's why we award annual bonuses to eligible employees, rewarding both individual performance and the success of the entire company.
Along with monetary compensation, Marqeta offers
- Multiple health insurance options
- Flexible time off – take what you need
- Retirement savings program with company contribution
- Equity in a publicly-traded company and an Employee Stock Purchase Program
- Family-forming benefits, fertility support, and up to 20 weeks of Parental Leave
- Free therapy sessions, financial and professional coaching, and legal advice
- Monthly stipend to support our remote work model
- Annual “development dollars” to support our people growth and development
About Marqeta
Marqeta is on a mission to change the way money moves. We’re one of the earliest enablers of embedded finance, a market opportunity sized up in the trillions. Our card issuing platform provides unprecedented flexibility and control for companies to issue cards, authorize transactions, and manage payment operations in real time. Marqeta is powering the most well known brands in the new economy (Block, Cash App, Affirm, Instacart, Doordash, Uber, Walmart, etc). You don’t need to be a Payments expert to join the Marqeta Team, let us help you with that. This is the opportunity of a lifetime to work with innovators around the world and unlock equitable financial access for all.
Marqeta’s Values
– Intentional Curiosity: We believe in asking the questions others shy away from. True progress comes from understanding today’s realities while challenging ourselves to do better and take on the status quo.
– Thoughtful Responsibility: We believe that every interaction with our technology and platforms matters. Businesses and livelihoods rely on our work, so we strive for excellence and accountability every day with the highest standards for failsafe technology and compliance.
– Innovative Simplicity: We believe that simplicity is powerful, especially in innovation—making a tool work better or finishing that feature that makes everyone smile. Our customers face a lot of complexity. We’re not here to add more.
– Shared Success: We believe the measure of our success is the success of our employees, customers, and communities. From local businesses to big corporations, our impact goes deep and wide. And we’ve got the results to prove it.
– Passion to Thrive: We believe anyone with a better idea should be able to change the game for our company and our customers. We solve big problems for our customers and draw energy from that challenge and opportunity.
Equal Employment Opportunity, Accommodations and Privacy
Marqeta is proud to be an equal opportunity employer that gives consideration to all qualified applicants regardless of race, ancestry, national origin, color, Indigenous, citizenship, religion/creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression marital status, family status, disability, veteran status, criminal histories consistent with legal requirements, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
Our dedication to diversity and inclusion extends beyond the categories above. Review Marqeta’s ESG Report to see that dedication in action. Fostering an environment where everyone feels valued and respected creates a stronger and more innovative team at Marqeta. We celebrate the unique contributions of each individual and empower all members of our organization. Join us in building a company where diversity thrives and everyone can be their authentic selves.
If you require reasonable accommodation for the application process and beyond (including due to a disability), please submit this form and we will be more than happy to assist you. Marqeta will make reasonable accommodations for candidates when needed in accordance with applicable law. The Applicant and Candidate Privacy Notice applies to the personal data that you directly provide to us or that we collect during the application and candidate recruitment process.
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