Distinguished Engineer, Lead Security Architect - PayPal Inc. Austin, TX, USA Bookmark Share Print 10988 2 8

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Who we are

Fueled by a fundamental belief that having access to financial services creates opportunity, PayPal (NASDAQ: PYPL) is committed to democratizing financial services and empowering people and businesses to join and thrive in the global economy. Our open digital payments platform gives PayPal’s 305 million active account holders the confidence to connect and transact in new and powerful ways, whether they are online, on a mobile device, in an app, or in person. Through a combination of technological innovation and strategic partnerships, PayPal creates better ways to manage and move money, and offers choice and flexibility when sending payments, paying or getting paid. Available in more than 200 markets around the world, the PayPal platform, including Braintree, Venmo and Xoom, enables consumers and merchants to receive money in more than 100 currencies, withdraw funds in 56 currencies and hold balances in their PayPal accounts in 25 currencies.

Job Description Summary:

PayPal is looking for a passionate, self-driven Distinguished Engineer that can lead and solve for large and complex problems, build strategy, and support the Security Architecture, Engineering, and Operations organization. The Lead Security Architect will have a direct responsibility to enhance and enable PayPal's ability to expand and protect the brand by maturing a global portfolio of information security services, tools, and product capabilities. The position entails representing the Security Architecture, Engineering, and Operations organization with leadership, business and other technical teams, leading the charge on solving complex initiative and supporting large business programs. Providing security leadership, know-how and architecture, internally and externally. This leader will be responsible for supporting all PayPal brands, helping the PayPal business while continuing to protect the brand, ensuring the safety and trust across all products and services globally. It's an individual contributor position, reporting to the Global Head of Security Architecture, Engineering, and Operations.

If you are the kind of person who thinks outside of the box, brings an extra edge to the table to accomplish tasks, and desires to gain real-world experience with a world-class team in the ever-changing field of security, then please apply for this position.

Job Description:

Be a lead individual contributor as part of PayPal’s Security AE&O team. Bring security expertise and thought leadership to a challenging and rapidly changing environment. Be a thought leader in the security space, working with Engineering and Product counterparts across the organization to facilitate the protection of PayPal as a whole.

Required Skills

Lead and design security solutions for large and complex programs and products.

Defining and supporting security architecture and strategy while meeting regionally diverse coverage and business requirements.

Close collaboration with business and technology partners.

Defining and ensuring measurable progress against operational SLAs and KPIs.

Anticipating and managing significant issues and risks.

Ensuring that consistent standards are used across the organization.

Leading best-practices for security across PayPal inc.

We know the confidence gap and imposter syndrome can get in the way of meeting spectacular candidates. Please don't hesitate to apply.

Experience Requirements

Respected senior information security leader at a large, global company in dynamic and fast-changing markets

Experience influencing large teams of top-tier analysts and engineers

This is a challenging assignment which will entail tackling enterprise-wide technology and business challenges and driving them to resolution. The right candidate will have deep experience and understanding of technology, proven track managing large, cross-functional, technology initiatives, a solid knowledge of change management, and the proven ability to manage human organizational dynamics effectively.

Demonstrated experience in strategic planning, translation into operating plans and budgets, making buy/build decisions based on requirements, importance to the business, risk, and cost.

Experience in financial services and security technology industries

Competency Requirements

Outstanding thought leadership, architectural and implementation skills – a thinker and a doer – able to look at information security comprehensively and strategically, and ready to translate business strategy into technical vision and strategy

Demonstrated ability to lead with innovative ideas rather than follow the competition and traditional approaches; an "out-of-the-box" thinker who will determine what PayPal needs to build today to get ahead of future threats

Ability to build and support and develop security engineering talent from both internal and external sources.

A self-motivated and self-directed leader with demonstrated ability to attract, develop, retain and motivate top-tier talent and build an organization that is primed to get ahead of threats by using intelligence-based security to understand where the threats are going, in real-time

A track record of proactively building and maintaining healthy and productive partnerships with executives and operating teams in all geographies; effectively converting security perspectives into the business context of the organization

Strong orientation toward making decisions that will benefit the organization as a whole, rather than optimizing resources or benefits solely his or her for own teamBe a lead individual contributor as part of PayPal’s Security AE&O team.

Bring security expertise and thought leadership to a challenging and rapidly changing environment.

Be a thought leader in the security space, working with Engineering and Product counterparts across the organization to facilitate the protection of PayPal as a whole.