PayPal Sr Cybersecurity Engineer 

United States, Arizona, Scottsdale 

894277739

Job Summary:

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Essential Responsibilities:

• Independently apply security best practices to enhance and optimize systems, ensuring robust protection and efficiency, while beginning to understand and align security solutions with business objectives.
• Partner with peers and internal teams to drive security initiatives, contribute to cross-functional projects, and at times co-lead efforts to strengthen security posture.
• Analyze and resolve security challenges by adapting standard processes and exploring alternative approaches to address complex threats.
• Influence the quality, efficiency, and effectiveness of the team through informed decision-making, with a potential impact on other teams.
• Collaborate with other engineers to gather and incorporate feedback, driving continuous improvements in security processes.

Expected Qualifications:

• Minimum of 5 years of relevant work experience and a Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.

Key Responsibilities

• Conduct dynamic, cybersecurity and technology risk-based security assessments tailored to business use cases and data flows

• Lead and advise on security strategies aligned with business objectives, including threat modeling, vulnerability management, and incident response

• Translate complex security concepts into actionable business requirements and communicate them effectively to stakeholders.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (engineering, architecture, compliance, legal, fraud, identity) to ensure security is integrated into product and operational decisions

• Drive cultural change by influencing business leaders to prioritize customer trust and security as differentiators.

• Participate in forums and governance structures to improve visibility and reporting of security risks and incidents.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in cybersecurity, risk management, or related fields.

• Strong understanding of security frameworks (NIST, ISO), cloud security, identity and access management, and secure software development.

• Experience with incident response, threat intelligence, and third-party risk assessments.

• Proven ability to lead cross-functional projects and influence senior stakeholders.

• CISSP or equivalent certification preferred.

Consulting Mindset: M.A.R.S. Framework

• ind-mapping data flows to uncover control gaps.

• Awareness of business context and threat landscape.

• Risk-based decision-making.

• Simplicity in communicating and implementing controls

Travel Percent:

The total compensation for this practice may include an annual performance bonus (or other incentive compensation, as applicable), equity, and medical, dental, vision, and other benefits. For more information, visit .

The US national annual pay range for this role is $123,500 to $212,850

Our Benefits:

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