Lead Security Logging & Monitoring Compliance Analyst

About the role

The Security Event Management Compliance (SEMC) team at Mastercard is seeking a Lead Security Logging & Monitoring Compliance Analyst. In this role you will ensure that enterprise systems meet PCI logging standards and Mastercard’s Security Logging & Monitoring Technical Standard, while supporting the Controls Monitoring Portal (CMP) and Security Logging Resiliency initiatives.

Key responsibilities

• Lead enterprise security logging and monitoring governance aligned to regulatory requirements such as PCI DSS, ISO/IEC 27001, SOC 2 and GDPR.
• Own logging standards, onboarding, validation and audit readiness across applications, infrastructure, databases and security platforms.
• Define baseline audit logging requirements and ensure consistent normalization, enrichment and data quality.
• Act as subject‑matter expert for Splunk and Microsoft Sentinel, covering ingestion, parsing, indexing and retention.
• Perform regular health and resiliency reviews of logging pipelines and drive remediation of identified gaps.
• Support SOC and incident response teams with reliable, enriched log data.
• Partner with audit, risk, compliance and engineering teams to address gaps and prepare audit evidence.
• Mentor junior team members and promote best practices in secure logging and data governance.

Required profile

• Strong experience with enterprise security logging and monitoring in regulated environments.
• Hands‑on expertise with Splunk and/or Microsoft Sentinel.
• Knowledge of audit logging requirements, retention strategies and data quality controls.
• Ability to translate regulatory requirements into technical logging standards.
• Experience supporting SOC operations, investigations and audits.
• Excellent collaboration, communication and problem‑solving skills.

Required skills

• Splunk
• Microsoft Sentinel