Associate Cybersecurity Analyst

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Visa's Cybersecurity Assurance team is seeking an Entry-Level Associate Cybersecurity Analyst who is eager to start a career in security governance, compliance, and technology-driven improvement.

This role blends cybersecurity compliance, risk oversight, and process enhancement with hands-on exposure to automation, analytics, and AI integration supported by experienced mentors.

You will work across monitoring compliance, vulnerability and risk remediation oversight, and helping to build/enhance tools that make our processes faster, smarter, and more accurate. The ideal candidate has a strong grounding in security concepts, is curious about technology, and thrives on innovating within structured frameworks.

Essential Functions

Cybersecurity Assurance & Compliance

• Monitor, track, and report on vulnerabilities, findings, and incidents to ensure timely remediation or approved exceptions in line with Visa's Key Controls.

• Learn and support adherence to security standards and frameworks (PCI DSS, ISO 27001, NIST, Visa's GRC policies).

• Partner with business and technology teams to embed security compliance into delivery workflows.

• Assist in maturing governance processes for access, entitlements, and risk management, identifying opportunities to reduce over-entitlement and stale access.

• Help maintain data accuracy and integrity in cybersecurity systems (e.g., CMDB, vulnerability management platforms).

Technology, Tooling & Automation

• Assist in creating and improving automation workflows, scripts, and dashboards using tools like Python, Power Automate, Tableau, Power BI, and ETL frameworks.

• Learn to integrate data analytics and AI concepts into compliance and risk processes to improve insight generation, decision-making, and efficiency.

• Help build data quality checks and anomaly detection mechanisms to identify and correct mismatches between systems.

• Assist in the development and enhancement of tooling solutions for proactive monitoring, alerting, and compliance tracking.

• Support basic API integrations and process digitization activities to streamline security operations and reporting.

• Contribute to improving security metrics dashboards to ensure they remain relevant and actionable.

Collaboration & Continuous Improvement

• Partner with internal teams to identify opportunities for automation or simplification of compliance activities.

• Participate in cross-functional cybersecurity projects, sharing insights from both compliance and tooling perspectives.

• Stay curious about emerging technologies—AI, ML, cloud security—and explore how they can be applied in Assurance.

• Assist in preparing clear summaries of findings for technical, non-technical and executive stakeholders.

This is a hybrid position. Expectation of days in office will be confirmed by your hiring manager.

Basic Qualifications

•Bachelor's degree OR 3+ years of relevant work experience.

Preferred Qualifications

•Up to 2 years of relevant experience (internships, academic projects, or early career roles in cybersecurity, IT audit, risk management, or automation).

•Demonstrated interest in cybersecurity through coursework, internships, academic projects, or certifications.

•Foundational knowledge of cybersecurity principles, governance, and compliance concepts.

•Basic skills in Python, SQL, or automation tools.

•Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications

•2 or more years of work experience.

•Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Analytics, or related field (or in final year of study).

•Exposure to cybersecurity frameworks (NIST, ISO 27001, PCI DSS) via academic study or projects.

•Experience with data visualization and reporting tools (Power BI, Tableau).

•Understanding of ETL concepts or basic scripting.

•Awareness of AI/ML concepts and curiosity about their application in security analytics.

•Strong analytical, problem-solving, and troubleshooting skills, with the ability to tackle challenges and navigate ambiguity effectively and blend process discipline with innovative thinking.

•Highly collaborative team player with excellent interpersonal skills, resourcefulness, and a results-driven mindset.

•Clear, concise, and professional communication skills in both written and verbal formats.

Visa is an EEO Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status. Visa will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with EEOC guidelines and applicable local law.