Cybersecurity Analyst

Visa
Austin, Texas
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeUSD 110,700 - 171,800 annuallyFunction: CybersecurityExperience: 2+ yearsEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Problem solving","Analytical skills","Verbal communication","Written communication","Client service orientation","Operational skills","Quality/results oriented","Mentoring"]

Serve on Visa’s Ethical Hacking (penetration testing) team to conduct internal and external tests of applications and systems. Identify vulnerabilities and recommend countermeasures to reduce risk, evaluate severity and remediation, and deliver accurate reporting. Contribute to security research for emerging technologies, help mentor junior testers, and develop/automate scripts and tools to strengthen ethical hacking capabilities across mobile, cloud, and embedded environments.

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Job Summary

Serve on Visa’s Ethical Hacking (penetration testing) team to conduct internal and external tests of applications and systems. Identify vulnerabilities and recommend countermeasures to reduce risk, evaluate severity and remediation, and deliver accurate reporting. Contribute to security research for emerging technologies, help mentor junior testers, and develop/automate scripts and tools to strengthen ethical hacking capabilities across mobile, cloud, and embedded environments.
Location: Austin, Texas
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Cybersecurity

Key Responsibilities

  • •Conduct high-risk and sensitive internal and external penetration tests of Visa applications globally according to defined scope.
  • •Perform end-to-end testing of complex systems with subject matter expertise in web application, API, or network penetration testing.
  • •Research vulnerabilities and recommend countermeasures/mitigating controls to reduce risk to an acceptable level.
  • •Review penetration test results to determine severity and ensure proper remediation and mitigation.
  • •Provide accurate, timely reporting of findings and propose remediation, and mentor junior penetration testers.
Travel: Low travel

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 110,700 - 171,800 annually
Perks:Health InsuranceDentalVision401kFsa/hsaLife InsurancePaid LeaveWellness Stipend

Key Requirements

  • •2+ years of relevant work experience and a Bachelor’s degree, OR 5+ years of relevant work experience.
  • •Proficiency in one or more scripting languages (e.g., Perl, Python, Shell Scripting).
  • •Proficiency in one or more high-level programming languages (e.g., Java, C, C++, Ruby).
  • •Understanding of cryptographic concepts and applied cryptography (e.g., SSL, AES).
  • •Work experience in Information Security, specifically the penetration testing field.
Experience:2+ yearsPenetration testingInformation Security
Education:Bachelor's
Skills:Problem solvingAnalytical skillsVerbal communicationWritten communicationClient service orientationOperational skillsQuality/results orientedMentoring
Tech Stack:Penetration TestingPythonPerlShell ScriptingJavaCC++RubySSLAESOWASP Top 10SANS Top 25CVSSv3.0CVSSv3.1CVSSv3.0/3.1CVSSBurp Suite ProfessionalNmapNessusKali

Company Brief

Visa
Global payments technology company that operates the VisaNet electronic payments network, facilitating credit, debit and digital transactions between consumers, merchants, financial institutions and governments worldwide.
Industry: Payments
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: San Francisco, United States
Founded: 1958
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