Cybersecurity Monitoring & Response Analyst - Mid Level

Overview

In this role you will detect, analyze, and respond to security events to protect USAA's operations and members. You'll monitor networks and systems, investigate anomalies, and support incident response and vulnerability assessments. You'll build broader security knowledge and communicate findings to stakeholders. This is a hands-on role in a mission-driven, security-focused environment with opportunities to shape detection capabilities and play a key part in safeguarding critical assets.

Compensation / Benefits

• comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans
• 401(k) and pension
• life insurance
• paid time off with holidays plus volunteer hours
• parental benefits and adoption assistance
• career path planning and continuing education

Responsibilities

• Monitor networks, systems, and applications for security anomalies and events
• Assist in incident response and perform moderately complex security analysis
• Conduct routine vulnerability management and security configuration assessments
• Contribute to improving detection capabilities and security controls under supervision
• Document findings from alerts and assist with incident documentation
• Support team on escalated issues and ensure risk controls align with policies

Key requirements

• Bachelor's degree OR 4 years of relevant education/experience
• 2 years of related experience in Information Security/Cybersecurity/IT with security focus
• 1 year in one of Security and Risk Management, Asset Security, Security Architecture and Engineering, Communications and Network Security, IAM, Security Assessment and Testing, Security Operations, or Software Development Security
• Availability to work non-standard hours including holidays and weekends
• Developing business acumen in risk, operations, and trends

• Communication
• Teamwork / collaboration
• Problem solving
• Experience with EDR platforms (e.g., CrowdStrike, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint)
• Security monitoring, log analysis, and SIEM (e.g., Splunk, Elastic, Microsoft Sentinel)
• Windows, Linux, and macOS security event analysis