Cybersecurity Associate Analyst

Visa•Austin, TX

7h•Hybrid

About The Position

The Identity and Access Management (IAM) team is responsible for securing employee access to our core applications in the most efficient, compliant, and user-friendly manner, innovatively using the latest industry standards and tools. Our goal is to become the gold standard for IAM worldwide, and we are already on our way, winning Oracle’s annual Identity Management Innovation award. Visa's IAM eco-system includes an extensive, and highly customized, rich Identity Management platform implementation. The team has successfully implemented many of the core components. With a constant moving and expending environment, the IAM team is exploring all processes and technology to expand the security coverage and improve the end user experience. With the additional features and the goal of extensive coverage comes a higher level of complexity, criticality, overall usage, and dependency on the environment. Join a growing, fast paced and high-performance Access Controls team. The ideal candidate for the position will be a proactive and self-motivated professional who will work with other team members to manage access controls for Visa key information resources residing on multiple platforms, with a focus area in multiple Linux and automation. The successful candidate will aid in the continuous improvement of the identity and access management practices looking for opportunities to automate where possible. This is a hybrid position. Expectation of days in office will be confirmed by your hiring manager.

Requirements

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

Nice To Haves

2 or more years of work experience.
2 or more years of work experience in Cybersecurity, with a strong focus on Identity and Access Management (IAM).
Experience with UNIX management, including Role Base Access Control (RBAC), Service Account and Group Management and SSH Keys.
Hands on experience in managing and securing Cloud environments from a UNIX context.
CISSP, CCSP and/or Certification in Cloud Platforms are highly desirable.
Understand security principles such as separation of duties (SoD) and least privilege (LP)
Experience in implementing and managing Credential Security using ERPM and Password Safe.
Proficient in automating repetitive IAM Processes using Generative AI and scripting languages such as PowerShell or Python to improve operational efficiency.
Knowledge of automation tools and frameworks to streamline access management practices.
Experience with SIEM/CIEM tools for security monitoring, incident response and identity management.

Responsibilities

Govern access controls for cloud platforms, including Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
Provide Subject Matter Expertise (SME) over IAM practices, policies, and procedures for UNIX and Cloud Platforms.
Demonstrate proficiency .NET development and in scripting languages such as PowerShell or Python for IAM processes automation.
Implement and enforce Identity and Access Management policies in UNIX, ensuring access approvals, rogue access monitoring, credential strengthening and security (including passwords, SSH keys, and Keytabs), credential reuse monitoring, as well as support for the full lifecycle of identities and access.
Complete access request processing as per pre-defined procedures and within agreed Service Level Agreements (SLAs). Resolve problem tickets and assist other security analysts as needed.
Identify opportunities to automate existing manual processes using Generative AI and scripting, specifically within Access and Identity Management practices.
Diligently document access management procedures for assigned platforms, databases, and applications. Keep the access management procedures up to date.
Provide incident response and remediation for identity-related security incidents.
Assist with developing robust monitoring and alerting mechanisms for identity and access management activities.
Develop new management metrics and concise reporting to support IAM activities.