Cybersecurity Monitoring & Response Analyst - Mid Level

Overview

In this role you help defend USAA's operations and members by monitoring and responding to security events. You work within a security operations framework to detect threats, analyze incidents, and coordinate timely mitigations. You will expand your knowledge across forensics, networking, and security testing while supporting vulnerability management and configuration assessments. This position supports flexible, mission-driven work culture and offers opportunities to contribute to cyber defense at a large, member-focused organization.

Compensation / Benefits

• medical, dental, and vision plans
• 401(k)
• pension
• life insurance
• parental benefits
• paid time off and holidays + 16 volunteer hours

Responsibilities

• Monitor networks, systems, and applications for security events and anomalies
• Assist in incident response with moderately complex analysis using security tools
• Develop knowledge across security domains to understand attacker TTPs
• Conduct routine vulnerability management, security configuration assessments, and penetration testing operations
• Document findings and assist with incident documentation
• Support escalation processes and provide guidance on routine security issues
• Ensure risk-related activities are identified and controlled per policies
• Assist in improving detection capabilities and security controls based on incident findings

Key requirements

• Bachelor's degree or 4 years of relevant education/experience
• 2 years of information security/cybersecurity/IT with security focus
• 1 year in Security and Risk Management, Asset Security, Security Architecture/Engineering, or related domains
• Availability for non-standard hours including holidays and weekends
• Developing business acumen in risk, operations, and industry trends

• team collaboration
• problem solving
• effective communication
• EDR platforms (CrowdStrike, Defender for Endpoint)
• SIEM (Splunk, Elastic, Microsoft Sentinel)
• Security monitoring and log analysis