Cybersecurity Analyst

Visa; Rancho Cucamonga (CA); On-site; USD 97,000 - 142,000; Full time

Job summary

Visa is seeking a Cybersecurity Analyst to tackle hard malware analysis problems and deliver practical security solutions in Rancho Cucamonga, CA. The role offers a real impact on risk, a clear path for career growth, and a compensation range of $97,000 to $142,000 per year.

The candidate will bridge IDS/IPS with CISSP, work closely with local technology users, and replace brittle compliance hacks with robust Kali Linux-based tooling while maintaining strong performance and scaling capabilities.

Qualifications

• Authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship.
• A learner's pace that keeps up with shifting requirements.
• Proven follow-through, measured in shipped things rather than good intentions.
• Demonstrated calm when a Rancho Cucamonga, CA client changes scope mid-stream.
• Comfort defending a recommendation in front of skeptics.

Responsibilities

• Bridge IDS/IPS and CISSP so the two halves of Visa's platform finally talk.
• Sit with technology users in Rancho Cucamonga to learn what the Risk Assessment tool really needs.
• Replace the brittle SOC 2 Compliance hack with a Kali Linux solution that survives Rancho Cucamonga scale.
• Translate the quick-to-ship Threat Intelligence outage into fixes that make the next Rancho Cucamonga launch dull.
• Question the hardworking Risk Assessment pattern everyone copied and propose something cleaner.
• Optimize application performance, latency, and resource utilization at scale.
• Cut Risk Assessment cold-start times so Visa functions wake before CA users notice.
• Harden Visa's Cross-Functional Collaboration auth so the CA audit comes back clean.

Skills

Malware analysis

IDS/IPS

CISSP

Kali Linux

Threat intelligence

Security engineering

Tools

Kali Linux

Job description

Hard problems in Malware Analysis don't intimidate you; they're the reason you open your laptop, which makes you our kind of Cybersecurity Analyst. This Cybersecurity Analyst role at Visa rewards initiative with $97,000 - $142,000, real decision-making power, and steady career advancement.

Key Responsibilities

• Bridge IDS/IPS and CISSP so the two halves of Visa's platform finally talk
• Sit with technology users in Rancho Cucamonga to learn what the Risk Assessment tool really needs
• Replace the brittle SOC 2 Compliance hack with a Kali Linux solution that survives Rancho Cucamonga scale
• Translate the quick-to-ship Threat Intelligence outage into fixes that make the next Rancho Cucamonga launch dull
• Question the hardworking Risk Assessment pattern everyone copied and propose something cleaner
• Optimize application performance, latency, and resource utilization at scale
• Cut Risk Assessment cold-start times so Visa functions wake before CA users notice
• Harden Visa's Cross-Functional Collaboration auth so the CA audit comes back clean

What You'll Bring

• A learner's pace that keeps up with shifting requirements
• The humility to revise strong opinions when the data argues back
• Proven follow-through, measured in shipped things rather than good intentions
• Authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship
• Demonstrated calm when a Rancho Cucamonga, CA client changes scope mid-stream
• Comfort defending a recommendation in front of skeptics

Visa makes Risk Assessment look simple, which anyone in technology knows is the entrepreneurial hardest thing to pull off. We believe the best technology decisions get made closest to the work, not three floors up.

The bottom line: $97,000 - $142,000, mentorship, benefits, and flexibility, wrapped into a Cybersecurity Analyst role that grows as fast as you do.

Our team checks new Cybersecurity Analyst applications every single business day.