Senior Cyber Issues Analyst

Global Payments; United States; On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Global Payments seeks a Senior Cyber Issues Analyst to strengthen cyber resilience by evaluating control gaps, influencing remediation and partnering with technology, risk, compliance and audit teams to translate findings into business risk decisions.

You will drive remediation outcomes, apply analytics and AI to accelerate risk insights, and communicate risk posture to senior leadership. 7+ years in information security and payments industry experience required.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in information security, cybersecurity risk management, IT governance or related discipline.
• Strong knowledge of frameworks/regulatory requirements: NIST CSF, ISO/IEC 27001, CIS Controls, PCI DSS.
• Experience across key cybersecurity domains: PAM, WAF, vulnerability mgmt, network segmentation, encryption, cloud security, endpoint protection.
• Hands-on with GRC platforms such as Archer; ability to develop defensible recommendations.
• Certifications such as CISSP, CISM, CRISC, CISA are a plus.
• Experience in financial services/payments industry; regulatory/audits such as SOC1/2, SOX, PCI DSS is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Drive cybersecurity issues toward timely resolution by guiding remediation owners and escalating risks.
• Shape informed cyber risk decisions by evaluating control gaps, risk ratings, compensating controls and risk acceptance.
• Strengthen remediation outcomes by ensuring plans are technically sound, scoped properly and timely.
• Turn complex cyber risk into actionable insight for senior leaders and governance teams.
• Apply intelligent workflows, analytics and automation to accelerate risk insights and improve issue management.

Skills

Cybersecurity risk management

NIST CSF

ISO 27001

CIS Controls

PCI DSS

CISSP

CISM

CRISC

CISA

GRC Archer

translate to business impact

Tools

Archer

Job description

Job Description Ready to take your career global? Make your mark at one of the biggest names in payments. We’re looking for a Senior Cyber Issues Analyst to join our ever evolving Cyber Risk Management team and help shape the future of global commerce. You’ll play a critical role in strengthening Global Payments’ cyber resilience by evaluating complex security control gaps, influencing risk decisions and driving timely remediation across the enterprise. As a trusted cybersecurity subject matter expert, you’ll partner with technology, risk, compliance and audit teams to turn technical findings into clear business risk decisions, strengthen accountability and provide leaders with greater visibility into our cyber risk posture. Your expertise will help protect our clients, colleagues and technology while advancing the secure, resilient foundation Global Payments needs to innovate and grow.

What you’ll own

• Drive cybersecurity issues toward timely resolution by influencing remediation owners, removing barriers and escalating emerging risks to strengthen accountability and reduce residual risk across the enterprise.
• Shape informed cyber risk decisions by evaluating control gaps, risk ratings, compensating controls and risk acceptance requests against the evolving threat landscape and business impact.
• Strengthen remediation outcomes by challenging and improving remediation plans to ensure they are technically sound, appropriately scoped and capable of delivering sustainable risk reduction within approved timelines.
• Turn complex cyber risk into actionable insight by identifying systemic control gaps, emerging themes and remediation trends that give senior leaders and governance teams clearer visibility into the organization’s risk posture.
• Advance the Cyber Risk Management function by applying intelligent workflows, agentic artificial intelligence (AI), analytics and automation to accelerate risk insights, reduce manual effort and improve the consistency and effectiveness of issue management.

What you’ll bring

• 7+ years of progressive experience in information security, cybersecurity risk management, information technology governance or a related discipline, including demonstrated success evaluating cybersecurity control gaps and managing issues, exceptions or remediation.
• Strong knowledge of cybersecurity frameworks and regulatory requirements, including the National Institute of Standards and Technology Cybersecurity Framework (NIST CSF), ISO/IEC 27001, Center for Internet Security (CIS) Controls and Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS).
• Working knowledge across key cybersecurity domains, including privileged access management, web application firewalls, vulnerability management, network segmentation, encryption, cloud security and endpoint protection, with the ability to assess risk holistically.
• Hands‑on experience with governance, risk and compliance (GRC) platforms, such as Archer, and the analytical judgment to develop clear, defensible recommendations in complex environments.
• Demonstrated ability to translate technical cyber risk into clear business impact and influence stakeholders across technology, business, enterprise risk, compliance and audit teams without relying on direct reporting authority.
• It’s a bonus if you have One or more relevant cybersecurity or risk certifications, such as Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), Certified Information Security Manager (CISM), Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control (CRISC), or Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA).
• Experience working within the financial services or payments industry, with an understanding of the security, regulatory and operational considerations of highly regulated environments.
• Experience with industry audit and assessment standards such as Service Organization Control (SOC) 1, SOC 2, Sarbanes‑Oxley (SOX), PCI DSS or regulatory examinations.

About the team

Our inclusive and global teams win together every day. We’re proud to have the best minds in the industry, who you can learn from as you grow your career. The people, the energy, the connections – it’s unmatched. Come and be part of an ever-evolving company and get dynamic opportunities that go beyond borders.

What makes a Globalpayer? Globalpayers think like a client, act like an owner and win as one team. We’re curious and innovative – always finding better ways to deliver impact. We empower each other to make decisions, and it’s our passion that drives excellence in everything we set out to do.

Come and be part of an ever-evolving company and get dynamic opportunities that go beyond borders.

EEOC Statement

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About Global Payments

At Global Payments (NYSE : GPN), we empower simple, fast, secure payments for everyone. And to do that, we’ve built a complete, worldwide commerce ecosystem that delivers software and services at scale to millions of companies around the world—from ambitious startups to global enterprises.

Our team of 27,000 experts is dedicated to your success. Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, we're a Fortune 500® company and a member of the S&P 500 with worldwide reach spanning North America, Europe, Asia Pacific and Latin America.

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