CareerPlan

Associate Cybersecurity Analyst - Junior (Local Candidates)

US - Ashburn, VAFull-time$85k2026-10-07 → 2026-11-10
Hybrid

Core

Manage and address cybersecurity incidents through identification, containment, and eradication; perform deep-dive analysis on systems, accounts, and networks to identify root causes; conduct proactive threat hunting and develop detection rules.

Role type

Junior incident response analyst (SOC)

Builds

Incident response playbooks, runbooks, and detection rules for Visa's global security operations center

Domain

Cybersecurity / Incident Response / SOC

Required skills

incident response, threat hunting, root cause analysis, detection rule development, network defense, GenAI and Agent automation

Preferred skills

malware analysis, intrusion analysis, web application security, TCP/IP and packet analysis, SIEM, EDR, cloud security

Technologies

SIEM, AV, WAF, IDS, Netflow, Packet Analyzer, Endpoint Detection & Response tools

Responsibilities

Manage and address cybersecurity incidents through all stages; Perform deep-dive analysis on systems, accounts, and networks; Act as an engagement point for broader technology teams; Perform proactive threat hunting; Develop and refine detection rules; Provide detailed reports and documentation of incidents and response actions; Develop and maintain incident response playbooks and runbooks

Seniority

Junior, hands-on IC