Senior Cloud Info Security Analyst

Why USAA?

At USAA, our mission is to empower our members to achieve financial security through highly competitive products, exceptional service and trusted advice. We seek to be the #1 choice for the military community and their families.

Embrace a fulfilling career at USAA, where our core values - honesty, integrity, loyalty and service - define how we treat each other and our members. Be part of what truly makes us special and impactful.

We are proud to support active-duty military spouses. USAA roles may offer remote or hybrid flexibility for active-duty military spouses consistent with applicable policy and business needs.

The Opportunity

As a Senior Cloud Info Security Analyst, you will join the Cloud Incident Response team within USAA's Cyber Threat Operations Center (CTOC) and help protect one of the nation's leading financial services organizations from evolving cyber threats. In this role, you'll investigate and respond to security incidents across AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, and SaaS platforms while working with advanced security technologies in a large-scale cloud environment. You'll collaborate with engineers, threat hunters, and security leaders to strengthen detection capabilities, enhance response processes, and help secure critical business services.

We offer a flexible work environment that requires an individual to be in the office 4 days per week. This position can be based in one of the following locations: San Antonio, TX, Plano, TX, Phoenix, AZ, Charlotte, NC or Colorado Springs, CO. Relocation assistance is not available for this position.

What you'll do:

• Leads peers and team members in the execution of the Information Security domain activities while anticipating efforts that will impact their team.
• Researches and analyzes the latest information security vulnerabilities, threats, exploits, trends and intelligence. Shares intelligence with peer teams.
• Conducts advanced vulnerability management, security configuration assessments, and/or penetration testing operations and manages the resulting findings.
• Develops analysts through training and knowledge sharing activities.
• Monitors internal and external networks, systems, and applications for advanced security anomalies and events (e.g. suspicious behavior, attacks, and security breaches). Trains analysts in incident detection and response.
• Responds to cyber incidents, performing detailed analysis using complex security tools to determine root cause and impact by using a broad range of demonstrated experience (e.g. forensics, networking, servers, coding, etc.) to determine a malicious actor's tactics, techniques, and procedures. Trains new analysts in incident detection and response.
• Utilizes discoveries from the incident response process to make significant and/or complex improvements to the existing detection capabilities, operational processes and security controls.
• Prepares and delivers written and/or verbal briefs with recommendations to senior leadership on latest threats, alerts, incidents, and improvements.
• Provides insight on issues and serves as a mentor and coach to peers and team members for assigned area of responsibility.
• Ensures risks associated with business activities are effectively identified, measured, monitored, and controlled in accordance with risk and compliance policies and procedures.

What you have:

• Bachelor's degree; OR 4 years of relevant education and/or experience.
• 6 years of related experience in Information Security, Cybersecurity and/or Information Technology with a security focus to include accountability for complex tasks and/or projects.
• 4 years of related experience in one of the following domains: Security and Risk Management, Asset Security, Security Architecture and Engineering, Communications and Network Security, Identity and Access Management, Security Assessment and Testing, Security Operations, Software Development Security.
• Advanced level of business acumen in the areas of business operations, risk management, industry practices and emerging trends.
• Knowledge of attacker tools/tactics/procedures and applying them to access management, governance, threat hunting, investigations, and incident response.
• Knowledge of defense-in-depth principles and security architecture.

What sets you apart:

• Experience investigating complex security incidents across AWS, Azure, GCP, and SaaS.
• Strong knowledge of IAM, cloud networking, APIs, logging, and cloud-native services.
• Ability to independently scope incidents, analyze evidence, determine root cause, and drive remediation.
• Experience with SIEM, EDR, and cloud security tools such as CrowdStrike, Sentinel, Splunk, Elastic, Wiz, or Prisma Cloud.
• Strong understanding of cloud threats, including credential compromise, privilege escalation, API abuse, lateral movement, and data exfiltration.
• Experience with cloud forensics, detection engineering, automation, and incident response playbooks.
• Ability to lead investigations and communicate findings to technical teams and leadership.
• Strong knowledge of MITRE ATT&CK and incident response frameworks.
• Relevant certifications such as GCIH, GCFA, CCSP, CISSP, or cloud security certifications preferred.

Compensation range: The salary range for this position is: $127,310.00 - $243,340.00.

USAA does not provide visa sponsorship for this role. Please do not apply for this role if at any time (now or in the future) you will need immigration support (i.e., H-1B, TN, STEM OPT Training Plans, etc.).

Compensation: USAA has an effective process for assessing market data and establishing ranges to ensure we remain competitive. You are paid within the salary range based on your experience and market data of the position. The actual salary for this role may vary by location.

Employees may be eligible for pay incentives based on overall corporate and individual performance and at the discretion of the USAA Board of Directors.

The above description reflects the details considered necessary to describe the principal functions of the job and should not be construed as a detailed description of all the work requirements that may be performed in the job.

Benefits: At USAA our employees enjoy best-in-class benefits to support their physical, financial, and emotional wellness. These benefits include comprehensive medical, dental and vision plans, 401(k), pension, life insurance, parental benefits, adoption assistance, paid time off program with paid holidays plus 16 paid volunteer hours, and various wellness programs. Additionally, our career path planning and continuing education assists employees with their professional goals.

For more details on our outstanding benefits, visit our benefits page on USAAjobs.com.

Applications for this position are accepted on an ongoing basis, this posting will remain open until the position is filled. Thus, interested candidates are encouraged to apply the same day they view this posting.

USAA is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.