Cyber Threat Hunter - Senior

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.

The Opportunity

If you make it on our team youll be part of a cutting edge unit probing USAAs defenses and supporting our members by securing their information from attackers. Our Cyber Threat Hunt team supports our Cyber Threat Operations Center and our members by fusing open-source intelligence attacker TTPs and endless curiosity to validate our security stack on multiple levels. You will be challenged daily both supporting and being supported by internal and external collaborative teams.

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 Colorado Springs CO Charlotte NC. Relocation assistance is not available for this position.

What youll 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 actors 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:

• Bachelors degree: OR 4 years of related experience (in addition to the minimum years of experience required) may be substituted in lieu of degree.
• 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.
• Demonstrated experience with threat hunting incident response and detection engineering experience in Mac Linux and Windows environments.

What sets you apart:

• Experience with emulating adversary tactics and techniques to identify weaknesses in our defenses and improve our security posture using the MITRE ATT&CK framework
• PowerShell or Python scripting and API integration skills.
• Experience with Linux forensics and security.
• Knowledge of offensive tooling and tactics.
• Experience performing comprehensive incident and pre-incident investigations identifying the scope impact and root cause of security anomalies.
• Experience with modern SIEM (Splunk/Elastic/KQL)

Compensation range: The salary range for this position is: $127310.00 - $243340.00.

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 .

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.