Sr. Cybersecurity Analyst

Visa is hiring a Sr. Cybersecurity Analyst in IN - Bengaluru.

Requirements

• 5+ years of relevant work experience with a Bachelor’s degree or at least 2 years of work experience with an Advanced degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or 0 years of work experience with a PhD OR 8+ years of relevant work experience.

Preferred qualifications

• 6 or more years of work experience with a Bachelor's Degree or 4 or more years of work experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or 3 years of relevant work experience with a PhD.
• Have significant hands-on experience in vulnerability management, application security, or a related security engineering role, with a strong development background.
• Have strong proficiency in Python for scripting, automation, and API integrations to streamline and scale security workflows.
• Have deep experience with containers (Docker or similar), including image scanning, hardening, and registry security.
• Strong working knowledge of Kubernetes, including architecture, workloads, security configurations, RBAC, and common misconfigurations.
• Extensive experience securing and assessing cloud environments (AWS, Azure, or GCP), including cloud-native services and Identity and Access Management concepts.
• A proven record of accomplishment operating and managing vulnerability scanning and management tools such as Prisma Cloud, Qualys, Tenable, Rapid7, Wiz, Trivy, Grype, etc., including tool lifecycle ownership.
• Strong understanding of CVE/CVSS scoring, exploitability analysis, and risk-based prioritization.
• Experience with CI/CD tooling (e.g. Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI) and integrating security scanning into pipelines to drive shift-left practices across engineering teams.
• Have experience applying AI/ML or LLM-based tools to security workflows, such as automated vulnerability triage, false-positive reduction, or remediation recommendations, and familiarity with securing AI/ML systems (e.g. OWASP Top 10 for LLMs).
• Relevant certifications such as CKS, CKA, AWS/Azure/GCP security certifications, OSCP, GCSA, or CISSP.
• Experience working in the payments industry or other regulated environments such as financial services, healthcare, or government.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to explain technical risk to engineers, leadership, and non-technical audiences, and experience mentoring or guiding junior team members.

Visa is an EEO Employer Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status. Visa will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with EEOC guidelines and applicable local law.

About Visa

Visa is a world leader in payments technology, facilitating transactions between consumers, merchants, financial institutions and government entities across more than 200 countries and territories, dedicated to uplifting everyone, everywhere by being the best way to pay and be paid. At Visa, you'll have the opportunity to create impact at scale — tackling meaningful challenges, growing your skills and seeing your contributions impact lives around the world. Join Visa and do work that matters – t