Cyber Threat Operations Engineer Entry Level

Why USAA?

Let’s do something that really matters.

At USAA, we have an important mission: facilitating the financial security of millions of U.S. military members and their families. Not all of our employees served in our nation’s military, but we all share in the mission to give back to those who did. We’re working as one to build a great experience and make a real impact for our members.

We believe in our core values of honesty, integrity, loyalty and service. They’re what guides everything we do – from how we treat our members to how we treat each other. Come be a part of what makes us so special!The Opportunity

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 San Antonio, TX. Relocation assistance is not available for this position.

The candidate selected for this position will be an Info Security Engineer III and will be working on the Platform Threat Defense (PTD) Team in USAA's Enterprise Security Group (ESG) which is responsible for supporting web proxy administration and email security gateway administration. This role requires engineers to design, implement, and maintain security solutions to protect against several different attacks. Engineers on this team are encouraged to collaborate with multi-functional teams to implement security standard processes and ensure tools and rules are configured and maintained in a compliant manner. 

What you'll do:

• Responsible for ensuring that security requirements are adequately addressed in all aspects of a solution/application enablement and sustainment lifecycle.
• Design, develop, code, integrate, and test functional security/technical solutions under direct supervision.
• Developing comprehension of Site Reliability Engineering practices in their domain.
• Ensures risks associated within their domain activities are optimally identified, measured, supervised, and
• controlled in accordance with risk and compliance policies and procedures.
• Monitors and solves problems systems, tools, and vendor integrations.
• Collaborates with Security Analysts, IT and Business Partners to tune, harden, and improve Security solutions and technologies to keep up with the latest trends and threats.
• Ensures risks associated with business activities are optimally identified, measured, supervised, and controlled in accordance with risk and compliance policies and procedures.

What you have:

• Bachelor’s degree: OR 4 years of related experience (in addition to the minimum years of experience required) may be substituted in lieu of degree.
• Up to 2 years of related experience in Security Engineering and/or Information Technology with a security focus to include demonstrated experience leading enterprise technology projects or initiatives.
• Foundational knowledge of delivering technology solutions in all phases of a solution development lifecycle.
• Fundamental experience with modern programming/scripting languages and frameworks.
• Comprehension of security engineering activities using modern DevSecOps practices.
• Rudimentary experience with agile delivery methods and deep desire to be flexible while delivering value early and often.
• Foundational knowledge of platform engineering concepts on security standard processes in infrastructure/policy as code, security architecture design patterns, security vendor integrations, and CI/CD pipelines with built in application security controls.
• General comprehension of cloud and emergent technologies such as: Public Cloud, Containerization, Security Data Lakes, ML/LLMs, GenAI, etc.

What sets you apart:

• Software engineering experience (Python, Java, C#, etc.)
• Knowledge of Web Proxy Administration, Email Security, Firewall, and/or Networking
• Willingness to participate in on-call rotation and work queue style requests on a regular cadence.
• Hands on solving experience, such as help desk or desktop support experience.
• US military experience through military service or a military spouse/domestic partner [optional]

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.

What we offer:

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. The salary range for this position is: $69,920 - $133,620.

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

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, please visit our benefits page on USAAjobs.com.