Associate Cybersecurity Analyst - Vulnerability Management, Intern

Company Description

Visa is a world leader in digital payments, facilitating more than 215 billion payments transactions between consumers, merchants, financial institutions and government entities across more than 200 countries and territories each year. Our mission is to connect the world through the most innovative, convenient, reliable and secure payments network, enabling individuals, businesses and economies to thrive.

When you join Visa, you join a culture of purpose and belonging – where your growth is priority, your identity is embraced, and the work you do matters. We believe that economies that include everyone everywhere, uplift everyone everywhere. Your work will have a direct impact on billions of people around the world – helping unlock financial access to enable the future of money movement.

Join Visa: A Network Working for Everyone.

Job Description

The successful candidate will work in the Attack Surface Management team. Organizations often see security as collections of identified vulnerabilities in silos. This isolated perspective misses the proverbial big picture--the "attack surface".

This role requires the ability to be forward thinking and assist with developing unique solutions that are at the forefront of technology; the Attack Surface management Team at Visa is a leader in the space not a follower. The primary focus of this role is to assist with the periodic assessment of the Attack Surface as well as assisting with the identification and notification of vendor patches. This will be accomplished by tracking internal and external vulnerabilities, and then applying the appropriate risk-ratings to prioritize remediation to ensure Visa is appropriately protected.

This role will be expected to work with various teams and their managers, supervisors and/or professional staff and may lead project teams to achieve milestones or objectives, coordinate with IT Ops & Eng. and engage business personnel to ensure remediation solutions are identified, tested and made available to all groups responsible for vulnerability remediation. A successful candidate should be expected to be a proactive worker and generate security solutions that enhance the business they support. You must be able to take your experience and knowledge of security to the next level and work with a world class team to deliver on the Attack Surface Management goal of developing the complete perspective for operational and management visibility of Visa’s overall Attack Surface. Are you up for the challenge?

Some job duties and projects could include:

• Implement under the direction of the Director of Attack Surface Recon team utilizing the enterprise-wide strategy for the Attack Surface Management Program with established key initiatives/projects focused on the reduction of technology risk within Visa.
• Understand Vendor Patch Management.
• Assist in the development of solutions and solving complex/unique problems w/ regard to Visa’s Attack Surface.
• Assist in the execution of departmental plans, including business, production and/or organizational priorities and contribute to the Attack Surface Management functional strategy.
• Work with IT and business teams to develop solutions that address root causes.
• Utilize existing vulnerability management, security configuration management, and web application scanning tools and processes to extend coverage, increase effectiveness and expand capabilities.
• Work with diverse IT and business teams to assist in developing solutions to remediate identified vulnerabilities and misconfigurations in a risk prioritized, effective and efficient fashion.
• Possess the ability to effectively identify, evaluate and communicate new and ongoing security threat.

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications:

• Students pursuing a Bachelor's Degree with a graduation date in December 2024 or later
• Strong communications skills, specifically, the absence of repeated grammatical or typographical errors, clear and concise written and spoken communications that demonstrate professional judgment. 

Preferred Qualifications:

• Possess solid comprehension of security and risk.
• Strong troubleshooting skills.
• Be able to work on complex projects and with diverse teams.
• Interested in assessing threats to and identifying weaknesses in multiple operating system platforms, database and application servers, and custom and off the shelf applications, etc.
• Familiar with Vulnerability Management tools such as Qualys QualysGuard, Rapd7, Tenable Nessus, etc.
• Familiar with Policy Compliance tools such as Qualys QualysGuard, Symantec CCS, Microsoft SCM, etc.
• Python and/or scripting understanding
• Familiar with Security Single Pane of Glass implementations or fr