Associate Cyber Security Researcher Jobs (NOW HIRING)

• Monitor security systems and events using tools, alerts, and logs to identify potential threats and vulnerabilities.
• Triage and investigate security or operational issues to determine root causes, impacts, and mitigation strategies.
• Support secure network, endpoint, identity, access management, application security, and cloud security activities under experienced engineers’ guidance.
• Assist with security documentation, assessment findings, remediation tracking, reporting, and control implementation.
• Collaborate with software development and product teams to integrate security into the software development lifecycle and support secure coding practices.
• Research emerging cyber threats, security technologies, AI-enabled security risks, and control approaches.
• Use AI-enabled cybersecurity tools for threat detection, alert triage, analysis, documentation, and investigation, validating outputs before escalation or implementation.
• Support security control implementation and monitoring for cloud-based, AI-enabled, or enterprise technology services.
• Apply structured prompt design techniques with AI agent-enabled security tools.
• Collaborate across cybersecurity, engineering, product, risk, operations, and business teams to strengthen secure technology delivery and reduce enterprise risk.

• Must have earned a Master’s degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Systems, Computer Engineering, Engineering, or another technical field before the full-time start date.
• Foundational understanding of cybersecurity, information security, application security, network security, cloud security, or technology risk concepts.
• Foundational knowledge of network protocols, security fundamentals, identity and access management, data privacy, data protection, or secure software development concepts.
• Interest in scripting or automation using languages such as Python, Bash, PowerShell, or similar technologies.
• Students must have a graduation date between December 2026 and June 2027.
• Coursework, projects, internships, labs, competitions, research, or extracurricular experience in cybersecurity, information security, artificial intelligence, machine learning, software development, cloud, data, networking, or technology risk.
• Awareness of security standards, regulatory compliance, data privacy, data protection, security governance, and risk management concepts.
• Familiarity with security monitoring, threat detection, vulnerability management, incident response, endpoint protection, network security, or identity and access management concepts.
• Exposure to security tools, platforms, or operational processes used to investigate alerts, analyze threats, document findings, or support remediation activities.
• Interest in application security, secure coding, DevSecOps, cloud security, IAM, data security, network security, or AI security.
• Awareness of AI-enabled cybersecurity capabilities and emerging risks such as prompt injection, model misuse, data exposure, AI-assisted security operations, and automation-enabled analysis.
• Employment eligibility to work with American Express in the United States is required; the company will not pursue visa sponsorship for these positions.
• Strong communication, collaboration, analytical thinking, discretion, attention to detail, learning agility, problem solving, curiosity, ownership, professionalism, ethical judgment, and comfort learning new technologies in a fast-paced environment.

Demonstrates expertise in cybersecurity principles, including application security, cloud security, and identity and access management, while effectively collaborating with cross-functional teams to enhance secure technology delivery. Proficient in using AI-enabled cybersecurity tools for threat detection and incident response, with a strong foundation in scripting and automation.

• Master's Degree In Cybersecurity
• Foundational Understanding Of Cybersecurity
• Scripting Or Automation Using Python
• Familiarity With Security Monitoring Tools
• Knowledge Of Security Standards And Compliance

• Cybersecurity
• Application Security
• Cloud Security
• Network Security
• Identity And Access Management
• Data Privacy
• Data Protection
• Secure Software Development
• Threat Detection
• Vulnerability Management

• Strong Communication
• Analytical Thinking
• Attention To Detail
• Problem Solving
• Learning Agility

• Cybersecurity Concepts
• Information Security
• Security Governance
• Risk Management
• DevSecOps

• AI-Enabled Cybersecurity Tools
• Security Monitoring Platforms
• Incident Response Tools
• Automation Technologies
• Scripting Languages