✦ Luna Orbit — Cybersecurity

Principal Associate, Cyber Controls Monitoring Analyst

at Discover Financial Services

📍 3 Locations Unknown 💰 $161K – $184K USD / year Posted April 03, 2026
Salary $161K – $184K USD / year
Type Full-Time
Experience mid
Exp. Years 3+ years
Education High School Diploma, GED, or equivalent certification
Category Cybersecurity

Principal Associate, Cyber Controls Monitoring Analyst develops automated health metrics for cyber controls, transforming telemetry into real-time insights to prevent security process degradation.

  • Metric engineering to translate control designs into health metrics
  • ETL pipeline development in Python/SQL
  • Troubleshoot and maintain production pipelines
  • Stakeholder engagement for metrics & remediation
  • Continuous improvement of control effectiveness

Experience with SQL and Python data manipulation, Git-based version control, CI/CD pipelines, REST APIs, and OAuth; familiarity with NIST/SOX/COSO frameworks; ETL and data pipelines

The ideal candidate is a mid-level data analyst with 3+ years in compliance/audit/risk, strong SQL/Python/data pipeline experience, and hands-on with Git and CI/CD in a security/compliance context.

High School DiplomaGEDor equivalent certificationAt least 3 years of experience in data analysis in a complianceauditor risk management environmentAt least 2 years of experience in data manipulation and analysisAt least 2 years of experience with SQL and PythonAt least 2 years of experience with version control (Git) and Continuous integration and continuous deployment
Bachelor's Degree5+ years of experience in data analysis in a complianceauditor risk management environment4+ years of experience developing metrics for a continuous controls monitoring program4+ years of experience developing config-driven data pipelines end-to-end3+ years of experience with regulatory requirements (NIST 800.53SOXCOSO)
GitCI/CD toolingPythonSQLOAuth
High School Diploma; SQL; Python; Git; CI/CD; REST API; OAuth; data analysis; compliance/audit/risk; ETL; analytics
SQLPythonGitCI/CDREST APIOAuth
stakeholder engagementproblem solvinganalytical thinkingcommunication
Industry Financial Services
Job Function Build and maintain automated metrics for cyber controls to monitor and improve security posture
Role Subtype GRC Analyst
Tech Domains SQL, Python, Git, CI/CD, REST API, OAuth
Visa Sponsorship No
principal associatecyber technicalcyber controls monitoringETLSQLPythonGitCI/CDREST APIOAuthregulatory requirementsNIST 800.53SOXCOSOdata analysiscomplianceauditrisk managementthreshold logicmetricsremediation

No experience with SQL or Python, Lack of 3+ years in data analysis in compliance/risk, Inability to work across multiple locations

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