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Network Security Analyst roles qualify as H-1B visa specialty occupations under USCIS guidelines, requiring at least a bachelor's degree in cybersecurity, computer science, or a related field. Employers in finance, healthcare, defense contracting, and tech consistently file LCAs for this role, making it one of the more reliably sponsored positions in the security field.
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Technology - Information Security
Are you interested in building capabilities that enable the organization with innovation, speed, agility, scalability and efficiency? The Global Technology team takes great pride in our culture where digital transformation is built into our DNA. When you join our organization, you will unlock an exciting and impactful career while growing your skills and advancing your profession at one of the world's leading financial services institutions.
Your Team & Role
As a Lead, Network Security Analyst within the Network Security Strategy & Analysis team, within the ISO Infrastructure Security team, you will serve as a senior individual contributor focused on assessing enterprise network security capabilities, identifying risk and technical debt, and developing actionable strategies for Zero Trust, network segmentation, network access control, and network security modernization. You will partner with Network Engineering, Network Security Operations, Infrastructure, Cloud, Identity, Architecture, and other security teams to translate analysis into prioritized roadmaps and measurable risk reduction. You will explain difficult concepts, influence stakeholders, and work on extremely complex problems where analysis of situations or data requires evaluation of risk, controls, architecture, and business impact.
This role does not own day-to-day administration or operations of network security platforms; instead, this team will use analysis to drive environmental hardening and risk reduction. Success requires technical depth, strategic thinking, strong analytical judgment, and the ability to lead work through influence across multiple teams.
Here Is What You Can Expect on a Typical Day
- Lead complex current-state analysis/assessments of network security architecture, controls, processes, and technical debt across campus, data center, cloud, and remote-access environments.
- Develop strategic recommendations, target-state architectures, transition roadmaps, and prioritized risk-reduction plans for Zero Trust networking, segmentation, NAC, ZTNA, firewall, proxy, and related capabilities.
- Analyze architecture, configuration, telemetry, asset, vulnerability, and control data to identify material risks, systemic gaps, and opportunities to harden the environment.
- Functionally lead workstreams and provide technical guidance to less-experienced team members without direct people-management responsibility.
- Partner with operational and engineering teams that own the technologies to validate findings, define remediation approaches, establish milestones, and drive agreed actions to completion.
- Participate in security architecture and design reviews, documenting requirements, assumptions, risks, compensating controls, and recommended decisions.
- Contribute to reusable reference architectures, security patterns, engineering requirements, decision frameworks, and assessment methods aligned to enterprise standards.
- Communicate complex network security risks and tradeoffs to technical teams, business stakeholders, and senior leaders using concise, evidence-based recommendations.
- Define outcome-oriented metrics and contribute to executive reporting that demonstrates risk reduction, control maturity, roadmap progress, and technical-debt retirement.
- Evaluate emerging technologies and industry practices and recommend where they should influence the network security strategy.
- Be the network security subject matter expert within the ISO Infrastructure Security Team.
The Skills & Expertise You Bring
- Bachelor of Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, Cybersecurity, or equivalent experience in related fields.
- Advanced network security engineering, architecture, advisory, or strategy experience in a large and complex enterprise environment.
- Ability to independently structure ambiguous problems, develop analysis plans, evaluate alternatives, and deliver clear recommendations with minimal guidance.
- Ability to functionally lead complex work, mentor others, and effectively leverage diverse ideas, experiences, and perspectives.
- Strong business insight and the ability to balance security risk, operational feasibility, customer impact, cost, and delivery constraints.
- Experience with agile delivery or program-management methods and cross-functional execution.
- Excellent problem solving, written communication, executive presentation, facilitation, and collaboration skills.
Advanced Experience and/or Expertise with Several of the Following
- Enterprise network architecture and security controls across campus, branch, data center, cloud, internet edge, and remote-access environments.
- Firewalls, secure web gateways, proxies, ZTNA, VPN, DNS security, WAF, load balancers, and network detection capabilities, including platforms such as Check Point, Cisco, and Zscaler.
- Zero Trust principles, NIST SP 800-207, identity-aware access, least privilege, continuous verification, and policy-based access models.
- Network segmentation and microsegmentation strategies, trust-zone design, application dependency analysis, and east-west traffic controls.
- NAC strategy and design, including device discovery, profiling, authentication, authorization, 802.1X, exception handling, and phased enterprise adoption.
- Security architecture reviews, threat modeling, risk assessments, control design, compensating controls, and remediation planning.
- Information Security policies, standards, procedures, engineering specifications, NIST frameworks, ISO 27000 standards, NIST 800-53, and CIS Controls.
- Security analytics using SIEM, network telemetry, configuration data, asset inventories, vulnerability data, and CMDB/IPAM sources to identify and quantify risk.
- Metrics, KRIs, KPIs, maturity assessments, business cases, and multi-year security roadmaps.
Preferred Qualifications
- CISSP, CCSP, CISM, SANS GIAC, or comparable security certification.
- Advanced network or security certifications from Cisco, Check Point, Zscaler, GIAC, or equivalent providers.
- Experience driving large-scale Zero Trust, segmentation, NAC, firewall modernization, or ZTNA transformation programs.
You'll Love Working Here Because You Can
Join a team and culture where your voice matters and where your work improves security outcomes. As you put your skills to use, we will help you expand both your technical and leadership capabilities through meaningful work and continuous learning.
What we offer you:
Prudential is required by state specific laws to include the salary range for this role when hiring a resident in applicable locations. The salary range for this role is from $114,500.00 to $188,900.00. Specific pricing for the role may vary within the above range based on many factors including geographic location, candidate experience, and skills.
- Market competitive base salaries, with a yearly bonus potential at every level.
- Medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability insurance, Paid Time Off (PTO), and leave of absences, such as parental and military leave.
- 401(k) plan with company match (up to 4%).
- Company-funded pension plan.
- Wellness Programs including up to $1,600 a year for reimbursement of items purchased to support personal wellbeing needs.
- Work/Life Resources to help support topics such as parenting, housing, senior care, finances, pets, legal matters, education, emotional and mental health, and career development.
- Education Benefit to help finance traditional college enrollment toward obtaining an approved degree and many accredited certificate programs.
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan: Shares can be purchased at 85% of the lower of two prices (Beginning or End of the purchase period).
Eligibility to participate in a discretionary annual incentive program is subject to the rules governing the program, whereby an award, if any, depends on various factors including, without limitation, individual and organizational performance. To find out more about our Total Rewards package, visit Work Life Balance | Prudential Careers. Some of the above benefits may not apply to part-time employees scheduled to work less than 20 hours per week.
Prudential Financial, Inc. of the United States is not affiliated with Prudential plc. which is headquartered in the United Kingdom.
Prudential is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, genetics, disability, marital status, age, veteran status, domestic partner status, medical condition or any other characteristic protected by law.
If you need an accommodation to complete the application process, please email accommodations.hw@prudential.com.
If you are experiencing a technical issue with your application or an assessment, please email careers.technicalsupport@prudential.com to request assistance.
Job Classification:
Technology - Information Security
Are you interested in building capabilities that enable the organization with innovation, speed, agility, scalability and efficiency? The Global Technology team takes great pride in our culture where digital transformation is built into our DNA. When you join our organization, you will unlock an exciting and impactful career while growing your skills and advancing your profession at one of the world's leading financial services institutions.
Your Team & Role
As a Lead, Network Security Analyst within the Network Security Strategy & Analysis team, within the ISO Infrastructure Security team, you will serve as a senior individual contributor focused on assessing enterprise network security capabilities, identifying risk and technical debt, and developing actionable strategies for Zero Trust, network segmentation, network access control, and network security modernization. You will partner with Network Engineering, Network Security Operations, Infrastructure, Cloud, Identity, Architecture, and other security teams to translate analysis into prioritized roadmaps and measurable risk reduction. You will explain difficult concepts, influence stakeholders, and work on extremely complex problems where analysis of situations or data requires evaluation of risk, controls, architecture, and business impact.
This role does not own day-to-day administration or operations of network security platforms; instead, this team will use analysis to drive environmental hardening and risk reduction. Success requires technical depth, strategic thinking, strong analytical judgment, and the ability to lead work through influence across multiple teams.
Here Is What You Can Expect on a Typical Day
- Lead complex current-state analysis/assessments of network security architecture, controls, processes, and technical debt across campus, data center, cloud, and remote-access environments.
- Develop strategic recommendations, target-state architectures, transition roadmaps, and prioritized risk-reduction plans for Zero Trust networking, segmentation, NAC, ZTNA, firewall, proxy, and related capabilities.
- Analyze architecture, configuration, telemetry, asset, vulnerability, and control data to identify material risks, systemic gaps, and opportunities to harden the environment.
- Functionally lead workstreams and provide technical guidance to less-experienced team members without direct people-management responsibility.
- Partner with operational and engineering teams that own the technologies to validate findings, define remediation approaches, establish milestones, and drive agreed actions to completion.
- Participate in security architecture and design reviews, documenting requirements, assumptions, risks, compensating controls, and recommended decisions.
- Contribute to reusable reference architectures, security patterns, engineering requirements, decision frameworks, and assessment methods aligned to enterprise standards.
- Communicate complex network security risks and tradeoffs to technical teams, business stakeholders, and senior leaders using concise, evidence-based recommendations.
- Define outcome-oriented metrics and contribute to executive reporting that demonstrates risk reduction, control maturity, roadmap progress, and technical-debt retirement.
- Evaluate emerging technologies and industry practices and recommend where they should influence the network security strategy.
- Be the network security subject matter expert within the ISO Infrastructure Security Team.
The Skills & Expertise You Bring
- Bachelor of Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, Cybersecurity, or equivalent experience in related fields.
- Advanced network security engineering, architecture, advisory, or strategy experience in a large and complex enterprise environment.
- Ability to independently structure ambiguous problems, develop analysis plans, evaluate alternatives, and deliver clear recommendations with minimal guidance.
- Ability to functionally lead complex work, mentor others, and effectively leverage diverse ideas, experiences, and perspectives.
- Strong business insight and the ability to balance security risk, operational feasibility, customer impact, cost, and delivery constraints.
- Experience with agile delivery or program-management methods and cross-functional execution.
- Excellent problem solving, written communication, executive presentation, facilitation, and collaboration skills.
Advanced Experience and/or Expertise with Several of the Following
- Enterprise network architecture and security controls across campus, branch, data center, cloud, internet edge, and remote-access environments.
- Firewalls, secure web gateways, proxies, ZTNA, VPN, DNS security, WAF, load balancers, and network detection capabilities, including platforms such as Check Point, Cisco, and Zscaler.
- Zero Trust principles, NIST SP 800-207, identity-aware access, least privilege, continuous verification, and policy-based access models.
- Network segmentation and microsegmentation strategies, trust-zone design, application dependency analysis, and east-west traffic controls.
- NAC strategy and design, including device discovery, profiling, authentication, authorization, 802.1X, exception handling, and phased enterprise adoption.
- Security architecture reviews, threat modeling, risk assessments, control design, compensating controls, and remediation planning.
- Information Security policies, standards, procedures, engineering specifications, NIST frameworks, ISO 27000 standards, NIST 800-53, and CIS Controls.
- Security analytics using SIEM, network telemetry, configuration data, asset inventories, vulnerability data, and CMDB/IPAM sources to identify and quantify risk.
- Metrics, KRIs, KPIs, maturity assessments, business cases, and multi-year security roadmaps.
Preferred Qualifications
- CISSP, CCSP, CISM, SANS GIAC, or comparable security certification.
- Advanced network or security certifications from Cisco, Check Point, Zscaler, GIAC, or equivalent providers.
- Experience driving large-scale Zero Trust, segmentation, NAC, firewall modernization, or ZTNA transformation programs.
You'll Love Working Here Because You Can
Join a team and culture where your voice matters and where your work improves security outcomes. As you put your skills to use, we will help you expand both your technical and leadership capabilities through meaningful work and continuous learning.
What we offer you:
Prudential is required by state specific laws to include the salary range for this role when hiring a resident in applicable locations. The salary range for this role is from $114,500.00 to $188,900.00. Specific pricing for the role may vary within the above range based on many factors including geographic location, candidate experience, and skills.
- Market competitive base salaries, with a yearly bonus potential at every level.
- Medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability insurance, Paid Time Off (PTO), and leave of absences, such as parental and military leave.
- 401(k) plan with company match (up to 4%).
- Company-funded pension plan.
- Wellness Programs including up to $1,600 a year for reimbursement of items purchased to support personal wellbeing needs.
- Work/Life Resources to help support topics such as parenting, housing, senior care, finances, pets, legal matters, education, emotional and mental health, and career development.
- Education Benefit to help finance traditional college enrollment toward obtaining an approved degree and many accredited certificate programs.
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan: Shares can be purchased at 85% of the lower of two prices (Beginning or End of the purchase period).
Eligibility to participate in a discretionary annual incentive program is subject to the rules governing the program, whereby an award, if any, depends on various factors including, without limitation, individual and organizational performance. To find out more about our Total Rewards package, visit Work Life Balance | Prudential Careers. Some of the above benefits may not apply to part-time employees scheduled to work less than 20 hours per week.
Prudential Financial, Inc. of the United States is not affiliated with Prudential plc. which is headquartered in the United Kingdom.
Prudential is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, genetics, disability, marital status, age, veteran status, domestic partner status, medical condition or any other characteristic protected by law.
If you need an accommodation to complete the application process, please email accommodations.hw@prudential.com.
If you are experiencing a technical issue with your application or an assessment, please email careers.technicalsupport@prudential.com to request assistance.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding H-1B Visa Sponsorship as a Network Security Analyst
Document your security certifications strategically
USCIS scrutinizes whether your degree directly relates to the role. Certifications like CISSP, CEH, or Security+ don't substitute for a qualifying degree, but they strengthen your specialty occupation argument when your degree is adjacent, such as general IT or engineering.
Target employers with active LCA filing history
Use Migrate Mate to filter Network Security Analyst roles by employers who have filed LCAs for this specific occupation code, not just general IT roles. Prior filing history signals familiarity with the H-1B process and a lower risk of a withdrawn offer.
Check prevailing wage before negotiating your offer
Your employer must pay the higher of the actual or prevailing wage for your location and role. Use the OFLC Wage Search to look up Level II and III wages for SOC code 15-1212 before you negotiate, so your offer clears the DOL threshold from the start.
Clarify clearance requirements early in interviews
Many defense and government-contractor Network Security Analyst roles require a security clearance, which H-1B holders from certain countries can't obtain. Ask about clearance requirements before you reach the offer stage to avoid investing time in a role that can't proceed.
Understand cap-exempt employer options
Universities, nonprofit research institutions, and some government-affiliated entities are cap-exempt, letting you start work without waiting for the October 1 start date. If you're on OPT expiring mid-cycle, targeting cap-exempt employers can bridge a gap the lottery timeline can't.
Align your job duties with the O*NET profile
When your employer drafts your H-1B petition, the job duties description should map closely to the O*NET occupation profile for Network and Computer Systems Administrators and Security Analysts. Gaps between your actual duties and the standard profile are a common trigger for USCIS Requests for Evidence.
H-1B Visa Network Security Analyst: Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Network Security Analyst role qualify as a specialty occupation for H-1B purposes?
Yes, Network Security Analyst positions qualify as specialty occupations under USCIS standards because they typically require at least a bachelor's degree in cybersecurity, computer science, information systems, or a closely related field. Your employer must document that the specific role requires that theoretical and practical application of specialized knowledge, so the job description needs to reflect duties that genuinely demand a degree-level background.
How do I find employers who actively sponsor H-1B visas for Network Security Analyst roles?
Search on Migrate Mate, which surfaces employers with verified LCA filing history specifically for security and IT analyst roles. Employers in financial services, healthcare systems, federal contractors, and large technology firms file the most LCAs for this occupation. Focusing on organizations already familiar with the H-1B process significantly reduces the chance of a withdrawn offer after selection.
Can I work as a Network Security Analyst on OPT while waiting for H-1B approval?
Yes, if your OPT EAD is valid and your role qualifies under your degree field, you can work while your H-1B petition is pending. If your degree is in a STEM field such as computer science, cybersecurity, or electrical engineering, you may qualify for a 24-month STEM OPT extension, which provides additional runway beyond the standard 12-month OPT period while you navigate the H-1B cap cycle.
What happens to my H-1B status if my employer is acquired or my security team is restructured?
Under AC21 portability rules, if your H-1B petition has been pending for 180 days or more and you move to a same or similar occupation, your case can port to a new employer without restarting the process. Network Security Analyst roles typically port well to adjacent titles like Information Security Engineer or Cybersecurity Specialist, but your new employer must file an H-1B transfer petition before your current status expires.
Does holding a security clearance affect my H-1B application as a Network Security Analyst?
A security clearance is not a USCIS requirement for the H-1B visa itself, but it is a practical issue at the employer level. Many federal contractor and defense-sector Network Security Analyst roles require clearances that H-1B holders from certain countries cannot obtain due to foreign national restrictions. Confirming clearance requirements during the interview process avoids situations where an offer is extended and then withdrawn after the sponsorship process begins.