Key Responsibilities
Identifying technology gaps to lead in the design, architecture, and implementation of appropriate security solutions.
Creating formal guidelines, policies, and procedures to ensure smooth and error-free operations.
Implementing strategic solutions in a highly scalable environment.
Partner across the Operations, Engineering, and Planning organizations to ensure secure design patterns are embedded into new deployments and major changes
Working independently on strategic technical challenges.
Identifying opportunities to mentor junior engineers, guide, and delegate technical documentation/tasks to support the team and broader organization.
Communicating clearly and effectively, articulating complex technical concepts to diverse internal and external audiences.
Lead network security incident response activities including triage, containment, eradication, and recovery for disruptive threats
Build and refine incident playbooks and response runbooks, ensuring repeatable workflows for high-impact scenarios (ransomware, phishing, insider threat, DDoS, etc)
Serve as escalation support for security related investigations, providing expert-level analysis and guidance during active incidents
Execute root cause analysis and produce clear incident reports outlining timeline, impact, evidence, and remediation recommendations
Conduct proactive threat hunting across the identity, endpoint, network telemetry to uncover adversary behavior and reduce dwell time
Create and tune threat detections using SIEM (Security Information and Event Management) to improve alert fidelity and reduce false positives
Drive continuous improvement of network visibility and telemetry collection to strengthen detection and response capabilities
Perform regular security control assessments validating configuration effectiveness and closing gaps discovered during incidents or hunts
Where you'll be working...
In this hybrid role, you'll have a defined work location that includes work from home and assigned office days in one of the offices listed for this position. In order to be eligible to apply for this position, you must be within commuting distance of one of those locations.
What we’re looking for...
You'll need to have
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, or a related field or four or more years of work experience.
Four or more years of relevant experience required, demonstrated through one or a combination of work and/or military experience, or specialized training.
Ability to write complex, optimized Splunk SPL (Search Processing Language) searches, including macros, data models, and lookups for efficient threat hunting and investigation.
Knowledge of incident response lifecycles (NIST or SANS) with experience designing, testing, and maintaining automation playbooks using SOAR platforms to automate triage and response actions.
Experience with risk-based alerting, managing notable events, asset/identity correlation, and defining/tuning correlation searches.
Even better if you have one or more of the following
Security certifications such as CompTIA Security+, CISSP, CCIP, CISM, CCSP, OSCP (Offensive Security Certified Professional), Ethical Hacking (CEH, OSCP)
Experience with Identity and Access Management (IAM) solutions.
Ability to build consensus and a common understanding of security objectives, goals, and execution steps.
Experience with network protocols and information security with networking certifications such as PCNSE, CCNP or CCNA.
Experience with networks, 4G/5G wireless network functions or virtualization technologies like Openstack and Kubernetes.
Experience with scripting languages like Python and/or automation tools like Ansible.
Experience in UNIX or Linux systems engineering expertise with a variety of variants.
Experience with encryption for data in transit (e.g., IPsec, or TLS) and at rest.
Experience in conflict resolution and negotiation to ensure that design, strategy, and decisions consistently support security requirements.
Strong analytical skills and attention to detail with a proven track record of managing and delivering results.
Effective written, interpersonal, and verbal communication skills.
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Where you’ll be working
In this hybrid role, you'll have a defined work location that includes working from home and a minimum of three days per week in the office, which will be set by your manager. Employees are responsible for maintaining compliance with hybrid work policies.
Equal Employment Opportunity
Verizon is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to veteran status, disability or other legally protected characteristics.
Benefits and Compensation
Our benefits are designed to help you move forward in your career, and in areas of your life outside of Verizon. From health and wellness benefit options including: medical, dental, vision, short and long term disability, basic life insurance, supplemental life insurance, AD&D insurance, identity theft protection, pet insurance and group home & auto insurance. We also offer a matched 401(k) savings plan, up to 8 company paid holidays per year and up to 6 personal days per year, paid parental leave, adoption assistance and tuition assistance, plus other incentives, we’ve got you covered with our award-winning total rewards package. Depending on the role, employees have the opportunity to receive compensation in the form of premium pay such as overtime, shift differential, holiday pay, allowances, etc. Newly hired employees receive up to 15 days of vacation per year, which grows with additional service. For part-timers, your coverage will vary as you may be eligible for some of these benefits depending on your individual circumstances.
The salary will vary depending on your location and confirmed job-related skills and experience. This is an incentive based position with the potential to earn more. For part-time roles, your compensation will be adjusted to reflect your hours.
The annual salary range for the location(s) listed on this job requisition based on a full-time schedule is: $101,000.00 - $194,000.00.
