Security Consultant III-Network & Information Security

When you join Verizon

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What You’ll Be Doing...

You'll be part of the "Verizon Global Infrastructure (VGI), Network & Information Security” group working on security and automation tools to protect against cyber threats within the VGS Technology organization. You will work with a team of cybersecurity engineers with network & infrastructure background, threat intelligence analysts and risk management personnel to align common technologies and practices that fortify our applications, systems, IT network and infrastructure.

Some of your daily responsibilities would be the following.

• Leverage industry proven tools to identify and reduce Cyber Risks
• Implement next generation infrastructure architecture, create advanced policies and controls against future threats
• Ensure effectiveness and coverage of security, policies and controls of VGS Network & Infrastructure, prioritizing risk level.
• Ensure Security posture of VGS Network & Infrastructure, e.g., access management, vulnerabilities remediation, etc.
• Develop awareness, training & compliance programs focused on Network & Infrastructure Cyber Security practices.
• Coordinate activities like network, penetration testing, incident response, data collection etc by partnering with the CISO teams.
• Assist in Crisis Management, Ransomware Recovery and Business Continuity planning.
• Identify, investigate and resolve global security breaches / incidents
• Develop and maintain network and infrastructure security reporting dashboards and scorecards used to measure our Cyber Practice.
• Identify opportunities and use cases for automation to remediate vulnerabilities, implement controls, orchestrate between tools and automate security practices.
  
  

What We’re Looking For...

You are passionate about network security and automation as a career. You are self-driven and motivated, with good communication and analytical skills. You’re a sought-after team member that thrives in a dynamic work environment. You will be working with multiple partners from the business groups, so networking and managing effective working relationships should be your top most priority. You have an understanding of industry trends in all areas of Information Security.

You'll need to have some of the skills listed below.

• Bachelor’s degree or four or more years of work experience.
• Four or more years of relevant work experience.
• Four or more years of experience in Enterprise server/cloud, risk and compliance management.
• Strong working knowledge of enterprise scale server management.
• Knowledge of Private/Public Cloud infrastructure.
• Understanding of network fundamentals, switching, routing protocols, load balancers, web proxies, firewalls and software defined networking solutions.
• Understanding of security fundamentals Confidentiality, Integrity, Availability, access control, Authentication, Authorization, Auditing secure design concepts like
• Experience in managing public cloud infrastructure like AWS, Azure, GCP etc.
• Experience working in a SOC environment handling processes like Incident Management and Triage, Vulnerability Management, Threat Intelligence, Threat Hunting etc.
• Experience working on IT ticketing systems like JIRA, Service Now and ability to partner and collaborate with other teams in the organization.
• Experience with hosting security awareness campaigns, gamification and bug bounty programs.
• Strong analytical problem solving, communication and interpersonal skills.
• Passion to stay abreast with emerging technologies, network security trends, tools and techniques.
  
  

Even better if you have one or more of the following:

• Master’s degree in Computer Science / Information Technology Engineering
• Industry relevant server certifications like MCSE, RHCE etc
• Industry relevant security certifications Security+, OSCP, CEH, CISSP, GIAC etc
• Cloud relevant certifications CCSP, CCSK
• Strong expertise in at least one operating system Window or Linux.
• Strong Scripting expertise in any one of Python, R, Perl, Javascript, Powershell, bash , VBScript etc
• Experience in managing server infrastructure
  
  

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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 set by your manager.

Scheduled Weekly Hours

40

Equal Employment Opportunity

Verizon is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, gender, disability or any other legally protected characteristics.