Security Consultant III-Network & Information Security

Overview

When you join Verizon

You want more out of a career. A place to share your ideas freely — even if they’re daring or different. Where the true you can learn, grow, and thrive. At Verizon, we power and empower how people live, work and play by connecting them to what brings them joy. We do what we love — driving innovation, creativity, and impact in the world. Our V Team is a community of people who anticipate, lead, and believe that listening is where learning begins. In crisis and in celebration, we come together — lifting our communities and building trust in how we show up, everywhere & always. Want in? Join the #VTeamLife.

What You’ll Be Doing...

You'll be part of the "Verizon Global Infrastructure (VGI), Network & Information Security” group working to ensure that the network infrastructure devices are managed centrally, enterprise class asset management is built for complete asset coverage and visibility, sufficient access control is enabled and implement a process to follow the principle of least privilege. You will also work with a team of cybersecurity engineers to build use cases to automate and orchestrate access management across the enterprise.

Some Of Your Daily Responsibilities Would Be The Following

• Develop and implement access management policies and procedures.
• Implement and maintain asset tracking systems.
• Conduct regular access reviews and audits.
• Identify and remediate access control deficiencies.
• Monitor access logs and alerts for suspicious activity.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements (e.g., GDPR, HIPAA, PCI DSS).
• Develop and implement compliance frameworks for infrastructure asset management.
• Conduct regular audits of asset management processes and documentation.
• Monitor changes in regulations and standards and update compliance procedures accordingly
• Investigate and resolve compliance issues and incidents.
• Maintain accurate records of compliance activities.
• Collaborate with internal teams and external auditors on compliance matters.
• Maintain an accurate inventory of all infrastructure assets (hardware, software, licenses)
• Leverage industry proven tools to identify and reduce Cyber Risks
• 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.
  
  

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

• 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 network / information security, risk and compliance management.
• Understanding of network fundamentals, switching, routing protocols, load balancers, web proxies, firewalls and software defined networking solutions.
• Experience in handling enterprise scale server infrastructure & management
• Knowledge of Cloud infrastructure and technologies
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and priorities in a fast-paced environment
• Understanding of security fundamentals Confidentiality, Integrity, Availability, access control, Authentication, Authorization, Auditing secure design concepts like
• 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 will be an added advantage
• Strong analytical problem solving, communication and interpersonal skills
• Passion to stay abreast with emerging technologies, network security trends, tools and techniques.
  
  

• Masters or Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science / Information Technology Engineering
• Industry relevant security certifications Security+, OSCP, CEH, CISSP, GIAC, etc
• Strong expertise in at least one operating system Window or Linux.
• Cloud relevant certifications CCSP, CCSK
  
  

If Verizon and this role sound like a fit for you, we encourage you to apply even if you don’t meet every “even better” qualification listed above.

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.