What we’re looking for…

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• Supporting the day-to-day operations; this involves engaging both internal and external stakeholders, at times utilizing a dotted-line leadership approach
• Capturing stakeholder feedback on design reviews and updating security-based metrics for Network, Infrastructure and Cloud Security Governance reporting dashboards, scorecards, and maturity models; this includes creating and maintaining action plans jointly shared with all stakeholders to ensure remediation or resolution of task(s)
• Collaborating with stakeholders to identify and track gaps and process improvements in order to enhance security protections and improve cybersecurity maturity
• Supporting transformation of Security by Design and Zero Trust Principles for Network, Infrastructure, and Cloud Governance models
• Ensuring effectiveness and coverage of the Security Policies and Controls of VGS Network, Infrastructure and Cloud governance; this includes prioritizing by risk level
• Supporting awareness, training & compliance programs focused on Network Cybersecurity practices; this will require leveraging the Mavens program, a team of security professionals who facilitate adoption of security by design
• Ensuring all project artifacts and communications are easily accessible and well-maintained; this includes proficiency in utilizing project management tools and methodologies to streamline workflows and enhance team efficiency.
• Coordinating necessary activities with our Verizon CyberSecurity teams; to include but not limited to Active Defense and Incident Response, Penetration Testing, Red team and Threat Hunt campaigns, as well as Tabletop Exercises when necessary
• Reviewing outcomes of root cause analysis, compliance audits, and lessons learned to ensure repeatable and sustainable processes are established, followed or adjusted when necessary
• Assisting with internal audit reviews. This includes producing and presenting artifacts and executive summaries to support the overall team’s mission.
• Helping to design and produce executive-level operational read-outs, metrics, and project statuses that accurately capture the effectiveness of our team’s mission.
• Executing short-term strategies goals and ensuring proper updates are socialized to appropriate stakeholders; this requires cross-functional collaboration and relationship building to also achieve wider, organizational strategic goals.
• Promoting an environment of collaboration and individual accountability when it comes to problem-solving, decision-making, and process improvements.

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"This position can be located in other valid Verizon Hub  locations"

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You’ll need to have:

• Bachelor’s degree or four or more years of work experience.
• Four or more years of relevant experience required, demonstrated through work experience and/or military experience.
• Two or more years of experience in Information Security, Technology or Technical Risk Analysis.
• Two or more years of experience with assessing existing controls, policies, procedures, and technologies to understand the organization's current security posture.

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

• Comprehensive understanding of cybersecurity, network defense, and investigative frameworks (such as NIST CSF, ISO 27000 series, MITRE ATT&CK, Lockheed Martin Cyber Kill Chain, etc.) into network defense processes
• High-level understanding of Cloud Environments (AWS, Azure, OCI) and Operating Systems (Windows, Unix/Linux, and OSX)
• Experience with data analytical tools such as Splunk, Elasticsearch, or Hadoop
• Understanding on how to develop and configure dashboards and visualizations with tools like Grafana.
• Expertise with scripting and programming (i.e. Python) for automation of data parsing, API interactions, and custom tool development.
• Strong database skills such as SQL for querying, analyzing, and managing large databases
• Experience in creating, modifying, and executing Ansible playbooks for automation, configuration management, and orchestration of security deployments across diverse network devices and servers.
• Certifications like: Network+, Security+, CISSP or CISM

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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.

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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.

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Scheduled Weekly Hours

40

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Equal Employment Opportunity

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

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