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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.\nWhat you’ll be doing...\nThe GN&T Network Security team is looking for a highly motivated and experienced Cybersecurity Engineer to join the Network Security Defense team. The Defense teams are responsible for owning the security lifecycle and effectiveness across the Core, Edge, and Access networks, as well as all systems and network functions within GN&T.\nIn this role, you will be critical in advancing our security posture through real-time Threat Monitoring & Detection using SIEM tools like Splunk, leading Incident Response efforts during a breach, and managing the continuous Vulnerability Management lifecycle across networks and applications. The position also requires expertise in defining and implementing robust Security Architecture, including firewalls, encryption, centralized Identity and Access Management, and Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA). A strong candidate will also possess advanced Threat Hunting skills, including Advanced Networking & Protocol Analysis, Endpoint & Memory Forensics, Data Science & Querying, and demonstrable experience in Automation & Scripting to enhance our Cybersecurity tooling.\nKey Responsibilities:\nIdentifying technology gaps to lead in the design, architecture, and implementation of appropriate security solutions.\n\nCreating formal guidelines, policies, and procedures to ensure smooth and error-free operations.\n\nImplementing strategic solutions in a highly scalable environment.\n\nPartner across the Operations, Engineering, and Planning organizations to ensure secure design patterns are embedded into new deployments and major changes\n\nWorking independently on strategic technical challenges.\n\nIdentifying opportunities to mentor junior engineers, guide, and delegate technical documentation/tasks to support the team and broader organization.\n\nCommunicating clearly and effectively, articulating complex technical concepts to diverse internal and external audiences.\n\nLead network security incident response activities including triage, containment, eradication, and recovery for disruptive threats\n\nBuild and refine incident playbooks and response runbooks, ensuring repeatable workflows for high-impact scenarios (ransomware, phishing, insider threat, DDoS, etc)\n\nServe as escalation support for security related investigations, providing expert-level analysis and guidance during active incidents\n\nExecute root cause analysis and produce clear incident reports outlining timeline, impact, evidence, and remediation recommendations\n\nConduct proactive threat hunting across the identity, endpoint, network telemetry to uncover adversary behavior and reduce dwell time\n\nCreate and tune threat detections using SIEM (Security Information and Event Management) to improve alert fidelity and reduce false positives\n\nDrive continuous improvement of network visibility and telemetry collection to strengthen detection and response capabilities\n\nPerform regular security control assessments validating configuration effectiveness and closing gaps discovered during incidents or hunts\n\nWhere you'll be working...\nIn 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.\nWhat we’re looking for...\nYou'll need to have:\nBachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, or a related field or four or more years of work experience.\n\nFour or more years of relevant experience required, demonstrated through one or a combination of work and/or military experience, or specialized training.\n\nAbility to write complex, optimized Splunk SPL (Search Processing Language) searches, including macros, data models, and lookups for efficient threat hunting and investigation.\n\nKnowledge of incident response lifecycles (NIST or SANS) with experience designing, testing, and maintaining automation playbooks using SOAR platforms to automate triage and response actions.\n\nExperience with risk-based alerting, managing notable events, asset/identity correlation, and defining/tuning correlation searches.\n\nEven better if you have one or more of the following:\nSecurity certifications such as CompTIA Security+, CISSP, CCIP, CISM, CCSP, OSCP (Offensive Security Certified Professional), Ethical Hacking (CEH, OSCP)\n\nExperience with Identity and Access Management (IAM) solutions.\n\nAbility to build consensus and a common understanding of security objectives, goals, and execution steps.\n\nExperience with network protocols and information security with networking certifications such as PCNSE, CCNP or CCNA.\n\nExperience with networks, 4G/5G wireless network functions or virtualization technologies like Openstack and Kubernetes.\n\nExperience with scripting languages like Python and/or automation tools like Ansible.\n\nExperience in UNIX or Linux systems engineering expertise with a variety of variants.\n\nExperience with encryption for data in transit (e.g., IPsec, or TLS) and at rest.\n\nExperience in conflict resolution and negotiation to ensure that design, strategy, and decisions consistently support security requirements.\n\nStrong analytical skills and attention to detail with a proven track record of managing and delivering results.\n\nEffective written, interpersonal, and verbal communication skills.\n\nIf you believe this job posting is missing information required by the Virginia wage or salary range transparency law, please report it via .\nWhere you’ll be working\nIn 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.Scheduled Weekly Hours\n40Equal Employment Opportunity \nVerizon is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to veteran status, disability or other legally protected characteristics.\nBenefits and Compensation\nOur 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.\nThe 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. 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