Network Security Engineer II

Verizon is a leading telecommunications company that empowers people through connectivity. They are seeking a Network Security Engineer II to enhance their security posture by managing threat monitoring and incident response, while implementing robust security architectures across their networks.

Responsibilities

• Maintain formal guidelines, policies, and procedures to ensure smooth and error-free operations
• Support our partners across the Operations, Engineering, and Planning organizations to ensure secure design patterns are embedded into new deployments and major changes
• Work with lead engineers on strategic technical challenges
• Communicate clearly and effectively, articulate complex technical concepts to diverse internal and external audiences
• Support network security incident response activities, including triage, containment, eradication, and recovery for disruptive threats
• Serve as a support engineer for security-related investigations, providing analysis and input during active incidents
• Support root cause analysis and produce clear incident reports outlining timeline, impact, evidence, and remediation recommendations
• Explore proactive threat hunting across the identity, endpoint, and network telemetry to uncover adversary behavior and reduce dwell time
• Conduct threat detections using SIEM (Security Information and Event Management) to improve alert fidelity and reduce false positives
• Work on 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

Skills

• Bachelor's degree or one or more years of relevant work experience
• One or more years of relevant work experience, demonstrated through one or a combination of work and/or military experience, or specialized training
• Knowledge of incident response lifecycles (NIST or SANS) and experience with 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
• Ability to work both independently and in collaboration with cross-functional teams
• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail
• Security certifications such as CompTIA Security+, CISSP, CCIP, CISM, CCSP, OSCP (Offensive Security Certified Professional), Ethical Hacking (CEH, OSCP)
• Experience with Splunk SPL (Search Processing Language) searches, including macros, data models, and lookups for efficient threat hunting and investigation
• 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
• Effective written, interpersonal, and verbal communication skills

Benefits

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Short and long term disability
• Basic life insurance
• Supplemental life insurance
• AD&D insurance
• Identity theft protection
• Pet insurance
• Group home & auto insurance
• Matched 401(k) savings plan
• Up to 8 company paid holidays per year
• Up to 6 personal days per year
• Paid parental leave
• Adoption assistance
• Tuition assistance
• Vacation

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