Hybrid Network Cyber Security Engineer

at Verizon

• Job title: Network Cyber Security Engineer
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: $81,000 - $155,000 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: Cyber Security, Firewalls, Splunk
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Southlake, United States

About the role

• Cybersecurity Engineer joining Verizon's Network Security Defense team to advance security posture and manage incident response. Collaborating on strategic technical challenges and ensuring security across networks.

Responsibilities

• The 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.
• In 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.
• Support identification of technology gaps to the design, architecture, and implementation of appropriate security solutions.
• Maintain formal guidelines, policies, and procedures to ensure smooth and error-free operations.
• Implementing strategic solutions in a highly scalable environment.
• Support our partner 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.
• Maintain and refine incident playbooks and response runbooks, ensuring repeatable workflows for high-impact scenarios (ransomware, phishing, insider threat, DDoS, etc.)
• 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.
• Familiar with 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.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or three or more years of relevant work experience.
• Three or more years of relevant work experience, demonstrated through one or a combination of work and/or military experience, or specialized training.
• Experience with Splunk SPL (Search Processing Language) searches, including macros, data models, and lookups for efficient threat hunting and investigation.
• 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.

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
• premium pay such as overtime, shift differential, holiday pay, allowances