Network Security Governance Analyst

Verizon • Alpharetta, GA

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

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. Technology Strategy, Global Infrastructure & App Security (TSGI) is looking for an innovative Analyst with a passion for Cybersecurity and Technology. This role will support Network, Infrastructure & Cloud Security Governance, specifically for our Verizon Global Service (VGS) Enterprise Network. This role will partner and work closely with key cross-functional stakeholders, like Verizon Cybersecurity (VCS), Global Network & Technology (GNT) Network Security, and our VGS Enterprise Network teams, in order to protect our network and align on proactive security measures to effectively mitigate risks, enable safe digital transformation, and defend against emerging threats and vulnerabilities. What you’ll be doing... Operational Management: Providing day-to-day operational support, engaging both internal and external stakeholders, sometimes utilizing a dotted-line leadership approach. Metrics and Reporting: Capturing stakeholder feedback on design reviews and update security-based metrics for Network, Infrastructure, and Cloud Security Governance reporting dashboards, scorecards, and maturity models. This includes creating and maintaining joint action plans to ensure timely remediation or resolution of tasks. Continuous Improvement: Collaborating with stakeholders to identify and track gaps and process improvements, thereby enhancing security protections and improving overall cybersecurity maturity. Transformation Support: Supporting the transformation efforts related to Security by Design and Zero Trust principles within Network, Infrastructure, and Cloud Governance models. Policy and Control Effectiveness: Ensuring the effectiveness and coverage of VGS Network, Infrastructure, and Cloud governance Security Policies and Controls, prioritizing efforts based on risk level. Training and Awareness: Supporting awareness, training, and compliance programs focused on Network Cybersecurity practices, leveraging the Mavens program—a team of security professionals who facilitate the adoption of Security by Design. Artifact Management and Efficiency: Ensuring all project artifacts and communications are easily accessible and well-maintained. Demonstrate proficiency in utilizing project management tools and methodologies to streamline workflows and enhance team efficiency. CyberSecurity Coordination: Coordinating necessary activities with Verizon CyberSecurity teams, including (but not limited to) Active Defense and Incident Response, Penetration Testing, Red Team and Threat Hunt campaigns, and Tabletop Exercises when required. Process Review and Refinement: Reviewing the outcomes of root cause analysis, compliance audits, and lessons learned to ensure that repeatable and sustainable processes are established, followed, or adjusted as necessary. Audit: Assisting with internal audit reviews by producing and presenting artifacts and executive summaries to support the overall team's mission. Reporting: Helping design and produce executive-level operational read-outs, metrics, and project statuses that accurately reflect the effectiveness of the team's mission. Strategy Execution and Communication: Executing short-term strategic goals and ensuring proper updates are socialized to appropriate stakeholders. This requires cross-functional collaboration and relationship building to achieve broader organizational strategic goals. Cultural Promotion: Promoting a collaborative environment that emphasizes individual accountability for problem-solving, decision-making, and process improvements.

Requirements

• 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.
• Experience in Information Security, Technology or Technical Risk Analysis.
• Experience with assessing existing controls, policies, procedures, and technologies to understand the organization's current security posture.

Nice To Haves

• 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.
• Possess 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.

Responsibilities

• Providing day-to-day operational support, engaging both internal and external stakeholders, sometimes utilizing a dotted-line leadership approach.
• Capturing stakeholder feedback on design reviews and update security-based metrics for Network, Infrastructure, and Cloud Security Governance reporting dashboards, scorecards, and maturity models. This includes creating and maintaining joint action plans to ensure timely remediation or resolution of tasks.
• Collaborating with stakeholders to identify and track gaps and process improvements, thereby enhancing security protections and improving overall cybersecurity maturity.
• Supporting the transformation efforts related to Security by Design and Zero Trust principles within Network, Infrastructure, and Cloud Governance models.
• Ensuring the effectiveness and coverage of VGS Network, Infrastructure, and Cloud governance Security Policies and Controls, prioritizing efforts based on risk level.
• Supporting awareness, training, and compliance programs focused on Network Cybersecurity practices, leveraging the Mavens program—a team of security professionals who facilitate the adoption of Security by Design.
• Ensuring all project artifacts and communications are easily accessible and well-maintained. Demonstrate proficiency in utilizing project management tools and methodologies to streamline workflows and enhance team efficiency.
• Coordinating necessary activities with Verizon CyberSecurity teams, including (but not limited to) Active Defense and Incident Response, Penetration Testing, Red Team and Threat Hunt campaigns, and Tabletop Exercises when required.
• Reviewing the outcomes of root cause analysis, compliance audits, and lessons learned to ensure that repeatable and sustainable processes are established, followed, or adjusted as necessary.
• Assisting with internal audit reviews by producing and presenting artifacts and executive summaries to support the overall team's mission.
• Helping design and produce executive-level operational read-outs, metrics, and project statuses that accurately reflect the effectiveness of the team's mission.
• Executing short-term strategic goals and ensuring proper updates are socialized to appropriate stakeholders. This requires cross-functional collaboration and relationship building to achieve broader organizational strategic goals.
• Promoting a collaborative environment that emphasizes individual accountability for problem-solving, decision-making, and process improvements.

Benefits

• Our 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level