Principal Network Security Defense Engineer - CALEA

Verizon•Southlake, TX

3d•$120,500 - $231,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Verizon’s GN&T Network Security team is seeking a technical leader for its Security Defense organization. The Defense teams own the security lifecycle and effectiveness of the Core, Edge, and Access networks, including their systems and network functions. This role leads the end-to-end security of CALEA Lawful Intercept applications across Wireless, Wireline, and interfaces with other Verizon Network applications. The engineer sets technical direction for discovering and identifying related network assets, understanding their functions and roadmaps, developing threat detections, conducting proactive monitoring, and improving security hygiene through access management, situational awareness, configuration hardening, and vulnerability mitigation. The position also drives security maturity, effective controls, and automation across hundreds of network elements. The role may be based at any U.S. Verizon hub location. It is hybrid, with a defined work location that includes working from home and at least three days per week in the office, as set by the manager.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or four or more years of work experience.
Six or more years of relevant experience, demonstrated through work and/or military experience or specialized training.
Working knowledge of CALEA network functions and/or X1, X2, and X3 interfaces.
Strong analytical skills and attention to detail.
Demonstrated experience managing and delivering results, with a proven track record.
Leadership experience as a subject-matter expert.
Effective written, interpersonal, and verbal communication skills.
Demonstrated organization and project management skills.

Nice To Haves

Current federal security clearance.
In-depth experience with networks, 4G/5G wireless network functions, and virtualization technologies such as OpenStack and Kubernetes.
Network security certifications such as CISSP and/or familiarity with security frameworks such as NIST.
Experience with Splunk and other data analysis tools.
Ability to conduct asset discovery, security assessments, and risk evaluations.
Experience with security risk procedures, security patterns, authentication technologies, and security attack pathologies.
Familiarity with Identity and Access Management (IAM) solutions.
In-depth automation experience using complex data sources and APIs to analyze complex datasets.

Responsibilities

Discover, identify, and inventory CALEA network assets and information such as models and versions.
Understand network assets and their roadmaps to assess vulnerability impacts and identify end-of-life or end-of-support hardware and software.
Establish baselines of normal operations and develop threat detections to identify deviations and potential cyber threats.
Develop incident response protocols to identify, contain, and resolve network security incidents and threats.
Improve cybersecurity posture by implementing Network Security Fundamentals: access management, situational awareness, configuration hardening, and vulnerability mitigation.
Own and be accountable for the network security scorecard, helping increase maturity, visibility, and subject-matter expertise.
Ensure planned network security controls are operating effectively.
Build and drive automation to enable the team to operate at scale across hundreds of network elements.
Set technical direction and provide technical leadership to a team of security engineers.
Present regularly to executive leadership on the team’s critical business activities.

Benefits

Medical, dental, and vision benefits.
Short- and long-term disability insurance.
Basic and supplemental life insurance and AD&D insurance.
Identity theft protection.
Pet insurance.
Group home and 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.
Other incentives and an award-winning total rewards package.
Potential premium pay, such as overtime, shift differential, holiday pay, or allowances, depending on the role.
Up to 15 days of vacation per year for newly hired employees, increasing with additional service.