Senior Analyst, Threat Intelligence

Verizon•Ashburn, VA

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Network Security Threat Intelligence team is responsible for proactive detection and investigation of threat actor activity within the Verizon network. Our analysts apply all source intelligence to identify threat activity and work with network and security teams to improve detection capabilities and security controls. As a member of the Network Threat Intelligence team, you’ll be responsible for collecting and interpreting threat information, providing detailed information for the investigation and detection of threats, and continuously growing your technical skill set in this area.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in information technology, cybersecurity, computer science or professional equivalent training (i.e. Net+, Sec+, etc) or four or more years of work experience
Experience in cybersecurity or information technology
Experience conducting cybersecurity investigations
Basic understanding of network device logs, netflow, and working with large datasets
Good communication skills
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
Ability to think critically and identify risks.

Nice To Haves

Three or more years of experience with incident response, security operations, malware analysis, threat hunting, or intelligence operations
Three or more years of experience with application of data science concepts and techniques to enable advanced threat detection
Three or more years of experience with long term intelligence gathering projects providing information to joint intelligence initiatives
Working knowledge of Splunk and Elastic Search
Working knowledge with Threat Intelligence Platforms

Responsibilities

Conducting threat investigations in Verizon’s most complex and critical network environments
Coordinating with multidisciplinary teams across network organization to iteratively improve security controls and detection capabilities
Conducting time-sensitive analysis during cyber investigations, including active threat investigation and forensic analysis
Leveraging Verizon’s network telemetry to find indicators of compromise
Developing expertise on the Verizon threat landscape using threat intelligence, network telemetry, and operational metrics to clearly communicate the threat landscape
Analyzing malicious code, packet capture files, and forensic artifacts
Analyzing log data to detect active threats within the network using knowledge of the current threat landscape, threat actor techniques, and Verizon’s network
Identifying gaps in logging capabilities and develop and propose strategies to fill gaps
Identifying and propose automated alerts for new and previously unknown threats.
Collaborate with teams across the Cyber organization to mitigate risk by testing, deploying, and developing investigative playbook