Verizon
Overview
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Principal Cloud Threat Hunter
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Verizon . When you join Verizon, youll be part of a culture that values ideas, growth, and impact. We empower how people live, work and play by connecting them to what brings them joy. Our V Team is a community that anticipates, leads, and believes that listening is where learning begins. Location: Newark, NJ and surrounding area. Hybrid role with a defined work location that includes working from home and a minimum of three days per week in the office, as determined by your manager. Verizon is an equal opportunity employer. What youll be doing
The Threat Management Center (TMC) serves as the initial point of defense for Verizon's networks and information systems, safeguarding them against internal misconduct and cyber-attacks. The TMC Advanced Cyber Defense (TMC-ACD) team is tasked with responding to, investigating, hunting and managing incidents. You will identify, respond to, and mitigate threats to protect Verizon and its business partners, with a focus on proactive threat hunting in multi-cloud environments. What were looking for
We are seeking an innovative and motivated professional who will safeguard Verizons multi-cloud environments. This senior role involves proactively hunting and detecting threats, improving incident response and mitigation strategies, and ensuring continuous operation of Verizons cloud environments. You will partner with cross-functional stakeholders to develop and utilize proactive measures to prevent, detect, and respond to threats across Verizons cloud ecosystems. The position supports threat hunting, digital forensics, and incident response. Youll Need To Have Bachelor's degree or six or more years of work experience. Six or more years of relevant work experience. Four or more years of experience in cybersecurity, with a focus on threat hunting, cloud security (AWS, GCP, Azure, OCI), and incident response.
Even better if you have one or more of the following
Strong understanding of cloud security frameworks and best practices. Proficient in cloud computing concepts, including IaaS, PaaS, SaaS. Programming or scripting knowledge relevant to cloud security automation. Fundamental understanding of cyber adversarial frameworks (MITRE ATT&CK, Kill Chain). Knowledge of the cyber threat landscape, including adversaries and campaigns. Experience with analysis techniques, indicators of compromise, threat hunting, and intrusions identification. Certifications such as Network+, Security+, CISSP, CISM, or cloud-specific certifications (e.g., AWS Security Specialty, Azure Security Engineer Associate, Google Cloud Professional Cloud Security Engineer).
Responsibilities
Proactively search for threats and vulnerabilities within cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP), ensuring remediation and supporting the alert development lifecycle. Utilize advanced threat hunting techniques and tools to detect, analyze, and respond to anomalous activities. Provide technical oversight for day-to-day cloud operations (AWS, Azure, GCP). Act as a trusted advisor on advanced threat analysis for the team and stakeholders. Leverage security tools and logs to assess security alerts and threats affecting Verizons enterprise and cloud infrastructure. Develop security controls for multiple cloud platforms using automated capabilities and advanced analysis. Drive identification, analysis, and remediation to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements, standards, and best practices related to cloud security and data privacy. Support high-priority security incidents with analytical evaluations and comprehensive summaries; facilitate incident discussions. Conduct risk assessments, forensic analyses to determine root cause and impact of incidents. Identify gaps in detections and collaborate across Cyber Security to improve the TMC cloud security posture. Recommend improvements to preventive and defensive capabilities, leveraging data, trends, and metrics to justify alert use cases. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design cloud governance guidelines and safeguard sensitive data, aligning with industry standards and regulatory requirements. Enhance techniques, workflows, and processes for cloud security controls, compliance, and incident response to drive ongoing improvement. Assist in producing executive-level operational read-outs, metrics, and case reviews. Mentor and coach TMC analysts to build strong analytical skills and consistency.
Work Hours and Benefits
Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40 Benefits and compensation include health, dental, vision, disability, life insurance, 401(k) with company match, holidays, personal days, parental leave, education assistance, and more as part of Verizons total rewards package. Salary range for this location is $120,500.00 - $231,000.00, depending on experience and location. This is an incentive-based position with potential for additional compensation. Seniority level
Mid-Senior level Employment type
Full-time Job function
General Business, Management, and Business Development Industries
IT Services and IT Consulting Equal Employment Opportunity: Verizon is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to veteran status, disability or other legally protected characteristics. #J-18808-Ljbffr
Join to apply for the
Principal Cloud Threat Hunter
role at
Verizon . When you join Verizon, youll be part of a culture that values ideas, growth, and impact. We empower how people live, work and play by connecting them to what brings them joy. Our V Team is a community that anticipates, leads, and believes that listening is where learning begins. Location: Newark, NJ and surrounding area. Hybrid role with a defined work location that includes working from home and a minimum of three days per week in the office, as determined by your manager. Verizon is an equal opportunity employer. What youll be doing
The Threat Management Center (TMC) serves as the initial point of defense for Verizon's networks and information systems, safeguarding them against internal misconduct and cyber-attacks. The TMC Advanced Cyber Defense (TMC-ACD) team is tasked with responding to, investigating, hunting and managing incidents. You will identify, respond to, and mitigate threats to protect Verizon and its business partners, with a focus on proactive threat hunting in multi-cloud environments. What were looking for
We are seeking an innovative and motivated professional who will safeguard Verizons multi-cloud environments. This senior role involves proactively hunting and detecting threats, improving incident response and mitigation strategies, and ensuring continuous operation of Verizons cloud environments. You will partner with cross-functional stakeholders to develop and utilize proactive measures to prevent, detect, and respond to threats across Verizons cloud ecosystems. The position supports threat hunting, digital forensics, and incident response. Youll Need To Have Bachelor's degree or six or more years of work experience. Six or more years of relevant work experience. Four or more years of experience in cybersecurity, with a focus on threat hunting, cloud security (AWS, GCP, Azure, OCI), and incident response.
Even better if you have one or more of the following
Strong understanding of cloud security frameworks and best practices. Proficient in cloud computing concepts, including IaaS, PaaS, SaaS. Programming or scripting knowledge relevant to cloud security automation. Fundamental understanding of cyber adversarial frameworks (MITRE ATT&CK, Kill Chain). Knowledge of the cyber threat landscape, including adversaries and campaigns. Experience with analysis techniques, indicators of compromise, threat hunting, and intrusions identification. Certifications such as Network+, Security+, CISSP, CISM, or cloud-specific certifications (e.g., AWS Security Specialty, Azure Security Engineer Associate, Google Cloud Professional Cloud Security Engineer).
Responsibilities
Proactively search for threats and vulnerabilities within cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP), ensuring remediation and supporting the alert development lifecycle. Utilize advanced threat hunting techniques and tools to detect, analyze, and respond to anomalous activities. Provide technical oversight for day-to-day cloud operations (AWS, Azure, GCP). Act as a trusted advisor on advanced threat analysis for the team and stakeholders. Leverage security tools and logs to assess security alerts and threats affecting Verizons enterprise and cloud infrastructure. Develop security controls for multiple cloud platforms using automated capabilities and advanced analysis. Drive identification, analysis, and remediation to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements, standards, and best practices related to cloud security and data privacy. Support high-priority security incidents with analytical evaluations and comprehensive summaries; facilitate incident discussions. Conduct risk assessments, forensic analyses to determine root cause and impact of incidents. Identify gaps in detections and collaborate across Cyber Security to improve the TMC cloud security posture. Recommend improvements to preventive and defensive capabilities, leveraging data, trends, and metrics to justify alert use cases. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design cloud governance guidelines and safeguard sensitive data, aligning with industry standards and regulatory requirements. Enhance techniques, workflows, and processes for cloud security controls, compliance, and incident response to drive ongoing improvement. Assist in producing executive-level operational read-outs, metrics, and case reviews. Mentor and coach TMC analysts to build strong analytical skills and consistency.
Work Hours and Benefits
Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40 Benefits and compensation include health, dental, vision, disability, life insurance, 401(k) with company match, holidays, personal days, parental leave, education assistance, and more as part of Verizons total rewards package. Salary range for this location is $120,500.00 - $231,000.00, depending on experience and location. This is an incentive-based position with potential for additional compensation. Seniority level
Mid-Senior level Employment type
Full-time Job function
General Business, Management, and Business Development Industries
IT Services and IT Consulting Equal Employment Opportunity: Verizon is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to veteran status, disability or other legally protected characteristics. #J-18808-Ljbffr