Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst III - Network

The Network Security Threat Intelligence team is responsible for proactive detection and investigation of threat actor activity within the Verizon network. Our analysts hunt for evidence of 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, investigating and proactively hunting for threats, and continuously growing your technical skill set in this area.

• Conduct threat investigations in Verizon's most complex and critical network environments

• Analyze log data to detect active threats within the network using knowledge of the current threat landscape, threat actor techniques, and Verizon's network

• Perform threat research to proactively identify potential threat vectors and work with network and security teams to improve prevention and detection methods

• Leverage Verizon's network telemetry to find indicators of compromise

• Develop expertise on the Verizon threat landscape using threat intelligence, network telemetry, and operational metrics to clearly communicate the threat landscape

• Coordinate with multidisciplinary teams across network organization to iteratively improve security controls and detection capabilities

• Conduct time-sensitive analysis during cyber investigations, including active threat investigation and forensic analysis

• Analyze malicious code, packet capture files, and forensic artifacts

• Identify gaps in logging capabilities and develop and propose strategies to fill gaps

• Identify 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

You're driven to pinpoint a problem and tenacious about finding a solution. You're organized and pay attention to details. You are the person that others rely on. You are accountable and follow through with a sense of urgency.

You'll need to have:

• 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 with network device logs, netflow, and/or working with large datasets.

Even better if you have one or more of the following:

• A degree in engineering or computer science.

• Experience with security risk procedures, security patterns, authentication technologies and security attack pathologies.

• Good communication skills.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

• Experience with incident response, security operations, malware analysis, or threat hunting

• Experience with application of data science concepts and techniques to enable advanced threat detection

• Working knowledge of Splunk and Elastic Search

If Verizon and this role sound like a fit for you, we encourage you to apply even if you don't meet every "even better" qualification listed above.