Cyber Threat Detection Analyst

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Verizon

Cyber Threat Detection Analyst

Basking Ridge, NJ +3 locations
Full Time
Paid
  • Responsibilities

    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.

    What you’ll be doing...

    The Threat Management Center (TMC) is the first line of defense for Verizon's networks and information systems against misuse and attacks. The TMC performs 24x7x365 monitoring and responds to automated and user-reported cyber security incidents that may impact people and information important to Verizon. The TMC plays an integral role in driving forward the security intelligence and capabilities in Cyber Defense.

    Verizon is looking for an innovative and driven leader who will be responsible for enhancing our existing threat defense capabilities and maturing our current processes within Verizon's unique security landscape. A Threat Detection analyst supports the TMC’s fast paced collaborative environment and is required to be adaptable, open to learning and teaching, and able to think creatively to effectively navigate the evolving threat landscape. This role will work closely with key cross-functional stakeholders to develop and utilize proactive and mitigating measures to detect and respond to potential threats to Verizon’s infrastructure, application, product, and cloud environments.

    • Performing day-to-day operations of a TMC Threat Detection Analyst.

    • Leveraging security tools and logs in order to complete a detailed and accurate assessment of security alerts and threats affecting the Verizon enterprise.

    • Assessing cloud, product, and application security risks for potential threats. This includes ensuring the threat is remediated while supporting the alert development lifecycle.

    • Providing support and analysis for priority and high profile security incidents. This includes writing comprehensive case notes, escalation summaries, and hosting incident calls when needed.

    • Ensuring the case management and alert development life cycles are followed or adjusted when necessary. This includes assisting with the quality assurance reviews for accurate alert assessments and ensuring the cases are closed to program satisfaction.

    • Reviewing outcomes of incident lessons learned, root cause analysis, and on-demand compliance audits to ensure repeatable and sustainable processes are established, followed or adjusted when necessary.

    • Identifying gaps in detections and collaborating with teams across Cyber Security to mitigate threats by performing recommendations such as blocking of malicious indicators, tuning vendor signatures, and improving the overall TMC security posture.

    • Recommending ways to mature and advance the preventive and defensive capabilities of the TMC. This includes leveraging internal data, threat trends, and operational metrics to clearly communicate the use case for alert creation.

    • Researching industry trends and best practices in order to ensure alerting and case management processes are evolving with the cybersecurity field.

    • Participating in Purple Team, Threat Hunt, and tabletop exercises.

    • Assisting with the execution of short-term strategies goals and ensuring proper updates are socialized to appropriate stakeholders.

    • Mentoring and coaching TMC analysts to build and maintain skills and techniques needed to produce quality and consistency analysis. This includes hosting focused training sessions to teach new and specialized skill sets.

    • Promoting an environment of collaboration and individual accountability when it comes to problem-solving, decision-making, and process improvements.

    What we’re looking for...

    You’ll need to have:

    • Bachelor’s degree or four or more years of work experience.

    • Four or more years of relevant work experience.

    • Four or more years of experience in Information Security, Technology or Technical Risk Analysis.

    • Four or more years of experience working with SIEM technologies (i.e. Splunk, SecOps).

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

    • Experience in SOC utilizing system, cloud, application and network logs.

    • Practical application of Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) and Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response (SOAR) tools to identify threat patterns, enrich investigations, and build automation-supported workflows.

    • Fundamental understanding of cyber based adversarial frameworks including MITRE ATT&CK and Lockheed Martin’s Cyber Kill Chain.

    • High-level understanding of Operating Systems: Windows, Unix/Linux, and OSX Operating Systems in support of identifying security incidents.

    • Proficient knowledge of the cyber threat landscape including types of adversaries, campaigns, and the motivations that drive them.

    • Experience working with analysis techniques, identifying indicators of compromise, threat hunting, and identification of intrusions and potential incidents.

    • Certifications like: Network+, Security+, CISSP, CISM, and/or CFE.

    This role is eligible for the Department of Defense Skillbridge program.

    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.

    Where you’ll be working

    In this hybrid role, you'll have a defined work location that includes work from home and a minimum eight assigned office days per month that will be set by your manager.

    Scheduled Weekly Hours

    40

    Equal Employment Opportunity

    Verizon is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to veteran status, disability or other legally protected characteristics.

    Benefits and Compensation

    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, stock incentive programs, up to 8 company paid holidays per year and up to 6 personal days per year, 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. For part-timers, your coverage will vary as you may be eligible for some of these benefits depending on your individual circumstances.

    The salary will vary depending on your location and confirmed job-related skills and experience. This is an incentive based position with the potential to earn more. For part-time roles, your compensation will be adjusted to reflect your hours.

    The annual salary range for the location(s) listed on this job requisition based on a full-time schedule is: $101,000.00 - $194,000.00.

  • Industry
    Information Technology and Services
  • Locations
    Temple Terrace, FL • Basking Ridge, NJ • Irving, TX • Ashburn, VA
  • About Us

    You want more out of a career. A place to share your ideas freely. We power and empower how people live, work and play by connecting them to what matters most. If that inspires you, start the next chapter of your career here.