Analyst II-Threat Intel

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What youll be doing...

The Verizon Cyber Security (VCS) organization securely enables the business by protecting assets and information across Verizon networks infrastructure and applications. VCS integrates cybersecurity governance policies technologies and operations across Verizon and works to incorporate security into the design of technology systems and services.

The Exposure & Vulnerability Management (EVM) Engineer is a critical part of the Verizon Cyber Defense Engineering team dedicated to protecting Verizon against evolving cyber threats. Serving as a primary line of defense you will be responsible for detecting evaluating and managing the resolution of security weaknesses throughout our international enterprise systems software and cloud-based infrastructures. This role bridges the gap between threat intelligence and IT operations ensuring that vulnerabilities are identified and remediated before they can be exploited.

Key Responsibilities

• Vulnerability Detection & Assessment: Configuring scheduling and maintaining enterprise vulnerability scanning tools across global networks cloud environments (AWS GCP Azure) and application layers.
• Risk Evaluation & Prioritization: Analyzing scan results to validate vulnerabilities filtering out false positives. Prioritize remediation efforts based on risk severity (CVSS) threat intelligence asset criticality and potential business impact.
• Remediation Management: Partnering with cross-functional IT software engineering and cloud infrastructure teams to drive the timely patching and remediation of identified security flaws.
• Continuous Improvement: Developing and automate vulnerability management workflows integrating security checks.
• Reporting & Metrics: Design and generate executive-level and operational reports detailing current risk posture remediation SLAs and overall EVM program effectiveness.
• Threat Intelligence Integration: Staying up-to-date with zero-day vulnerabilities the latest exploit techniques and industry mitigation strategies to proactively defend the enterprise.

What were looking for

Youll need to have:

• Bachelors degree or two or more years of work experience
• Two or more years of experience in vulnerability management security engineering or a related cyber defense role.
• Hands-on administrative experience with enterprise vulnerability scanning platforms (e.g. Tenable Crowdstrike Fortify Sonatype).
• Strong understanding of network protocols operating systems (Windows Linux) and cloud architectures.
• Deep knowledge of vulnerability scoring systems and frameworks (CVSS OWASP Top 10 MITRE ATT&CK).

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

• Certifications: Industry-recognized security certifications such as CompTIA CySA CEH CISM or cloud-specific security certifications (e.g. AWS Certified Security Azure Security Engineer).
• Scripting/Automation: Proficiency in Python Bash or PowerShell for automating data collection tool integrations via APIs and workflow orchestration.
• Scale: Prior experience operating within a large highly distributed international enterprise environment.
• Proactive self-starter with strong analytical and problem-solving skills capable of effectively translating complex technical risks into clear business impacts for non-technical stakeholders; demonstrates outstanding written and verbal communication and works well independently.

Verizon is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race gender disability or any other legally protected characteristics.