Security Engineer IDS & Vulnerability Infrastructure

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Verizon is looking for a Security Engineer to join a specialized team responsible for the deployment scaling and operational health of our distributed intrusion detection systems and vulnerability scanning this role you will manage a fleet of over 900 Suricata IDS sensors across data center boundaries to monitor traffic on Verizons management network. You will own the operational lifecycle of this environment combining physical data center systems engineering with Python and other scripting automation to maintain network visibility while supporting vulnerability management workflows as needs arise. Managing this volume of sensors requires a deep understanding of kernel-level performance and automated configuration management to ensure consistent telemetry across the footprint.

Job Responsibilities:

• Orchestrate the operational lifecycle of 900 Suricata IDS sensors including system-level performance tuning (CPU affinity NUMA nodes and other methods to prevent packet loss on high-throughput interfaces.

• Develop and refine Logstash configurations utilizing input filter mutate and output stages to ensure telemetry accuracy and downstream data integrity for security analysis.

• Engineer and deploy custom Suricata IDS rules and signatures utilizing suricata-update to ensure the distributed fleet remains synchronized against evolving threats without manual intervention.

• Automate the vulnerability management pipeline by maintaining and debugging Python and Bash backend code for Nessus scanning to ensure the pipeline runs autonomously via cron.

• Manage the physical hardware lifecycle for Dell servers including iDRAC administration RAID configurations and firmware updates to prevent hardware failures from degrading sensor uptime.

• Execute data center logistics including cabling optics selection passive tapping (Brocade/Gigamon) and the management of power cooling and rack-space ticketing to secure physical signal delivery.
  

  We need a collaborative forward-thinking engineer who actively hunts down coverage gaps refines logging mechanisms to eliminate false positives and ensures the uninterrupted visibility of our 900 sensor fleet.
  
  ***This role can be located in any US based Verizon hub location.***

What were looking for...

Youll need to have:

• Bachelors degree or four or more years of work experience.

• Four or more years of relevant experience required demonstrated through one or a combination of work and/or military experience or specialized training.

• Enterprise Linux systems administration (RHEL Rocky CentOS) including package management and repository administration.

• Network traffic and protocol analysis (tcpdump pcap collection Wireshark BPF filtering).

• Demonstrated ability to diagnose common encapsulation types and perform deep inspection of protocols including DNS TLS HTTP SSH SNMP SMTP NTP.

• Python or any scripting for infrastructure and backend automation.

• Hands-on experience managing enterprise physical server hardware out-of-band administration and data center fiber infrastructure.

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

• Experience with Suricata IDS rule basics rule creation and suricata-update rule builds.

• Competency in compiling custom Suricata plugins for feature enhancement.

• Ansible fleet orchestration using playbooks and Jinja templates.

• Experience with Logstash pipelines (input filter mutate output) and Splunk telemetry/dashboards.

• Knowledge of Netflow collection and analysis.

• Understanding of carrier-grade protocols including GTP Diameter SIP and LDAP.

• Experience in data center project management including hardware build planning purchasing and facilities ticketing.

In this hybrid role youll have a defined work location that includes working from home and a minimum of three days per week in the office which will be set by your manager. Employees are responsible for maintaining compliance with hybrid work policies.

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

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 up to 8 company paid holidays per year and up to 6 personal days per year paid parental leave adoption assistance and tuition assistance plus other incentives weve 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 salary range for the location(s) listed on this job requisition based on a full-time schedule is: $101000.00 - $194000.00.