Analyst IV-Threat Intel

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What you’ll be doing...

A Security Specialist IV on the Risk and Active Defense team within the Verizon Consumer Group (VCG) BISO organization is responsible for executing proactive and reactive capabilities to identify and take action on emerging Account Takeover threats facing VCG.

The Security Specialist IV will be working with a team of cybersecurity professionals to manage aspects of active defense and risk inherent in the Verizon Consumer Group landscape, and make decisions concerning triage, mitigation, detection, and prevention of threats to VCG customer base, employees, and partners.

- Supporting, participating, and leading investigative reviews, exercising discretion and independent judgment.
- Providing support and analysis for VCG Cybersecurity related incidents
- Collaborating with the BISO Security Controls and Design team to implement mitigating controls.
- Supporting root-cause analysis/post-mortems to recommend and develop action plans for risk closure/mitigation.
- Working both independently and with teammates to perform in-depth triage of Account Takeovers Identify activities requiring investigation.
- Leading confidential, independent investigations of suspected fraud involving employees/agents/customers/external threat actors.
- Working with TMC, CIRT, ITO, Legal, HR, & Corporate Security as necessary when conducting these investigations, ensure proper handoff for interviews, law enforcement engagement, and other actions.
- Providing guidance to other team members within the VCG BISO Team
- Being data-driven: Utilizing various tools to pull data for analysis and triaging
- Supporting VCG Channels and partners (Retail, Care/Tech/PACT, Indirect Agents, National Retailers, PSO Partners, Value Brands, and Third Parties)

What we’re looking for...

You’ll need to have…

- Bachelor's degree or four or more years of work experience.
- Three or more years of relevant work experience with IT Compliance, Operational Compliance, Business Controls, Cyber or Information Security.
- Related certification (A+, Network+, Security+, CISSP, CISA, GCIH, GCFA, GCFE, GNFA, GREM) similar or willingness to obtain within 12 months of hire.
- Information assurance or cyber experience in the telecommunications industry
- Experience in cyber intelligence or related disciplines
- Experience with enterprise antivirus, IDS, full packet capture and host/network forensics tools.
- Knowledge of Networking (including the OSI model, TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP, SMTP), system administration, and security architecture
- Experience various query languages such as Splunk, SQL and Kibana Query Language
- Experience in a combination of risk management, information security and/or technology.
- Experience with proactive detection, monitoring, and data analysis
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, interpersonal and collaborative skills, and the ability to communicate information security and risk-related concepts to technical and nontechnical audiences at various hierarchical levels, ranging from board members to technical specialists.

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 assigned office days set by your manager.

## Scheduled Weekly Hours
40

Equal Employment Opportunity

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