Hybrid Engineer II, Security Engineer

at Verizon

• Job title: Engineer II, Security Engineer
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Junior, Mid level
• Salary: $72,000 - $129,000 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: Cyber Security, Firewalls, Python, Splunk
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Southlake, United States

About the role

• Cybersecurity Engineer advancing security posture with real-time threat monitoring using SIEM tools like Splunk. Managing incident response and vulnerability management lifecycle across networks and applications.

Responsibilities

• Owning the security lifecycle and effectiveness across the Core, Edge, and Access networks, as well as all systems and network functions within GN&T.
• Advancing our security posture through real-time Threat Monitoring & Detection using SIEM tools like Splunk.
• Leading Incident Response efforts during a breach.
• Managing the continuous Vulnerability Management lifecycle across networks and applications.
• Defining and implementing robust Security Architecture, including firewalls, encryption, centralized Identity and Access Management, and Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA).
• Possessing advanced Threat Hunting skills, including Advanced Networking & Protocol Analysis, Endpoint & Memory Forensics, Data Science & Querying, and demonstrable experience in Automation & Scripting to enhance our Cybersecurity tooling.
• Identifying technology gaps to lead in the design, architecture, and implementation of appropriate security solutions.
• Creating formal guidelines, policies, and procedures to ensure smooth and error-free operations.
• Implementing strategic solutions in a highly scalable environment.
• Partnering across the Operations, Engineering, and Planning organizations to ensure secure design patterns are embedded into new deployments and major changes.
• Working independently on strategic technical challenges.
• Identifying opportunities to mentor junior engineers, guide, and delegate technical documentation/tasks to support the team and broader organization.
• Communicating clearly and effectively, articulating complex technical concepts to diverse internal and external audiences.
• Assisting network security incident response activities including triage, containment, eradication, and recovery for disruptive threats.
• Assisting with building and refining incident playbooks and response runbooks, ensuring repeatable workflows for high-impact scenarios (ransomware, phishing, insider threat, DDoS, etc).
• Serving as escalation support for security related investigations, providing expert-level analysis and guidance during active incidents.
• Executing root cause analysis and producing clear incident reports outlining timeline, impact, evidence, and remediation recommendations.
• Conducting proactive threat hunting across the identity, endpoint, network telemetry to uncover adversary behavior and reduce dwell time.
• Creating and tuning threat detections using SIEM (Security Information and Event Management) to improve alert fidelity and reduce false positives.
• Driving continuous improvement of network visibility and telemetry collection to strengthen detection and response capabilities.
• Performing regular security control assessments validating configuration effectiveness and closing gaps discovered during incidents or hunts.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or Four or more years of relevant work experience.
• Two or more years of relevant work experience, demonstrated through one or a combination of work and/or military experience, or specialized training.
• Familiarity with Identity and Access Management (IAM) solutions.
• Strong foundational knowledge of incident response lifecycles (NIST or SANS) with experience designing, testing, and maintaining automation playbooks using SOAR platforms to automate triage and response actions.
• Strong ability to write complex, optimized SPL (Splunk Search Language) searches, including macros, data models, and lookups for efficient threat hunting and investigation.
• In-depth experience with risk-based alerting, managing notable events, asset/identity correlation, and defining/tuning correlation searches.
• Experience in developing, testing, and maintaining automation playbooks using Python/API integrations and Splunk SOAR (Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response) to automate triage and response actions.
• Expert in conflict resolution and negotiation to ensure that design, strategy, and decisions consistently support security requirements.

Benefits

• 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.
• matched 401(k) savings plan
• up to 8 company paid holidays per year
• up to 6 personal days per year
• paid parental leave
• adoption assistance
• tuition assistance
• premium pay such as overtime, shift differential, holiday pay, allowances
• up to 15 days of vacation per year.