Security Engineer

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When you join Verizon…

You’ll be doing work that matters alongside other talented people, transforming the way people, businesses and things connect with each other. Beyond powering America’s fastest and most reliable network, we’re leading the way in broadband, cloud and security solutions, Internet of Things and innovating in areas such as video entertainment. Of course, we will offer you great pay and benefits, but we’re about more than that. Verizon is a place where you can craft your own path to greatness. Whether you think in code, words, pictures or numbers, find your future at Verizon.

 

What you’ll be doing…

You will be an agent for change driving the modernization of business-critical infrastructures.  As a Security Engineer within our Verizon Cyber Security Organization, you will be working with our Unix PAM (Privileged Access Management) engineering team to support our PowerBroker infrastructure, processes, and users.  This role will have have an emphasis on performing PowerBroker User & Operational support while maintaining security policies and meeting SOX/PCI/GDPR compliance requirements..  The selected candidate will be responsible for coordinating the team’s operational support activities amongst their peers.

 

Primary responsibilities:

• Advise security and application teams on best ways to leverage PowerBroker securely and efficiently in our specific environments

• Support Onprem PowerBroker and related  infrastructures

• Provide timely and effective support for users and systems

• Coordinate operational support activities with peers

• Perform health checks and troubleshoot application issues

• Create RPM packages for PowerBroker client distribution

• Migrate, cleanup and decommission legacy implementations

• Participate in the PowerBroker on-call rotation for after hours support

• Other duties as assigned

 

What we’re looking for…

You’ll need to have: 

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience. 

• Four or more years of relevant work experience.

• Working knowledge of Linux operating systems.

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

• CCNP Security or other related certifications.

• CISSP, CISM or related certification.

• Excellent Linux and Unix administration skills

• Experience with BeyondTrust PowerBroker

• Familiarity with Confluence, Jira, Service Now or similar workflow management tools.

• Experience with Splunk or similar SIEM tools.

• Working knowledge of IP Networking including routing, firewalls, ports, and protocols.

• Experience working in an environment regulated by SOX, PCI DSS, or other similar controls

• Working knowledge of Active Directory, LDAP, and directory technologies.

• Working knowledge of access management functions including RBAC and permission management.

• Excellent debugging skills working within complex systems.

• Demonstrated excellent written and verbal communication skills.

• Demonstrated ability to work independently, prioritize, and organize to meet deadlines.

• Experience developing and analyzing metrics and reports.

• A thorough and detail-oriented work approach.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
  
  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.

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.