Analyst IV-Threat Intel

Verizon; Hyderabad; Hybrid; INR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Verizon in Hyderabad, India invites an Incident Response Analyst to join a fast-paced security team. You will defend Verizon Business Group against cyber threats, coordinate incident lifecycles, and communicate with Legal and leadership. The role blends hands-on response with process improvements in a hybrid work setup.

You will apply expertise in forensics, threat intel, and security tooling, while guiding incident handling across multiple lines of business. Excellent communication is essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or 4+ years of work experience.
• 4+ years in IT Compliance, Operational Compliance, Business Controls, Cyber or Information Security.
• Certification in relevant areas (A+, Network+, Security+, CISSP, CISA, GCIH, GCFA, GCFE, GNFA, GREM) or willingness to obtain within 12 months.
• Information assurance or cyber experience in telecommunications.
• Experience in cyber intelligence or related disciplines.
• Experience with enterprise antivirus, IDS, packet capture and host/network forensics tools.
• Knowledge of Networking (OSI model, TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP, SMTP), system administration, security architecture.
• Experience with Splunk, SQL and Kibana Query Language.
• Experience in risk management, information security and/or technology.
• Experience with proactive detection, monitoring, and data analysis.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, ability to explain security concepts to varied audiences.

Responsibilities

• Lead incident response activities in a fast-paced environment.
• Triaging and routing security events to team members and leadership.
• Drafting incident update communications with IR leadership and Legal.
• Support investigation and response for high-priority incidents.
• Maintain incident records for compliance and reporting.
• Develop/run books and write technical articles for IR.
• Coordinate remediation activities across Verizon and business lines.

Skills

Cybersecurity experience

Threat detection

Incident response

Communication skills

Networking knowledge

Security tooling

Forensics

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Antivirus tools

IDS

Packet capture

Forensics tools

Job description

When you join Verizon. You want more out of a career. A place to share your ideas freely — even if they’re daring or different. Where the true you can learn, grow, and thrive. At Verizon, we power and empower how people live, work and play by connecting them to what brings them joy. We do what we love — driving innovation, creativity, and impact in the world. Our V Team is a community of people who anticipate, lead, and believe that listening is where learning begins. In crisis and in celebration, we come together — lifting our communities and building trust in how we show up, everywhere & always. Want in? Join the #VTeamLife.

What you’ll be doing:

The Incident Response Analyst role is a position providing an opportunity to work in a fast paced collaborative environment defending Verizon from current and future cyber threats. This position plays a critical role in Verizon Business Group’s security incident response and remediation efforts, as well as communications to address customer concerns pertaining to security events. Analysts must be agile, willing to learn and teach others, and able to think outside of the box in order to operate effectively in an ever changing threat landscape.

Responsibilities:

• Utilizing incident response workflows and provide feedback for process improvement
• Collecting supporting information and/or relevant artifacts in support of incident response activities
• Triaging and routing security events to team members and leadership based on defined threat and priority determination
• Drafting incident update communications in collaboration with Verizon Business Group Cyber ("VBG") Incident Response leadership and Legal teams
• Supporting wireless investigation incident response lead in day to day detection and response
• Executing the incident response lifecycle and coordinates remediation activities throughout the Verizon organisation and its lines of business as a part of cyber incident handling for low to moderate priority incidents
• Acting as Incident Commander for low to moderate complexity incidents by coordinating response and customers communication efforts with various stakeholders throughout the incident lifecycle
• Supporting incident response leadership during investigation and response efforts for high priority incidents
• Maintaining incident records in preparation for compliance and executive reporting
• Recommending solutions to optimize both technical and process/procedure aspects of the end to end incident lifecycle
• Writing technical articles and incident response run books as directed by VBG IR leadership

What We Are Looking For…

You’ll need to have…

• Bachelor's degree or four or more years of work experience.
• Four 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.

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

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