Security Engineer: IDS Fleet & Vulnerability Automation (Hybrid)

Verizon Communications; Irving (TX); Hybrid; USD 101,000 - 194,000; Full time

Job summary

Verizon is seeking a Security Engineer to deploy and operate a large-scale IDS and vulnerability infrastructure. You will manage 900+ Suricata sensors across data center boundaries, blending kernel-level performance tuning with automation in Python and scripting to maintain visibility and threat detection.

The role involves developing Logstash pipelines, creating Suricata rules, and automating vulnerability workflows with Nessus.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or 4+ years of relevant experience.

Responsibilities

• Orchestrate the operational lifecycle of 900+ Suricata IDS sensors.
• Develop and refine Logstash configurations for telemetry accuracy.
• Engineer and deploy Suricata IDS rules and signatures via suricata-update.
• Automate the vulnerability management pipeline with Python/Bash for Nessus.
• Manage Dell servers and iDRAC hardware lifecycle.
• Execute data center logistics and rack-space management.

Skills

Python scripting

Network analysis

System performance tuning

Education

Bachelor's degree or 4+ years of work experience

Tools

Suricata IDS

suricata-update

Logstash

Ansible

Splunk

Nessus

Dell iDRAC

Job description

Verizon is seeking a Security Engineer to deploy and operate a large-scale IDS and vulnerability infrastructure. You will manage 900+ Suricata sensors across data center boundaries, blending kernel-level performance tuning with automation in Python and scripting to maintain visibility and threat detection.

The role involves developing Logstash pipelines, creating Suricata rules, and automating vulnerability workflows with Nessus.