Senior Network Threat Hunter & Threat Intelligence Lead

Jobtailor; New Jersey; On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Verizon is seeking an experienced network threat hunter to proactively identify threats within its network and monitor global threat activity affecting telecommunications infrastructure.

Lead analysis of traffic and events, present actionable insights, and develop advanced hunting techniques using incident data, intelligence, and analytics. Mentor peers, maintain partner relationships, and document findings for stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or four or more years of work experience.
• Four or more years of experience designing, testing, or operating networks with switching and routing experience, including OSI model, protocols, BGP data, and NetFlow.
• Four or more years of experience in cyber-related fields including cybersecurity, SIEM, investigations, and threat hunting.
• Master's degree or related certifications in CS, telecom, cybersecurity or systems engineering.

Responsibilities

• Proactively identify threats within the network.
• Monitor emerging global threat activity and trends affecting telecommunications infrastructure.
• Lead analysis of network traffic, events, and anomalous patterns, including missed threats.
• Present actionable insights to stakeholder organizations.
• Create and evolve network threat hunting techniques using multiple data sources.
• Conduct time-sensitive cyber investigation analysis and malware analysis.
• Identify threat vectors using logs, captures, and analytics.
• Develop hypotheses and collaborate with teams to validate them.
• Maintain relationships with threat intelligence partners and communicate findings.
• Create documentation for threat hunting findings and handoffs.

Skills

Network threat hunting

Threat intelligence

Cybersecurity investigations

Data science methodologies

Incident response

Malware analysis

Analytical skills

Problem-solving

Collaboration

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree or related certifications

Tools

Splunk

Elastic Search

Grafana

Netscout

SIEM Security Tools

Job description

Verizon is seeking an experienced network threat hunter to proactively identify threats within its network and monitor global threat activity affecting telecommunications infrastructure.

Lead analysis of traffic and events, present actionable insights, and develop advanced hunting techniques using incident data, intelligence, and analytics. Mentor peers, maintain partner relationships, and document findings for stakeholders.