Security Architect

When you join Verizon

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What you’ll be doing...

The Verizon Corporate Information Security (CIS) organization enables the business by protecting assets and information across Verizon networks, infrastructure, and applications. CIS integrates cybersecurity governance, policies, technologies and operations across Verizon, and works to incorporate security into the design of technology systems and services.

The Enterprise Security Architecture team focuses on the design and implementation of security reference architectures across the Verizon enterprise. We partner with technology and business teams to generate new security architectures, standards, controls, and processes which protect Verizon systems and data. We focus heavily on new and emerging security technology.

You will work in conjunction with a team of experienced security architects to create business-informed security architectures, conduct enterprise-level security assessments, and make risk-informed recommendations. You will help to define, document, and promote security architecture, standards, and policy throughout Verizon.

• Manage security architecture engagements for multiple large, highly-visible, and complex projects.
• Elicit and interpret stakeholder requirements, place them in the context of existing security architecture and controls, and create designs which deliver the requirements.
• Work in conjunction with enterprise and security architects to make decisions and help lead initiatives to ensure timely delivery of security architecture and solutions that support IT and business objectives.
• Work with little or no supervision to create security architecture deliverables based on high-level directives and principles to meet project requirements and timelines.
• Make informed decisions on matters of risk and security architectural approach that reflect your information security experience and industry best practices.

Where you’ll be working:

In this remote role, you'll work from home with occasional in-person trainings and meetings.

What we’re looking for...

You'll need to have:

• Bachelor's degree or four or more years of work experience.
• Six or more years of relevant work experience
• Demonstrated experience in communicating complex security concepts, both verbally and in writing, to a variety of audiences.
• Experience building security reference architectures for complex information systems based on industry frameworks and with traceable alignment to business requirements and goals.

Even better if you have:

• Experience using security architecture frameworks (SABSA, TOGAF, Archimate, etc) and tools (Archi, Visio, Enterprise Architect) to create and manage designs.
• Advanced understanding of tools and techniques used by attackers to gain entry into corporate networks, including common IT system flaws and vulnerabilities
• Demonstrated knowledge on threat landscapes and threat modeling, security threat and vulnerability management, and security monitoring.
• Expert ability to analyze and identify risks in network and system designs and communicate with key stakeholders to address the risk and drive a solution.
• Broad technical experience in several security disciplines including endpoint and platform (Unix/Linux/Windows, mobile) controls, encryption/tokenization, identity and access management, PKI, data protection, and security tooling integration in complex environments.
• Experience within the transformation of traditional data center security measures into hybrid and Cloud deployment (AWS, GCP, Azure.)
• Expertise in network security including web proxies, reverse proxies, load balancing, IDS/IPS, firewall, wireless, and remote connectivity.
• Experience advising customers on enterprise and security architectures for meeting industry standards such as SOX, PCI, ISO 27001, HIPAA, and NIST/DoD frameworks.
• Expert ability to draft and contribute to enterprise security policy
• Subject matter expertise in consumer and Internet privacy and trust
• CISSP certification or willingness to obtain within 12 months of hire.
• Willingness for occasional business travel (10% of less)

Equal Employment Opportunity

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COVID-19 Vaccination Requirement

Verizon requires new hires to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Verizon provides reasonable accommodations consistent with legal requirements (e.g., for medical or religious reasons).