Principal-Ntwk & Info Sec

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TSGI is looking for a Principal Engineer passionate about Cybersecurity & Technology to join a new organization focused on Network Security Governance, covering our Verizon Global Services (VGS) Enterprise Network footprint. This new role will focus on elevating our Cybersecurity practices inside our VGS Network, ensuring their effectiveness and coverage across the entire footprint, quantifying and reducing cyber risks through actionable framework and scorecards, implementing next generation Cybersecurity Architecture, advanced Policies and Controls anticipating future threats, constantly assessing external new trends and industry best-in-class security posture, and delivering the related security automation platforms required to scale.

You will be part of a team of Cybersecurity Engineers with Network background who will partner with our Verizon Cybersecurity (VCS) organization, Global Network & Technology (GN&T) Network Security organization, and VGS Enterprise Network organizations, to protect our Network and align on common technologies, practices and maturity across Verizon.

What you’ll be doing… 

Network Security Governance

• Developing and implement network governance frameworks and policies.

• Establishing standards for network architecture, design, and security

• Conducting regular network risk assessments and vulnerability scans.

• Identifying, implementing and operationalize metrics, dashboards, scorecards, and tracking to consistently measure the current state of cybersecurity across VGS Network, leveraging industry best practices and standards where possible.

• Ensuring effectiveness and coverage of the Security Policies and Controls of VGS Network, prioritizing by risk level.

• Instilling ownership and accountability for security-based metrics and drive increased maturity, visibility, and subject-matter expertise for all segments.

• Developing action plans jointly with all stakeholders to remediate deviations, providing necessary support to close on all key items.

• Championing a highly collaborative work model with an aptitude of building and maintaining relationships across different teams at multiple senior levels, internally and externally.

• Developing awareness, training & compliance programs focused on Network Cybersecurity practices, leveraging the Mavens program - a team of security professionals who facilitate adoption of security by design.

• Ensuring Security posture of VGS Network, e.g., access management, vulnerabilities remediation, etc.

• Coordinating necessary activities with our VCS Cybersecurity organization: pen testing, incident response, data collection, etc.

• Identifying and evaluate potential threats and vulnerabilities. Develop mitigation strategies and track remediation efforts.

Security Automation Platforms Design & Support

• Designing Network Security reporting dashboards, scorecards and maturity models used to measure our Cyber practice, with a focus on data integrity, working with the Verizon Global Infrastructure (VGI) SRE team.

• Supporting the design of the automation platforms supporting VGS Enterprise Network, On-Prem Infrastructure, Data centers and Cloud organizations in their Cyber practice.

• Driving a culture of automation to scale cybersecurity practices.

Industry Engagements & Cyber Transformation

• Establishing partnerships with industry leaders and forums to constantly assess new trends and solutions.

• Leading transformation towards Security by Design and Zero Trust principles for Network.

• Operationalizing future Cybersecurity Architectures and Policies related to Network, constantly raising our maturity and level of protection.

• Identifying opportunities for automation, partnering with our Verizon India team.

• Stakeholdering with multiple external teams across Verizon, with sometimes competing, organizationally separate groups and goals.

• Effective communication of complex technical subjects to non-expert, cross-functional peers, with effective storytelling and proficiency when presenting to leadership.

• Cross-functional collaboration and relationship building to achieve wider, organizational strategic goals.

What we’re looking for...

You'll need to have:

• Bachelor’s degree or four or more years of work experience  in network engineering, computer science, IT infrastructure or related discipline

• Ten or more years of relevant work experience in Security, IT, and/or Network 

• Experience managing a team of experienced, technical professionals.

• Understanding of network fundamentals, switching, routing protocols, load balancers,  web proxies, firewalls and software defined networking solutions.

• Understanding of security fundamentals Confidentiality, Integrity, Availability, access control, Authentication, Authorization, Auditing  secure design concepts like

• Experience in design and implementation of network security solutions like firewalls, intrusion detection and prevention systems, VPN , web proxies etc using  vendor products like Cisco, Juniper, Checkpoint, Palo Alto etc

• Knowledge of IT governance frameworks and standards (e.g., COBIT, ITIL)

• Relevant certifications such as CISSP, CISM, CRISC or CompTIA Security+

Even better if you have:

• Bachelor’s degree in cybersecurity, network, engineering, computer science or related discipline.

• Ability to thrive in a dynamic environment while managing multiple high-priority projects.

• Experience in planning large budgets and executing on target.

• Experience with networking concepts and protocols; security and compliance.

• Strong analytical, interpersonal, project management and communication skills.

• Strong troubleshooting and problem solving abilities in order to quickly find solutions to problems where no previous examples or methods may exist.

• Ability to engage people in the vision and demonstrate the meaning of the work for the bigger purpose.

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.