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...

• Supporting the day-to-day operations; this involves engaging both internal and external stakeholders, at times utilizing a dotted-line leadership approach

• Working closely with other IT teams, business partners, and external vendors to onboard new Firewall and VPN connections and support ongoing business requirements.

• Administering firewall policies, access control lists (ACLs), network address translation (NAT), and security rulesets within Cisco Firepower Management Center (FMC) and ASDM.

• Experience with an enterprise FPM (Firewall Policy Management ) system for operation support across all enterprise Firewall complexes. 

• Supporting the architecture, configuration, and deployment of secure and scalable site-to-site IPsec VPN tunnels on Cisco ASA and Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) platforms.

• Acting as the primary escalation point for resolving complex Firewall and VPN connectivity and performance issues. This will require utilizing packet captures and diagnostic tools to troubleshoot and identify root causes.

• Performing regular maintenance, patching, and software upgrades for all firewall and VPN hardware and software to mitigate vulnerabilities and ensure optimal performance.

• Creating and maintaining comprehensive documentation for Firewall and VPN configurations, network diagrams, and standard operating procedures (SOPs).

• Evaluating and making recommendations on security tools and technologies needed within our environment

• Supporting technology implementations and migrations, including the deployment of a new Firewall Policy Management tool.

• Monitoring VPN tunnel status, traffic flow, and security events; this includes analyzing logs and performance metrics to ensure network integrity and availability.

• Ensuring gaps in traffic and processes are socialized with Cyber Security stakeholders; this includes identifying dependencies, recommendations, and collaborating to mitigate threats. 

• Reviewing outcomes of incident lessons learned, root cause analysis, and on-demand compliance audits to ensure repeatable and sustainable processes are established, followed or adjusted when necessary. 

• Developing and executing long-term and short-term strategic goals and ensuring proper updates are socialized to appropriate stakeholders. 

• Mentoring and training peers and security professionals in order to build and maintain skills and techniques needed to produce quality and consistency analysis. This includes hosting focused training sessions to teach new and specialized skill sets.

• Promoting an environment of collaboration and individual accountability when it comes to problem-solving, decision-making, and process improvements. 

You’ll need to have:

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

• Six or more years of relevant experience required, demonstrated through one or a combination of work and/or military experience, or specialized training.

• Four or more years of experience in a network security role with a focus on firewalls and VPNs.

Even better if you have one or more of the following:

• Expert-level proficiency with Cisco ASA firewalls, including CLI configuration of IKEv1/IKEv2 IPsec VPNs, NAT, and complex ACLs.

• Experience with using Checkpoint Smartconsole and Palo Alto Panorama to configure and push firewall policies.

• Strong, demonstrable experience with the Cisco Firepower (FTD) platform and Firepower Management Center (FMC), including policy configuration, device management, and troubleshooting.

• In-depth understanding of TCP/IP, routing protocols (BGP, OSPF), and network security principles.

• Experience with Tufin FPM for maintaining Firewall rules and policies. 

• Proven ability to troubleshoot complex network and security issues methodically and effectively.

• Experience with data analytical tools such as Splunk, Elasticsearch, or Hadoop

• Comprehensive understanding of cybersecurity, network defense, and investigative frameworks (such as NIST 800-53 and CSF 2.0, ISO 27000 series, MITRE ATT&CK, Lockheed Martin Cyber Kill Chain, etc.) into network defense processes

• Certifications like: Network+, Security+, CISSP

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.