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The GN&T Network Security team has an opening for an Associate Director in the Core and Edge Applications Defense team. In this role, you will be expected to lead highly technical engineers responsible for the security lifecycle and effectiveness of all 4G and 5G wireless core network functions. You will be accountable for the network security score for your respective network functions and will work across organizations and with network vendors to improve the security hygiene by implementing the Network Security Fundamentals (Access Management, Situational Awareness, Configuration Hardening, Vulnerability Mitigation). A successful candidate will possess strong leadership, collaboration, and technical skills. They will be expected to define objectives, set priorities, align resources, brief executive teams, improve the security of the networks, and inspire future leaders while reducing cyber risk.

Key Responsibilities:

• Leading a team of network security engineers owning the network security score and lifecycle of all wireless 4G and 5G core network functions.
• Discovering and identifying all network functions (models, versions, etc) to quickly assess the impact of vulnerabilities and identify End-of-Life/End-of-Support hardware/software.
• Developing a baseline of normal operations and implementing threat detections to alert of any deviations to proactively identify potential cyber threats.
• Manage and develop incident response protocols to quickly identify, contain, and resolve network security incidents and threats.
• Implement and operationalize metrics, scorecards, and tracking to understand the current state of cybersecurity across the Network Security Fundamentals - Access Management, Situational Awareness, Configuration Hardening, and Vulnerability Mitigation.
• Instill ownership and accountability for security-based metrics and drive increased maturity, visibility, and subject-matter expertise.
• Ensuring that the security controls planned for the Networks are operating effectively with the broadest coverage and prioritize by risk.
• Ensuring the team is working on the right things, and saying “no” to things that detract from the mission.
• Championing a highly collaborative work model with an aptitude of building and maintaining relationships across different teams at multiple levels, internally and externally.
• Establishing a high standard of team performance objectives and supporting career development and progression within the organization.
• Ensuring compliance with Verizon and department objectives and financial priorities.