• Irving, Texas
• Ashburn, Virginia
• Basking Ridge, New Jersey

… ([All 4 locations])

• US: Irving, Texas
• Ashburn, Virginia
• Basking Ridge, New Jersey
• Temple Terrace, Florida

Job ID: R-1083196
Apply prior to the end date: September 20th, 2025

The Threat Management Center (TMC) is the first line of defense for Verizon’s networks and information systems against misuse and attacks. The TMC performs 24x7x365 monitoring and responds to automated and user-reported cyber security incidents that may impact people and information important to Verizon. The TMC plays an integral role in driving forward the security intelligence and capabilities in Cyber Defense.

Verizon is looking for an innovative and driven leader who will be responsible for enhancing our existing threat defense capabilities and maturing our current processes within Verizon’s unique security landscape. A Threat Detection analyst supports the TMC’s fast paced collaborative environment and is required to be adaptable, open to learning and teaching, and able to think creatively to effectively navigate the evolving threat landscape. This role will work closely with key cross-functional stakeholders to develop and utilize proactive and mitigating measures to detect and respond to potential threats to Verizon’s infrastructure, application, product, and cloud environments.

• Performing day-to-day operations of a TMC Threat Detection Analyst.
• Leveraging security tools and logs in order to complete a detailed and accurate assessment of security alerts and threats affecting the Verizon enterprise.
• Assessing cloud, product, and application security risks for potential threats. This includes ensuring the threat is remediated while supporting the alert development lifecycle.
• Providing support and analysis for priority and high profile security incidents. This includes writing comprehensive case notes, escalation summaries, and hosting incident calls when needed.
• Ensuring the case management and alert development life cycles are followed or adjusted when necessary. This includes assisting with the quality assurance reviews for accurate alert assessments and ensuring the cases are closed to program satisfaction.
• 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.
• Identifying gaps in detections and collaborating with teams across Cyber Security to mitigate threats by performing recommendations such as blocking of malicious indicators, tuning vendor signatures, and improving the overall TMC security posture.
• Recommending ways to mature and advance the preventive and defensive capabilities of the TMC. This includes leveraging internal data, threat trends, and operational metrics to clearly communicate the use case for alert creation.
• Researching industry trends and best practices in order to ensure alerting and case management processes are evolving with the cybersecurity field.
• Participating in Purple Team, Threat Hunt, and tabletop exercises.
• Assisting with the execution of short-term strategies goals and ensuring proper updates are socialized to appropriate stakeholders.
• Mentoring and coaching TMC analysts 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.