Sr. Director - Network & Infrastructure Security

Company: Verizon Communications
Location: Irving
Posted on: February 11, 2025

Job Description:

When you join VerizonYou 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 V Team Life.Verizon Global Services Technology is looking for a transformational leader passionate about Cyber Security & Technology to create and scale a new organization focused on Network & Infrastructure Security Governance & Automation, covering our Enterprise Network, On-Prem Infrastructure, Datacenters and Cloud footprint. This new role will focus on elevating our Cyber Security practices ensuring their effectiveness and coverage across the entire footprint, quantifying and reducing cyber risks through actionable framework and scorecards, implementing next generation Cyber Security 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 create and lead a team of Cyber Security Engineers with Network & Infrastructure background and Software Engineers & Developers working closely with our CISO Cyber Security organization, our Global Network Security organization, and our Enterprise Network, On-Prem Infrastructure, Datacenters and Cloud organizations, to protect our Network & Infrastructure and align on common technologies, practices and maturity across Verizon.Network & Infrastructure Security Governance

• Identify, implement and operationalize metrics, dashboards, scorecards, and tracking to consistently measure the current state of cybersecurity across Network & Infrastructure, leveraging industry best practices and standards where possible.
• Ensure effectiveness and coverage of the Security Policies and Controls of Network & Infrastructure, prioritizing by risk level.
• Instill ownership and accountability for security-based metrics and drive increased maturity, visibility, and subject-matter expertise for all segments.
• Develop action plans jointly with all stakeholders to remediate deviations, providing necessary support to close on all key items.
• Champion a highly collaborative work model with an aptitude of building and maintaining relationships across different teams at multiple senior levels, internally and externally.
• Develop awareness, training & compliance programs focused on Network & Infrastructure Cyber Security practices.
• Ensure Security posture of VGS Network & Infrastructure, e.g., access management, vulnerabilities remediation, etc.
• Coordinate necessary activities with our CISO Cyber Security organization: pen testing, incident response, data collection, etc.Security Automation Platforms
  • Develop and maintain Network & Infrastructure Security reporting dashboards, scorecards and maturity models used to measure our Cyber practice, with a focus on data integrity, working with SRE teams.
  • Identify, build and maintain the automation platforms supporting Enterprise Network, On-Prem Infrastructure, Datacenters and Cloud organizations in their Cyber practice.
  • Drive a culture of automation to scale cyber security practices.Industry Engagements & Cyber Transformation
    • Establish partnerships with industry leaders and forums to constantly assess new trends and solutions.
    • Lead transformation towards Security by Design and Zero Trust principles for Network & Infrastructure.
    • Operationalize future Cyber Security Architectures and Policies related to Network & Infrastructure, constantly raising our maturity and level of protection.Leadership
      • Lead a global team of network & infrastructure security engineers, technologists, and software developers responsible for securing complex global networks & infrastructure.
      • Focus on employee hiring, career development, rotation and succession planning.
      • Motivate staff through servant leadership.
      • Identify 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.You'll need to have:
        • Bachelor's degree 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.
        • Willingness to travel.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 workingIn this hybrid role, you'll have a defined work location that includes work from home and a minimum eight assigned office days per month that will be set by your manager.Scheduled Weekly Hours40Equal Employment OpportunityWe're proud to be an equal opportunity employer - and celebrate our employees' differences, including race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, and Veteran status. At Verizon, we know that diversity makes us stronger. We are committed to a collaborative, inclusive environment that encourages authenticity and fosters a sense of belonging. We strive for everyone to feel valued, connected, and empowered to reach their potential and contribute their best. Check out page to learn more.Our benefits are designed to help you move forward in your career, and in areas of your life outside of Verizon. From health and wellness benefits, short term incentives, 401(k) Savings Plan, stock incentive programs, paid time off, parental leave, adoption assistance and tuition assistance, plus other incentives, we've got you covered with our award-winning total rewards package. For part-timers, your coverage will vary as you may be eligible for some of these benefits depending on your individual circumstances.If you are hired into a California, Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, Nevada, New York, Rhode Island, Washington or Washington, D.C. work location, the compensation range for this position is between $182,000.00 and $339,000.00 annually based on a full-time schedule. The salary will vary depending on your location and confirmed job-related skills and experience. This is an incentive based position with the potential to earn more. For part time roles, your compensation will be adjusted to reflect your hours.
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