Network Security Engineer Job in Richmond, Virginia US

Network Security Engineer

Printer-Friendly Version | Save this job | Email this job Who We Are: At Verizon, we're developing innovative solutions, creating connections that matter, and delivering on our promise to exceed expectations. It's all part of our commitment to providing our customers with the freedom to communicate effectively and powerfully. And when you discover a life-changing career with Verizon, you'll play an essential role in fulfilling that commitment. Bring your unique ideas and career aspirations to a world-class company at the forefront of world-shaping technology. What We Do: We're creating a future where our technologies are connecting people all over the world. From residential FiOS TV + FiOS Internet, WiFi, and phone, to High-speed Internet and Direct TV, to Business IP and data services with Internet and advanced voice services, our technologies are changing the world. We need your talent and ingenuity to help us continue to lead the industry, today and tomorrow. With our endless opportunities, there's no better time to launch a promising career. What We Offer: Our team members drive our mission: to provide customers with the best technology and service. For your hard work and commitment, we offer a competitive salary and rewards package to facilitate your professional goals and improve your life. We call it Total Rewards. And it includes: Medical, dental and vision from day one Award-winning training Generous tuition assistance program 401(k) with a company matching Employee discounts on services and devices Health and wellness programs Careers For Everything You Are Verizon is an Equal Employment/Affirmative Action Employer, M/F/D/V Network Security Engineer Job Reference Number HJOBP000000003569443 State VA City Richmond Business Unit Information Technology Job Description Primary responsibility will be providing global transition and implementation for managed customer's security complexes. This level of engineer is responsible for security design adherence on customer-requested projects. He/she collaborates with the Network Engineering and Project Management to implement custom solutions and flags any proposed solution that deviates significantly from existing Design Standards. This position provides expert level research and analysis for planning, organizing, and managing corporate-wide security functions. This engineer will be required to give presentations via training sessions, web pages, or 1-to-1 training to the floor engineers on processes, and procedures that are being implemented. Under minimal supervision, this role produces documented frameworks or architectures, which describe and are used to manage the implementation of technical security environments. This role researches developments in their assigned technology disciplines, determines business requirements, proposes changes, and develops migration and implementation plans as needed. This role must also understand and effectively articulate the implications and impact that proposed architectural changes will have on the business (to technical and non-technical audiences). This level of engineer will be expected to represent Verizon's managed security services in technical discussions with the customer. Position requires an industry-leading subject matter expert for security architecture, capable of defending positions against extreme audit, compliance, and technical scrutiny. Develop lab scenarios to mock user environments and test components of proposed solutions. This role provides input into the security technology plan for the organization, and ensures that plans for their assigned technology discipline integrate effectively with other aspects of the technical infrastructure. This level of engineer is responsible for working with customer key technical contacts to establish security complex design standards, preferred equipment lists, and baseline configurations that ensure compliance with customer-specific security policies. Required Skills and Experience: Computer Science Degree or equivalent and 3 to 5 years of related experience including security implementations and operations. Must have experience implementing and supporting at least two of the following: Enterprise Gateway architectures including: Firewalls (Juniper SRX, Palo Alto); Global and Local load balancing (F5, Cisco ACE); SSL RAS (Netscreen SA, Array SPX, Aventail); Enterprise Management tools (NSM, and/or F5 Ent Manager). Ideal candidate will have strong understanding of industry trends in all areas of Information Security. Experience working in 24 x 7 centers with complex, high transaction, high availability environments. In depth understanding of networking technologies, e.g. Cisco routers and switches. Extensive and hands on experience with both physical and network/host level security. Must have excellent written and presentation skills. Must be able to team within and outside of the operations group. Ideal candidate will have a strong, multi-discipline, operations and/or implementations background with emphasis on supporting business critical environments. System knowledge including ESP, ETMS, SMARTS and Concord a plus. Successful candidates will be expected to have knowledge of external services environments including SSL certificate exchange, Remote access solutions, and Business to Business interconnects. Desired Skills and Experience: JNCIA-FWV, JNCIS-FWV,JNCIE-SEC, JNCIP-SEC, JNCIS-SEC F5 Essential/Advance Certifications CCNP Palo Alto CNSE/ACE CCSA/CCSE ITIL - Version 2/3 CISSP GIAC Linux/Unix skills scripting Requirements