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Principal Digital Forensics and Incident Responder Jobs in Temple Terrace, Florida, USA at Verizon Communications
Title: Principal Digital Forensics and Incident Responder
Company: Verizon Communications
Location: Temple Terrace, Florida, USA
Type: Full Time
Category: IT/Tech, Security
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 — drivinginnovation, 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.
What you’ll be doing…
The Threat Management Center (TMC) serves as the initial point of defense for Verizon’s networks and information systems, safeguarding them against internal misconduct and cyber-attacks. The TMC Advanced Cyber Defense (TMC-ACD) team is tasked with responding to, investigating, hunting and managing all incidents. Collectively, the teams strive to protect Verizon’s employees, customers, brand reputation, and revenue streams through proactive identification, response, and mitigation of potential threats that could adversely affect Verizon or its business partners.
The Digital Forensics & Incident Response Principal Role is a senior level position providing an opportunity to work in a fast pacedcollaborative environmentdefending Verizon from current and future cyber threats. This position plays a critical role in Verizon’s enterprise computing defense. Analysts are considered thought leaders, should be willing to mentor and advise others, and will drive operational andstrategic growthof the organization.
Responsibilities include:
Executing the Incident Response Lifecycle to drive threat remediation and identify strategic countermeasures improving future defenses.
Serving as a primary point of contact during assigned on-call shifts, responding promptly to incidents, escalations, and critical alerts to minimize downtime and mitigate risks to the enterprise.
Operating as a trusted advisor on advanced threat analysis during incidents for team and stakeholders by following cybersecurity response methodologies such as the NIST Cybersecurity Framework.
Deploying security tools and leveraging logs in order to complete a detailed and accurate assessment of security alerts and threats affecting the Verizon enterprise and cloud infrastructure.
Developing security controls for multiple platforms via automated capabilities by using advanced analysis and forensic techniques.
Driving identification, analysis, and remediation activities to ensure compliance with relevant regulatory requirements, industry standards, and best practices related to security and data privacy.
Providing assistance and analytical evaluations for high-priority and significant security incidents, including composing extensive and comprehensive analysis summaries and facilitating incident-related discussions.
Conducting risk assessments, in-depth analysis, and forensic investigations to determine the root cause and impact of incidents.
Identifying gaps in detect ions and collaborating with teams across Cyber Security to mitigate threats 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 c…
