Chennai India Hyderabad India Job ID R-1081510 Apply prior to the end date August 30th 2025 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 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 VTeamLife TSGI is looking for a Principal Engineer passionate about Cybersecurity Technology to join a new organization focused on Network and Security Automation covering our Verizon Global Services VGS On-Prem Infrastructure Data centers and Cloud footprint In this role you will be expected to work with the Network Security experts to improve the security hygiene of the infrastructure by automating the implementation of Network Security fundamentals This new role will focus on elevating our Cybersecurity practices inside our VGS Infrastructure ensuring their effectiveness and coverage across the entire footprint quantifying and reducing cyber risks through actionable framework and scorecards implementing next generation Cybersecurity Architecture advanced Policies and Controls anticipating future threats constantly assessing external recent trends and industry best-in-class security posture and delivering the related security automation platforms required to scale You will be part of a team of Cybersecurity Engineers with an infrastructure background who will partner with our Verizon Cybersecurity VCS Global Network Technology GN T Network Security and VGS Enterprise Network organizations as well as our On-Prem Infrastructure Data centers and Cloud organizations to protect our Infrastructure and align on common technologies practices and maturity across Verizon What you ll be doing Security Automation Platforms Design Support Designing Infrastructure Security reporting dashboards scorecards and maturity models used to measure our Cyber practice with a focus on data integrity working with the Verizon Global Infrastructure VGI SRE team Supporting the design of automation platforms supporting VGS On-Prem Infrastructure Data centers and Cloud organizations in their Cyber practice Developing and maintaining automations for continuous monitoring and proactive detection of anomaly events Driving a culture of automation to scale cybersecurity practices Infrastructure Security Governance Identifying implementing and operationalizing metrics dashboards scorecards and tracking to consistently measure the current state of cybersecurity across VGS Infrastructure leveraging industry best practices and standards where possible Ensuring effectiveness and coverage of the Security Policies and Controls of VGS Infrastructure prioritizing by risk level Instilling ownership and accountability for security-based metrics and drive increased maturity visibility and subject-matter expertise for all segments Developing action plans jointly with all stakeholders to remediate deviations providing necessary support to close on all key items Championing a highly collaborative work model with an aptitude of building and maintaining relationships across different teams at multiple senior levels internally and externally Developing awareness training compliance programs focused on Infrastructure Cybersecurity practices leveraging the Mavens program - a team of security professionals who facilitate adoption of security by design Ensuring Security posture of VGS Infrastructure e g access management vulnerabilities remediation etc Coordinating necessary activities with our VCS organization pen testing incident response data collection etc Industry Engagements Cyber Transformation Establishing partnerships with industry leaders and forums to constantly assess new trends and solutions Leading transformation towards Security by Design and Zero Trust principles for Infrastructure Operationalizing future Cybersecurity Architectures and Policies related to Infrastructure constantly raising our maturity and level of protection Identifying opportunities for automation partnering with our Verizon India team Stakeholdering with multiple external teams across Verizon with sometimes competing organizationally separate groups and goals Communicating effectively complex technical subjects to non-expert cross-functional peers with effective storytelling and proficiency when presenting to leadership Collaborating with cross-functional teams and relationship building to achieve wider organizational strategic goals What we re looking for You ll need to have Bachelor s degree or four or more years of work experience in network engineering computer science IT infrastructure or related discipline Eight or more years of relevant work experience in Scripting Automation or IT infrastructure Advanced automation and coding skills using Python and Ansible Strong experience in Automation implementations for efficiency Auto Provisioning CMDB Experience in RPA Network Automation 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 working In this hybrid role you ll have a defined work location that includes work from home and assigned office days set by your manager Scheduled Weekly Hours 40 Equal Employment Opportunity Verizon is an equal opportunity employer We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race gender disability or any other legally protected characteristics Apply Now Save Saved Open sharing options Share Related Jobs Principal-Ntwk Info Sec Save Chennai India 1 other location Technology Principal-Ntwk Info Sec Save Chennai India 1 other location Technology Engr II-Security Engrg Save Chennai India 1 other location Technology Shaping the future Connect with the best and brightest to help innovate and operate some of the world s largest platforms and networks

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