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. What you'll be doing... The Public Sector Senior Threat Hunter is the first point of escalation within the Security Analytics managed support team. Experts in the field of security event analysis and incident handling, they typically have five to seven years previous SOC experience, as well as technical certifications to reinforce their practical experience. Senior Threat Hunters have a clear understanding of the demands of the dynamic Managed Security environment and use these skills to provide day-to-day direction to SOC Analysts on the team, as well as ensuring smooth shift operations. This role will not be involved in the day-to-day analysis of newly reported threats. Instead, they will provide additional context and consultation to help progress issues for quick resolution, perform analysis and tuning of the security analytics platform configuration and use cases, and create, review, approve, and publish customer-facing reports on threat intelligence, operational metrics, and/or service performance. In this role you will... Provide high level security system analysis including proactive policy evaluation and tuning. Lead the research and resolution of complex and/or escalations issues, including technical troubleshooting calls with Customer/other Verizon teams. Manage complex changes and vendor interaction. Creation of security documentation, including policies, procedures, training documents playbooks and operations manuals. Liaise with Verizon and customer's senior management and other Verizon teams on service improvement initiatives. Though this is not a people leadership role, you may still provide mentorship and team lead functions, including supervision of staff, escalation management, and performance appraisal contributions. Where you'll be working... In this hybrid role, you must reside within a reasonable commuting distance of one of the locations listed on this posting. You will work 3 days in the office and 2 days from home. You'll need to have... Bachelor's Degree or four or more years of work experience. Six or more years of relevant experience. Six or more years of experience as a Security Operations Analyst, investigating and solving complex network threats. The ability to qualify for and maintain a U.S. government clearance at the Public Trust level Six or more years of security engineering experience Six or more years of hands on experience with SIEM software Six or more years of experience scripting, parsing and query development within a SOC / Network Threat team Six or more years building and managing use cases and content, driven from customer requirements Six or more years of industry standard threat hunting techniques and forensic research experience Six or more years of threat landscape experience and indicators of compromise Experience proactively engaging with customers, client executives, and and management teams Even better if you have one or more of the following: Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Computer Science or other technical field

CISSP, SANS

GIAC or related security industry certifications SIEM solution design/ architect experience Hands-on experience with Incident Response frameworks, containment strategies, and executing active remediation/response actions across network or endpoint environments. ISO 27K Audit; Compliance experience Infrastructure Management expertise on different platform Experience working within a GenAI-enhanced or agentic Security Operations Center (SOC) environment Ability to evaluate SOC analytical workflows and identify high-impact opportunities to improve or expand the utilization of AI tools from a senior tier perspective Strong documentation and communication skills Exceptional problem solving skills Ability to drive process improvements and identify gaps ITIL certification If Verizon and this role sound like a fit for you, we encourage you to apply even if you don't meet every "even better" qualification listed above. Where you'll be working In this hybrid role, you'll have a defined work location that includes working from home and a minimum of three days per week in the office, which will be set by your manager. Employees are responsible for maintaining compliance with hybrid work policies. Scheduled Weekly Hours 40 Equal Employment Opportunity Verizon is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to veteran status, disability or other legally protected characteristics. Benefits and Compensation 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 benefit options including: medical, dental, vision, short and long term disability, basic life insurance, supplemental life insurance, AD&D insurance, identity theft protection, pet insurance and group home & auto insurance. We also offer a matched 401(k) savings plan, up to 8 company paid holidays per year and up to 6 personal days per year, paid parental leave, adoption assistance and tuition assistance, plus other incentives, we've got you covered with our award-winning total rewards package. Depending on the role, employees have the opportunity to receive compensation in the form of premium pay such as overtime, shift differential, holiday pay, allowances, etc. Newly hired employees receive up to 15 days of vacation per year, which grows with additional service. For part-timers, your coverage will vary as you may be eligible for some of these benefits depending on your individual circumstances. 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. The annual salary range for the location(s) listed on this job requisition based on a full-time schedule is: $120,500.00 - $231,000.00.