Digital Forensics and Incident Response Analyst
Company: Verizon
Location: Basking Ridge
Posted on: July 12, 2025
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Job Description:
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 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. What we’re
looking for Verizon is looking for an innovative and motivated
professional who will be responsible for safeguarding the Verizon
enterprise. This individual will work on identified threats and
will neutralize them through proactive hunting and detection,
incident response and mitigation strategies, and ensure continuous
operation of Verizon’s on-prem and cloud environments. The Digital
Forensics & Incident Response role is an opportunity to work in a
fast paced collaborative environment defending Verizon from current
and future cyber threats. This position plays a critical role in
Verizon’s enterprise computing defense. Executing the Incident
Response Lifecycle to drive threat remediation and identify
strategic countermeasures improving future defenses. Operating as a
trusted advisor on threat analysis during incidents for incident
management teams and other stakeholders by following cybersecurity
response methodologies such as the NIST Cybersecurity Framework.
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.
Deploying security tools and leveraging logs and endpoint forensic
analysis in order to complete a detailed and accurate assessment of
security alerts and threats affecting the Verizon enterprise and
cloud infrastructure. Assisting with the development of 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. Identifying gaps in detections and collaborating with
teams across Cyber Security to mitigate threats and improve the
overall security posture. Recommending ways to mature and advance
the preventive and defensive capabilities of the TMC. This includes
leveraging data and knowledge to clearly communicate the use case
for alert creation. Collaborating with cross-functional teams to
respond, identify, and analyze the root cause of a cybersecurity
incident. Conducting risk assessments, in-depth analysis, and
forensic investigations to determine the root cause and impact of
incidents. Enhancing, and/or implementing DFIR playbooks to ensure
cohesive response repeatability. Assisting with producing
operational read-outs and case reviews for peers and leadership
that accurately capture the effectiveness of the DFIR organization.
Continuously honing to build and maintain knowledge, skills, and
abilities needed to maintain proficiency in producing thorough and
accurate digital forensic analysis. Enhancing techniques, workflows
and processes of security controls, compliance assessments, and
DFIR procedures to drive the TMC operational and strategic growth
(continuous improvement). You’ll need to have: Bachelor's degree or
four or more years of work experience. Four or more years of
relevant experience required, demonstrated through work experience
and/or military experience. Experience working in Digital Forensic,
Incident Response, and/or a Security Operations Center (SOC)
environment(s). Ability to pass and/or obtain a security clearance.
Even better if you have one or more of the following: Awareness of
cyber based adversarial frameworks including MITRE ATT&CK and
Lockheed Martin’s Cyber Kill Chain. Proficient knowledge of the
cyber threat landscape including types of adversaries, campaigns,
and the motivations that drive them. Experience working with
analysis techniques, identifying indicators of compromise, threat
hunting, and identification of intrusions and potential incidents.
Programming and Scripting Experience to enhance automations, ad-hoc
forensic analysis and speed-up response times. Previous experience
with log aggregation platforms such as Splunk, Elastic, Snowflake,
LogRhythm, etc. Proficient in understanding Operating Systems and
their architectures: Windows, Unix/Linux, and MacOS Operating
Systems Demonstrates leadership and mentoring skills to help
advance the overall capabilities of the TMC organization. Ability
to work in a highly collaborative environment needing strong
communication, presentation, and leadership-like skills Exhibits
initiative, follow-up and follow through with commitments
Certifications like: Network, Security, CISSP, EnCE, CFCE, C|EH,
C|HFI, GCFA, GCFE, GCIH and/or cloud-specific security
certifications (e.g. AWS Certified Security - Specialty, Microsoft
Certified: Azure Security Engineer Associate, Google Cloud
Certified Professional Cloud Security Engineer) 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 work from home and a minimum eight
assigned office days per month that will be set by your manager.
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, stock incentive programs, up to 8 company paid holidays per
year and up to 6 personal days per year, 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 annually
salary range for the location(s) listed on this job requisition
based on a full-time schedule is: $101,000.00 - $194,000.00.
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