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What you'll be doing:
The Vulnerability Management Engineering team is seeking an Infrastructure & Security Engineer II to support the deployment, automation, and operational management of enterprise vulnerability scanning infrastructure. This role is ideal for an engineer with foundational security and infrastructure experience who is ready to expand their expertise in vulnerability management, cloud technologies, networking, and automation.
The successful candidate will be responsible for maintaining and enhancing vulnerability scanning platforms, supporting enterprise-scale deployments, troubleshooting infrastructure issues, and developing automation solutions that improve operational efficiency and security coverage.
Responsibilities include:
- Deploying, maintaining, and troubleshooting enterprise vulnerability management infrastructure, including Tenable platforms and scanning technologies.
- Supporting vulnerability scanning across on-premises, cloud, and hybrid environments.
- Configuring and maintaining scanning appliances, agents, and supporting infrastructure.
- Diagnosing and resolving networking, DNS, routing, firewall, and connectivity issues impacting scan operations.
- Developing and maintaining automation scripts to improve platform administration, reporting, deployment, and operational processes.
- Assisting with scanner deployments and integrations across AWS, Azure, GCP, and on-premises environments.
- Supporting vulnerability data collection, analysis, and reporting initiatives.
- Partnering with Security Operations, Infrastructure, Cloud Engineering, and Application teams to ensure effective vulnerability coverage.
- Participating in incident response and troubleshooting activities related to scanning infrastructure and security tooling.
- Creating and maintaining technical documentation, operational procedures, and engineering standards.
- Contributing to continuous improvement initiatives focused on scalability, reliability, and automation.
What we're looking for:
You'll need to have:
- Bachelor’s degree or one or more years of work experience.
- Hands-on experience in infrastructure engineering, security engineering, systems administration, or a related field.
- Hands-on experience with vulnerability management platforms, preferably Tenable.io or similar technologies.
- Experience with DNS, TCP/IP networking, routing, firewalls, and network troubleshooting.
- Experience supporting Windows and Linux environments.
- Experience developing scripts using Python, PowerShell, Bash, or similar languages.
Even better if you have one or more of the following:
- Experience with enterprise vulnerability management programs.
- Experience deploying and managing Tenable scanners and agents.
- Knowledge of cloud networking and cloud-native security concepts.
- Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform.
- Experience with REST APIs and automation integrations.
- Experience troubleshooting infrastructure and application connectivity issues.
- Familiarity with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Knowledge of SQL and data analysis concepts.
- Security certifications such as Security+, GSEC, Tenable Certified Professional (TCP), or similar.
- Strong technical curiosity and willingness to learn.
- Ability to work independently while collaborating across multiple teams.
- Excellent troubleshooting and root-cause analysis skills.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Focus on automation, operational efficiency, and continuous improvement.
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.
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.
