Principal Red Team Operator

As an experienced Red Team Operator in the telecommunications industry, you will play a critical role in proactively identifying vulnerabilities and security gaps within Verizon’s infrastructure, applications, and processes. This role focuses on emulating real-world adversarial techniques to evaluate and improve Verizon’s defensive capabilities, ensuring the security of customer data and network infrastructure.

You will collaborate closely with internal teams to simulate advanced persistent threats (APTs) and execute red team engagements tailored to the unique challenges of the telecommunications sector. This position requires a deep understanding of telco-specific systems, such as enterprise-scale complex networks, 4G & 5G wireless network infrastructure, cloud technology, and more. Strong understanding of network equipment and networking protocols is required. With the right mindset, this is a great opportunity to leverage deep mobile network experience to shift into an offensive cybersecurity role.

Key Responsibilities:

• Adversary Emulation: Conduct red team exercises that emulate realistic threats targeting telco-specific systems, including wireline/wireless network infrastructure and supporting systems.
• Vulnerability Exploitation: Identify, exploit, and report vulnerabilities in critical telco systems and infrastructure
• Post-Engagement Reporting: Deliver comprehensive technical reports and executive summaries that outline findings, exploit paths, and remediation recommendations
• Collaboration: Work closely with blue team to develop detection and prevention strategies informed by red team exercises
• Threat Intelligence: Stay updated on the latest attack techniques, tactics, and procedures (TTPs) relevant to the telecommunications industry
• Continuous Improvement: Provide insights to enhance the organization’s security posture through collaboration with peers in both security and operations.

***This role can be located in any US based Verizon hub location.***

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