Sr Engineer, Cybersecurity - Cyber Operations Process & Analytics

Company: T-Mobile USA, Inc.
Location: Herndon
Posted on: May 1, 2025

Job Description:

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Job Overview
As a Senior Cybersecurity Engineer, you will be at the forefront of driving security initiatives within our Cybersecurity Operations - Process & Analytics (P&A) team! Using your extensive expertise in cybersecurity operations, you will lead the charge in ensuring our Threat Response team has the processes and training they need to respond to threats while also leading efforts to apply data analysis to improve security protections, detections, and processes.

In this pivotal role, you will serve as a trusted domain expert, guiding our vision and driving tangible results to fortify our security posture across various domains, including mobile devices, IoT devices, enterprise applications, cloud infrastructure, big data environments, core and carrier network technologies, and other critical business units as necessary.

As a senior security advisor, you will collaborate closely with and at times lead multi-functional teams to ensure the successful delivery of projects and services to our enterprise customers, providing invaluable insights and guidance to uphold the highest standards of security. Join us in shaping the future of cybersecurity and safeguarding our digital assets against current and emerging threats.

Job Responsibilities

• Leads security, compliance, and risk assessments on projects throughout project lifecycle.
  
• Improves process efficiency by creating and implementing creative and sustainable changes to existing deployment methodologies.
  
• Leads the identification of security needs & recommends plans/resolutions.
  
  Implements, tests & monitors info security improvements
  
• Maintains transparency inside & outside of information security at the People management level.
  
• Communicate with groups such as application support, engineering ops, finance, privacy, risk management, etc.
  
• Leads information security policy lifecycle throughout, including intake, creation, review, approval, implementation, publishing, communication & maintenance
  
• Implements security projects driven by groups both internal and external to info security
  
• Mentors peers and junior team members in security technologies, enterprise solution design and facilitation and effective customer interaction
  
• Experience with implementation of various threat modeling approaches pertaining to one or more of the following STRIDE, PASTA, TRIKE, ATTACK TREE, DREAD, KILL CHAIN, CAPEC, Mobile Application threat model, Cyber Threat Tree, and data flow diagram
  
• Authority in multiple facets of network & information security, including Firewall policy design, SSL Certificate management, vulnerability analysis & mitigation, and other topics as assigned.
  
• Sophisticated understanding of IP/Security solutions & technologies applicable to the Wireless Network Architecture.
  
• Experience with the analysis of underlying technologies that form the solution vital for the application of threat identification, analysis, and thread model design.
  
• The threat model depicts trust boundary, threat agent(s), threat vector(s), and safeguard(s) necessary to protect person, asset, data, and T-Mobile brand.
  
• Also responsible for other Duties/Projects as assigned by business management as needed.
  
  
  Education
  
  • Bachelor's Degree Computer Science or Information Technology or equivalent work experience
    
    
    Work Experience
    
    • 4-7 years Experience in info security technology or related field
      
    • Experience with incident handling for Security breaches.
      
    • Expert in security subject areas
      
    • 2-4 years Technical Project Management
      
    • Experience with high level design architecture, security technologies, Networking, web services and SOA. Understanding of encryption, obfuscation, tokenization technologies
      
      
      Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
      
      • Medium to advance knowledge of Scripting tools (Python/Perl/Shell/HTML/PHP)
        
      • Knowledge of federal & compliance regulations e.g. SOX, PCI & CPNI
        
      • Familiarity with load balancers (ex - A10, F5), firewalls (ex - CheckPoint), Venafi, MDM (ex - Mobile Iron), Cloud (ex - AWS, Azure), Malware Protection (ex -FireEye), Advanced Persistent Threats (ex - Damballa), Privileged Accounts (ex - CyberArk), SIEM (ex - ArcSight), Log & Event (ex - Splunk), Intrusion IDS/IPS (ex - Symantec) , Cloud Platform (ex - PCF, Docker), Scanning (ex - Qualys), AppSec (ex - Veracode)
        
      • Solid understanding of T-Mobile's network elements and how they work together (EIT, Engineering & 3rd Party).
        
      • Strong presentation skills to large and small audiences.
        
      • In-depth knowledge of security standard processes in large-scale environments
        
      • Strong problem solving / troubleshooting skills
        
      • Dedicated and able to work under timelines.
        
      • Always act with tact and integrity, and collaborate with a variety of individuals in a positive and productive manner
        
      • Strong verbal and communication skills with diverse multi-functional groups & the ability to communicate effectively to small & large groups
        
      • Knowledge of information security policies and regulatory controls (per team function)
        
      • Demonstrable knowledge of current technological trends and developments in the area of info security
        
      • Ability to plan, organize and prioritize tasks to complete independently; Ability to work under stress and meet tight timelines
        
      • Authority in many facets of network & information security, including Firewall policy design, SSL Certificate management, vulnerability analysis & mitigation, and other topics as assigned.
        
        
        Licenses and Certifications
        
        • Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) CISSP and/or CCSK and/or CCSP and/or CISA/CISM certification a plus (Preferred)
          
        • Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) (Preferred)
          
        • Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) (Preferred)
          
          
          --- At least 18 years of age
          --- Legally authorized to work in the United States
          
          Travel:
          Travel Required (Yes/No):Yes
          
          DOT Regulated:
          DOT Regulated Position (Yes/No):No
          Safety Sensitive Position (Yes/No):No
          
          Base Pay Range: $103,400 - $186,400
          
          Corporate Bonus Target: 15%
          
          The pay range above is the general base pay range for a successful candidate in the role. The successful candidate's actual pay will be based on various factors, such as work location, qualifications, and experience, so the actual starting pay will vary within this range.
          
          At T-Mobile, employees in regular, non-temporary roles are eligible for an annual bonus or periodic sales incentive or bonus, based on their role. Most Corporate employees are eligible for a year-end bonus based on company and/or individual performance and which is set at a percentage of the employee's eligible earnings in the prior year. Certain positions in Customer Care are eligible for monthly bonuses based on individual and/or team performance. To find the pay range for this role based on hiring location, click here .
          
          At T-Mobile, our benefits exemplify the spirit of One Team, Together! A big part of how we care for one another is working to ensure our benefits evolve to meet the needs of our team members. Full and part-time employees have access to the same benefits when eligible. We cover all of the bases, offering medical, dental and vision insurance, a flexible spending account, 401(k), employee stock grants, employee stock purchase plan, paid time off and up to 12 paid holidays - which total about 4 weeks for new full-time employees and about 2.5 weeks for new part-time employees annually - paid parental and family leave, family building benefits, back-up care, enhanced family support, childcare subsidy, tuition assistance, college coaching, short- and long-term disability, voluntary AD&D coverage, voluntary accident coverage, voluntary life insurance, voluntary disability insurance, and voluntary long-term care insurance. We don't stop there - eligible employees can also receive mobile service & home internet discounts, pet insurance, and access to commuter and transit programs! To learn about T-Mobile's amazing benefits, check out www.t-mobilebenefits.com .
          
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