Infosec guy here looking to dip my toes into the ISP space because (to me) it's the most interesting industry I haven't done anything with yet. I've been at this for 20 years and know we can be a pain in the ass, what should I be thinking about now if I want to a) do my job AND b) let you do yours.

Title pretty much covers it. I was an infosec consultant for 15 years and security architect at some pretty large companies for ~5 years. Have seen quite a few things in public and private sector, but have never worked for an ISP.

Opportunity has recently surfaced at a carrier/ISP that I would like to take advantage of but would like to hear from folks that are in engineering/operations at ISPs today how your security team could be a net positive force in your daily grind. Assuming they have a job to do, what could they do less/more of to be effective while still letting you do your job.

That's all. Thanks in advance!