Vulnerability Risk Analyst

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  • Malvern, PA
  • 30+ days ago

    Highlights

    Working knowledge of vulnerability management outcomes: identifying, assessing, prioritizing, and enabling workflows that help drive vulnerabilities to closure or approved treatment. Robust writing skills to produce audit ready rationales and summaries (risk acceptances, downgrade rationale, false positive outcomes).

    Numbers & Facts

    LocationMalvern, PA

    Description

    Job Description –

    Core Responsibilities
    • 1. Prepare detailed reporting on vulnerabilities and related risks, integrating risk concepts such as impact and likelihood to ensure proper prioritization. Reporting will outline security posture, vulnerability trends, and mitigation results.
    • 2. Conducts independent analysis of vulnerabilities to identify thematic issues, and impact on systems. Support risk scoring.
    • 3. Leads scrums and huddles to support the tracking of vulnerability management efforts. Maintain Kanban boards that track remediation efforts.
    • 4. Supports the documentation of process & controls gaps that contribute to vulnerability risk.
    • 5. Coordinates with Technical Security Advisors to ensure remediation plans and status are up-to-date and accurate.
    • 6. Maintaining vulnerability management procedures.
    • 7. Participates in special projects and performs other duties as assigned.

    Qualifications
    • Microsoft 365 and Copilot: Robust understanding of Microsoft 365 and Copilot functionalities, including integration and customization.
    • Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Information Systems, Computer Science, or equivalent practical experience.
    • Security certification(s) preferred (e.g., Security+, SSCP, CISSP or equivalent), especially if the role will independently assess risk treatment quality.
    • Demonstrated foundation in cybersecurity principles (vulnerability lifecycle, risk concepts, remediation approaches) and the ability to apply them in an enterprise environment.
    • Proven security expertise across infrastructure products and services.
    • Working knowledge of vulnerability management outcomes: identifying, assessing, prioritizing, and enabling workflows that help drive vulnerabilities to closure or approved treatment
    • Experience supporting or governing vulnerability scanning/assessment programs for enterprise assets (on prem and/or cloud workloads), including compliance to remediation SLAs.
    • Ability to perform a structured investigation of a suspected false positive and document the outcome and decision path.
    • Ability to explain a vulnerability's impact in plain business terms and produce a concise risk treatment summary that is approver ready.
    • Ability to support downgrade/override decisions with written rationale that is auditable and explicitly scope
    • Skills Required
    • Proficiency in creating, structuring, and analyzing datasets using automation, development frameworks, and AI driven tools.
    • Robust writing skills to produce audit ready rationales and summaries (risk acceptances, downgrade rationale, false positive outcomes).
    • Comfortable facilitating discussions with technical and non technical stakeholders to clarify facts, confirm remediation options, and drive decisions.
    • Robust attention to detail for data accuracy
    • Familiarity with vulnerability and posture tooling across on prem and cloud contexts
    • Experience with reporting ecosystems

    Job Responsibilities
    • 1. Prepare detailed reporting on vulnerabilities and related risks, integrating risk concepts such as impact and likelihood to ensure proper prioritization. Reporting will outline security posture, vulnerability trends, and mitigation results.
    • 2. Conducts independent analysis of vulnerabilities to identify thematic issues, and impact on systems. Support risk scoring.
    • 3. Leads scrums and huddles to support the tracking of vulnerability management efforts. Maintain Kanban boards that track remediation efforts.
    • 4. Supports the documentation of process & controls gaps that contribute to vulnerability risk.
    • 5. Coordinates with Technical Security Advisors to ensure remediation plans and status are up-to-date and accurate.
    • 6. Maintaining vulnerability management procedures.
    • 7. Participates in special projects and performs other duties as assigned.

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