Senior Security Engineer - Vulnerability Management

Key Skills: Vulnerability Scans, Vulnerability management, Vulnerability scanning, Nessus, Qualys, Bash Shell, Python, Powershell

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Operate and maintain vulnerability scanning platforms, including scan configuration, authenticated scans, agents, integrations, troubleshooting, and scan monitoring.
• Review vulnerability findings, prioritize remediation activities, track ownership and SLAs, and escalate overdue remediation items.
• Evaluate extension, exception, and false-positive requests and route them through established governance and approval workflows.
• Administer vulnerability management tools and integrations while preparing recurring reports, dashboards, and audit evidence.
• Develop runbooks and automation using scripts, workflows, and APIs to improve operational efficiency and vulnerability reporting.

Skills Required:

• 4 - 8 years of cybersecurity experience, including at least 5 years of hands-on exposure to vulnerability management, security operations, and scanning platforms.
• Hands-on experience with vulnerability scans, vulnerability scanning, and vulnerability management in enterprise environments.
• Practical experience operating Nessus and Qualys, including scan configuration, authenticated scanning, agents, and findings management.
• Strong understanding of vulnerability prioritization, remediation SLAs, exception handling, risk reporting, and security operations processes.
• Ability to interpret findings across operating systems, networking, cloud, and infrastructure environments and support accurate remediation tracking.

Good to Have:

• Experience with Bash Shell, PowerShell, or Python for security automation and operational scripting.

Education: Any graduate degree or equivalent practical experience.