Vulnerability Management Engineer
Job ID : 26360
Job Title : Vulnerability Management Engineer
Location : Herndon, VA
Comapny Name : QData
Job Type : contract
Industry : Information Technology
Salary : $45 - $50 per hour
Work Authorization : ["OPT","H4","Have H1 Visa","TN Permit Holder","Green Card Holder","Canadian Citizen","US Citizen"]
No. of Positions : 1
Posted on : 07-10-2020
Required Skills : Vulnerability Management Engineer
Benefits : None of These
Job Description :
Duties & Responsibilities:
- Expert-level knowledge of leading vulnerability scanning tools (Nessus, Qualys, Nexpose, Netsparker, Burp, etc.)
- Utilizing a strong understanding of TCP / IPv4 addressing, ports, protocols, services, DNS, DHCP, NAT, PAT, subnetting, and CIDR.
- Utilizing knowledge of various network devices including routers, switches, firewalls, IDS / IPS, load balancers, proxy servers, and network taps.
- Vulnerability Identification (including awareness of current vulnerabilities and patches) Manipulating data within files (XML and CSV for example) and between files utilizing knowledge of scripting using Python, Perl, and other.
- Risk bases analysis and prioritization by leveraging AI/ML where applicable.
- Driving resolution, patching including developing best practices
- In-depth experience supporting enterprise vulnerability management across IaaS, PaaS, and/or SaaS.
- Excellent overall understanding of cybersecurity vulnerabilities and threats to include identification and patching.
- Engineer, test, and deploy custom solutions for reducing vulnerabilities through automation across endpoint estate.
- Expert knowledge of system, application, and database hardening techniques and practices.
- Experience conducting all-source analysis, managing and tracking analytic production
- Recommend and support remediation/resolution activities associated with any discovered vulnerability in accordance with IBM Standards.
- Conduct vulnerability scans and assessments at the network, operating system, database, and application levels. Be able to create custom profiles in the vulnerability scanning tools and run scans on-demand basis or be able to schedule them.
- Perform vulnerability scanning and analysis to eliminate false positives and to aggregate findings by specific best practice criteria.
- Strong understanding of vulnerability management and security testing practices and methodologies.
- Manage and track hands-on resolution efforts with the operational support team.
- Developing unique solutions to challenging technical problems.
- Oversees, evaluates, and matures the intelligence of data collected from a variety of cyber defense tools (e.g., IDS alerts, firewalls, network traffic logs) to analyze events that occur within the IBM environments (on-premise and cloud) for the purposes of mitigating threats. Ensure vulnerabilities are identified as early as possible and mitigated.
- Perform other duties as necessary or as required.
Required Skills:
- 5+ years of professional work experience with technical aspects of network, servers and web vulnerability management solutions
- At least 5 years’ experience in perform vulnerability assessments, analysis, and reporting
- 5+ years of (hands-on) experience in using vulnerability scanning tools (Nessus, Qualys, Nexpose, Netsparker, Burp, etc.)
- Experience in both Windows and Linux environments
- Ability to develop and maintain positive relationships with other technology teams/stakeholders Good understanding of the OWASP Top 10. Familiarity with vulnerabilities in 3rd party libraries and remediation
- Deep understanding of network and web vulnerability scanning application outputs
- Expertise in network infrastructure, including routers, switches, firewalls, and the associated network protocols and concepts
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience
- Knowledge of Scripting and/or programming skills (e.g., Python, PowerShell, Java, JS, etc.)
- LinkedIn is Mandatory
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