Senior Vulnerability Management Specialist: 26-01527

Primary Skills: Vulnerability Management (advanced), Risk Assessment (advanced), Incident Response (intermediate), Application Security (intermediate), Infrastructure Security (intermediate)
Contract Type: W2
Duration: 6+ Months with Possible extension
Location: San Jose, CA or McLean, VA
Pay Range: $70 - $75 Per Hour on W2
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Job Summary:
Seeking an experienced Vulnerability Management professional with over 4 years of experience to partner directly with engineering product teams. This role involves making consistent risk-based decisions, managing vulnerability backlogs, and ensuring risk hygiene. The individual will act as the technical security point-of-contact, strategically prioritize risk reduction, drive vulnerabilities to remediation within SLA, and lead security during incidents. Responsibilities also include owning metrics and escalations, and identifying strategic improvements for resilience. 

Key Responsibilities:

• Act as the technical security point-of-contact when partnering directly with engineering product teams.
• Strategically prioritize the risk reduction of vulnerabilities.
• Drive vulnerabilities to remediation within SLA.
• Act as the lead security contact during incidents.
• Own metrics and escalations, such as Time-To-Remediation and SLA adherence, to ensure visibility of engineering product team's risk posture.
• Identify and implement strategic improvements and paved road solutions to improve resilience.

Must-Have Skills:

• Vulnerability Management / Triage
• Vulnerability Risk Assessment
• Vulnerability Incident Response
• Knowledge of application security vulnerabilities (OWASP Top 10) and mitigation techniques
• Knowledge of infrastructure vulnerabilities, mitigation techniques, and tooling (e.g. Spotlight Crowdstrike, Rapid7 Nexpose)
• Dependability: Meets commitments, works independently, accepts accountability, handles change, sets personal standards, stays focused under pressure
• Strong understanding of common security concepts that support root-cause analysis to make data-driven decisions on vulnerability patterns and trends
• Ability to speak and communicate professionally
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or a related subject area

Industry Experience:

• Candidates coming from Tech/Saas Industry are highly preferred 

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