Senior Vulnerability Analyst

Job Title: Senior Vulnerability Analyst

Duration (Contract): 12 Months

Client Location: O'Fallon, MO

Location Preference: Onsite

Job Description:
As a Senior Vulnerability Analyst, you will support the enterprise vulnerability management program by identifying, assessing, prioritizing, and helping remediate security vulnerabilities across infrastructure, cloud, and application environments. You will collaborate with cross-functional technology teams to strengthen the organization's security posture and improve vulnerability management processes.

Key Responsibilities:

• Identify, validate, and assess security vulnerabilities across networks, systems, cloud platforms, and applications.
• Perform risk analysis using severity, exploitability, and business context to support remediation prioritization.
• Partner with infrastructure, cloud, and application teams to develop and validate remediation plans.
• Monitor remediation progress and ensure compliance with established SLAs and risk thresholds.
• Create and deliver vulnerability reports, metrics, and security findings for stakeholders and leadership.
• Support the implementation and ongoing use of vulnerability management tools and processes.
• Contribute to the improvement of vulnerability management workflows, documentation, and reporting quality.
• Research emerging vulnerabilities, threat trends, and attack techniques impacting enterprise environments.
• Participate in cybersecurity initiatives, assessments, and security improvement projects.
• Provide guidance on vulnerability remediation best practices and risk mitigation strategies.

Required Skills, Experiences, Education, and Competencies:

• Experience in cybersecurity with a focus on vulnerability management, security operations, or risk assessment.
• Strong understanding of networking fundamentals, operating systems, and security concepts.
• Hands-on experience with vulnerability scanning, exposure management, and security assessment tools.
• Knowledge of vulnerability risk scoring, prioritization methodologies, and remediation tracking.
• Familiarity with cybersecurity frameworks and attack models such as MITRE ATT&CK.
• Ability to communicate technical security findings to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Strong analytical, investigative, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.
• Experience working with distributed teams in a collaborative enterprise environment.
• Basic scripting or automation skills and an interest in process improvement and efficiency.
• Self-motivated mindset with a passion for cybersecurity, continuous learning, and emerging technologies.

The hourly range for roles of this nature are $60.00 to $80.00/hr. Rates are heavily dependent on skills, experience, location, and industry.

cyberThink is an Equal Opportunity Employer.