Vulnerability Management Analyst

Work Arrangement: Hybrid, Clearance: Secret Foxhole Technology provides robust cybersecurity and IT support capabilities for federal civilian and defense agencies. A recognized leader in navigating technology and security challenges, Foxhole delivers mission-focused innovations to answer evolving and complex needs. Our talented employee-owners provide agile, scalable services and solutions that solve operational gaps, operate critical systems, and protect and secure the enterprise – across the organization and around the world . Foxhole Technology is seeking Vulnerability Management, Tenable/Nessus & Metrics Analyst to support vulnerability management, security metrics, remediation tracking, and dashboard reporting in a federal-civilian technology environment, in a hybrid capacity in Rosslyn, VA. This role is designed for an analyst with approximately 1-3 years of relevant experience who can work hands-on with Tenable/Nessus data, Excel, Power BI, iPost exports, ticketing records, and remediation evidence. The analyst will help identify affected systems, validate findings, track remediation ownership, monitor KEVs and Critical/High vulnerabilities, reconcile data across sources, and support leadership reporting. The role should be positioned as an execution and coordination role. The analyst will not be expected to own enterprise security operations, perform all production patch deployments, or act as the ISSO. The analyst will support the Federal Security apparatus and product/application teams by making vulnerability data accurate, actionable, and reportable. Job Description Tenable/Nessus Vulnerability Analysis, Ad Hoc Scanning, and Native Dashboards Perform and Review Tenable/Nessus scan exports and dashboards to identify affected assets, plugins, CVEs, severity, first-seen dates, last-seen dates, plugin output, vulnerability age, and remediation guidance. Run approved ad hoc Tenable/Nessus scans when requested by Security, product teams, ISSO, or leadership, using approved scan templates, credentialed scan profiles, scan windows, and target lists. Create and maintain Tenable/Nessus native dashboards, saved views, reports, filters, asset groups/tags where permitted, and recurring exports for KEVs, Critical/High findings, stale findings, aging, ownership, and validation status. Monitor scan jobs, confirm scan completion, export results, identify scan failures or credential issues, and elevate scan coverage or authentication problems to senior security staff or platform administrators. Help validate whether findings are true positives, duplicates, stale/residual artifacts, configuration issues, missing patches, unsupported software, or application dependencies. Use Tenable/Nessus evidence to support ownership assignment, remediation planning, retest validation, and closure evidence. Reconcile Tenable/Nessus data against iPost, ServiceNow/CA ServiceDesk, Jira, POA&M trackers, Excel files, SharePoint trackers, and remediation evidence. Escalate unclear Tenable/Nessus findings to senior security staff, system owners, application teams, SO/Windows Services, infrastructure, database teams, or ISSO stakeholders for ownership decisions. Operate within approved rules of engagement. The role may run authorized ad hoc scans and build Tenable reports, but is not expected to be the enterprise Tenable platform administrator or final approver for scan policy changes Minimum Requirements 1-3 years of experience in cybersecurity operations, vulnerability management, security operations, cyber GRC, IT operations, application support, or related technical/security work. Hands-on exposure to Tenable/Nessus vulnerability data, including plugins, CVEs, severity, affected assets, plugin output, first-seen/last-seen dates, and remediation guidance. Ability to run authorized ad hoc Tenable/Nessus scans using approved scan templates, target lists, credentials, scan windows, and documented rules of engagement. Ability to create or maintain Tenable/Nessus dashboards, saved filters, reports, and exports for vulnerability review and remediation tracking. Ability to work with vulnerability exports from Tenable/Nessus and organize findings in Excel, Power BI, SharePoint, Jira, ServiceNow/CA ServiceDesk, or similar tools. Working understanding of vulnerability management concepts such as severity, KEV, CVE, false positive, remediation evidence, rescan validation, aging, ownership, dependencies, risk acceptance, and due dates. Intermediate Power BI or reporting experience, including data imports, transformations, tables, charts, filters, slicers, and dashboard maintenance. Strong Excel skills, including filtering, lookups, pivots, conditional formatting, data cleanup, and comparison across exports. Ability to communicate clearly with technical teams and non-technical stakeholders about finding status, blockers, evidence, and next steps. Strong attention to detail and willingness to reconcile messy data across multiple sources. Familiarity with iPost, Tenable/Nessus, ServiceNow, Jira, ServiceDesk, SharePoint, Power BI, Splunk, or similar reporting/security tools. Exposure to application development, product teams, DevSecOps, SAST, SCA, DAST, container scanning, secrets scanning, or SBOM tooling. Experience tracking EOL/EOS software, patch compliance, POA&M aging, remediation exceptions, risk acceptance, or closure evidence. Requirements of position: Think analytically, effective verbal and written communication skills, make decisions, observe/remember details, interpret data, concentrate on tasks, adjust to change, handle stress/emotions. Regular attendance, maintain work schedule, attend meetings, meet deadlines, keyboard/type, handle confidential information, use math/calculations, stay organized, operate office equipment, may direct others. May be exposed to dust/dirt, humidity, and noise Foxhole Technology is an Equal Opportunity Employer and makes hiring decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth and sexual orientation), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, military/veteran status, or any other protected class. #J-18808-Ljbffr Foxhole Technology