About the job Vulnerability Management (Qualys Security Analyst)
Primary Duties and Responsibilities
Work with customers to coordinate, conduct, and tune network and system
vulnerability scans prior to deployment and when those systems are modified within
pre-production and production environments
Responsible for understanding, reviewing, and interpreting assessment and scanning
results, reducing false positive findings, and acting as a trusted security advisor to
the client.
Learn and adapt to client’s culture, security strategies, security goals, security
objectives, and security capabilities
Identify client’s organizational position and posture against emerging and zero day
Maintain knowledge of outstanding vulnerability management issues as it pertains to
the Client’s Vulnerability Management Service and communicate updates to Client as
appropriate
Present Vulnerability Assessment Scanning and guidance, False Positive Validation,
Compliance Scanning and, scan profile and policy creation
Provide system administrators, system owners, and IT support staff with effective
vulnerability mitigation strategies, meaningful vulnerability metrics, security controls
and or corrective actions for mitigating technical and business risk
Develop and report enterprise-level metrics for vulnerabilities and remediation
progress
Understand, demonstrate, and educate stakeholders on the real-world impact of
threats and vulnerability exploitation in a given environment
Manage multiple customer requests, assessments, and meet customer expectations
within established service levels
Qualifications
Background in security threat analysis – ability to determine risk level of identified
threats and necessary urgency in remediation
Possess strong technical understanding of common network and system
vulnerabilities
Understanding of networking principles (OSI Model, routing, TCP/IP)
Windows and Linux operating systems, and basic administration
Best practices in common security technologies
Problem solving skills and ability to work under pressure in a rapid paced, customer
facing 24/7 production environment
Experience working with cross-business and cross-functional teams in a
geographically distributed environment
Setting up scanning profiles, conducting routine scans of our environment, oversee
remediation efforts, etc.
Willingness to share on-call responsibilities, work non-standard hours, and travel
when required
Willingness to accept direction, support leadership vision, and to serve as a point of
contact directly supporting vulnerability assessments, system owners, and executives
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Must Have Skills
Minimum 2 years of experience with Qualys
Experienced in setting up scanning profiles, conducting routine scans of security
environment, oversee remediation efforts, etc.