Vulnerability Identification Quality Control Analyst

Analyzes, improves, implements, and executes security controls proactively to prevent external threat actors from infiltrating company information or systems. Typically has 3-5+ years of relevant experience and will act as an individual contributor.

This position will be a member of the GIS Vulnerability Identification Assurance (VIA) Vulnerability Identification QC (Quality Control) team. In this role, you will help implement, manage, and monitor the effectiveness of infrastructure vulnerability identification efforts to protect the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the line of businesses’ (LOB) information assets, primarily developing and implementing enhanced QC routines for remediation validation. 

This role is responsible for establishing processes and controls to monitor CVE based vulnerabilities and associated risk on technology where we do not have GIS tools for automated scanning. They will work with stakeholders, Product Owners and Software Engineers to aid in the implementation of data requirements, analyze QC performance, conduct QC related research and troubleshoot any issues. 

• Analyze findings from vulnerability reporting workstreams, to perform targeted QC on the vulnerabilities being reported and QC around scope of inventory being assessed.

• Review current existing vulnerability detection processes for ways to streamline and make them more efficient.

• Respond to relevant requests received from stakeholders, or representatives of stakeholders, for investigation of potential technology-based identification reporting issues.

• Performs other related duties incidental to the work described herein and all special assignments as needed or assigned.

• Lead effective and sustainable activities associated with required VAI QC’s technology-based identification P2 closures evaluations.

• Scope: where scanning signatures do not exist or findings are derived from vendor appliances where authenticated scanning cannot occur.

• Support the expansion of a technology-based identification activity for GIS

• Support the expansion of QC to cover workstation and ATM vulnerabilities, which are fed from non-GIS teams today.

• Experience with CVE vulnerability analytics as a focus area within Information Security

• Strong experience with CVE based vulnerability identification and risk analysis

• Experience explaining analytics in plain English and ability with communicating associated risk

• Ability to see the larger picture across the teams in the organization to build consensus and drive results

• Demonstrated ability to self-direct, with minimal supervision to achieve assigned goals

• Identify and develop proposals for program improvement

• Independent and able to work in an ever changing, fast paced environment

Required Skills:

• 3-5+ years of experience in information security and/or data management roles

• 3-5+ years of experience with vulnerability management and/or assessment

• Ability to creatively approach difficult problems to provide a viable solution for risk visibility and risk reduction in the enterprise

• 3-5+ years of experience with vulnerability management and/or assessment

• Good communication skills, and the ability to understand and translate cyber security threats from a technical perspective to business-line understanding and execution; ability to communicate risks and propose counter measures to senior technology executives

• Ability to review and analyze QC data to determine overall risk

• Ability to work independently on initiatives with little oversight; Motivated and willing to learn

• Broad technical background utilizing security technologies, such as Server and Workstation Operating Systems, Network Security, Vulnerability Scanning Engines, and Compliance Management solutions

• Strong PC skills including Microsoft Office applications.

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