Engineer
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Key Responsibilities
Vulnerability & Patch Management
- Manage the vulnerability remediation lifecycle, ensuring timely patching and mitigation across servers, applications, databases, and endpoints.
- Analyze vulnerability scan results, prioritize remediation based on risk, and track fixes through closure.
- Collaborate on patch deployments, addressing failures, system dependencies, and post-deployment validation.
- Partner with engineering, infrastructure, and application teams to identify and mitigate security risks.
- Conduct root cause analysis (RCA) for security incidents and recurring vulnerabilities, driving permanent fixes.
- Assist in security incident response activities and remediation recommendations as needed.
- Identify opportunities to automate repetitive security and operational processes, improving efficiency and consistency.
- Support continuous improvement of remediation workflows, escalation processes, and SLAs.
- Maintain vulnerability metrics, dashboards, and reports to track remediation status, aging vulnerabilities, and compliance.
- Provide regular status updates to security leadership and technology stakeholders.
- Support audit, risk, and compliance activities related to vulnerability management.
- Act as a liaison between security and technology teams to ensure smooth remediation execution.
- Clearly communicate technical risks, remediation plans, and timelines to diverse stakeholders.
- 4–10 years of experience in Information Security, Cybersecurity, or IT Risk Management.
- Hands-on experience with vulnerability management tools (e.g., Qualys, Tenable, Rapid7).
- Strong understanding of patch management processes across Windows, Linux, and application environments.
- Experience performing root cause analysis and implementing corrective actions.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and documentation skills.
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