Senior Vulnerability Management Engineer

Job Title: Senior Vulnerability Management Engineer

Pay: Competitive compensation package based on experience

Location: Plano, Texas — Hybrid work setup

Summary Join a leading organization dedicated to advancing cybersecurity initiatives within a global industrial ecosystem. As a Senior Vulnerability Management Engineer, you will own and enhance our enterprise vulnerability lifecycle, collaborating across technical and business teams to strengthen our security posture. If you are passionate about proactive cybersecurity, this role offers significant growth potential and the opportunity to make a meaningful impact in a dynamic environment.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Cybersecurity, Computer Science, or related fields, or equivalent experience
• 4-8 years of hands-on experience in vulnerability management, security engineering, or infrastructure security
• Strong proficiency with vulnerability platforms such as Qualys VMDR, Tenable, Rapid7, or similar
• Deep understanding of CVE, CVSS, CPE, exploitability, severity ratings, and risk prioritization
• Proven ownership of the entire vulnerability lifecycle from detection to closure
• Excellent analytical and communication skills, capable of translating technical findings into actionable insights

Responsibilities

• Own vulnerability findings from identification through remediation, validation, and closure
• Analyze scanner results and contextual risk data including CVEs, CVSS, threat intelligence, and exploitabilities
• Investigate and determine the applicability, root cause, severity, and organizational impact of findings
• Identify false positives, duplicate findings, accepted risks, and necessary validations
• Collaborate with owners across infrastructure, application, cloud, and business units to communicate remediation needs
• Track vulnerabilities within SLAs, escalate critical issues, and support incident response efforts
• Provide technical guidance, remediation recommendations, and validation of fixes
• Operate and optimize vulnerability management platforms and develop risk metrics and reports
• Partner with various security and business teams to enhance coverage, ownership, and remediation efficiency
• Maintain documentation, procedures, and leverage automation to improve vulnerability management maturity
• Mentor junior team members and support continuous process improvements

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