Booz Allen

VulnerabilityAnalyst

$99–99k Washington, District of Columbia, United States FULL TIME Remote Friendly
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HIGH DEMAND

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The Brief

“Vulnerability Analyst at Booz Allen. Skills: Vulnerability management, Threat assessment, Incident response. Lead enterprise vulnerability management process. Conduct regular vulnerability, compliance, discovery scans”

Industry & Context.

Problems you'll solve

Analyze threats; Evaluate risk; Identify patterns

Eligibility Requirements

Public Trust or Suitability/Fitness determination, Government investigation, Meet eligibility requirements of U.S. government client, On camera during interviews and assessments, Identity verification process

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

8+ years of experience in vulnerability management and analysis, Experience working in an environment with SOC operations and cybersecurity engineers, Experience with enterprise vulnerability scanning tools, such as Tenable. sc, Nessus, or Qualys, Experience generating reports to measure progress in meeting vulnerability remediation targets, Experience monitoring compliance with BOD 22-01, including tracking vulnerabilities against Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog, and BOD 23-01, including asset discovery and vulnerability enumeration, Knowledge of CVSS, CWE, NVD, and threat intelligence sources, Ability to evaluate the risk of all identified vulnerabilities and prepare remediation instructions for system administrators, Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust or Suitability/Fitness determination based on client requirements, Bachelor’s degree

Nice to Have

Knowledge of NIST 800-53 and other federal cybersecurity frameworks, CEH, CySA+, CASP+, CISSP, or Tenable Certification

What You'll Do.

Lead enterprise vulnerability management process

Conduct regular vulnerability

Interpret scan results

Validate and prioritize discovered vulnerabilities

Coordinate with system owners and administrators

Track and measure remediation efforts

Provide technical recommendations to mitigate risks

Create and maintain dashboards

Generate executive-level reports on vulnerability status

Mitigate and respond to threats quickly

Determine affected systems

Assist recovery efforts

Combine threat intelligence

Identify patterns to understand attackers' goals

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Work with the team to understand, mitigate, and respond to threats; Work collaboratively with IT and cyber teams

Communication Scope

Executive-level reports

Full Job Description

Vulnerability Analyst **The Opportunity:** As a vulnerability analyst, you’re in the middle of the action, responding to and mitigating threats in real time. You’re the first line of cyber defense for your organization, and they look to you for guidance on best practices and security measures. We need a vulnerability analyst like you to help us secure critical infrastructure from the constant onslaught of cyber attacks for a government agency. As a vulnerability analyst on our team, you’ll improve monitoring strategies and analyze threats, using state-of-the-art tools. You’ll use your cyber security skills to: * Lead the enterprise vulnerability management process in support of continuous monitoring and RMF requirements. * Conduct regular vulnerability, compliance, and discovery scans using tools such as Tenable and Qualys, and interpret scan results. * Validate and prioritize discovered vulnerabilities based on exploitability, threat intelligence, and business risk. * Coordinate with system owners and administrators to track and measure remediation efforts and verify closure. * Provide technical recommendations to mitigate risks identified through assessments. * Create and maintain dashboards, metrics, key performance indicators, and executive-level reports on vulnerability status and trends. You’ll work with the team to understand, mitigate, and respond to threats quickly, restoring operations and limiting the impact. You’ll guide efforts to figure out just how many systems are affected and assist recovery efforts. You’ll combine threat intelligence, event data, and assessments from recent events, and identify patterns to understand attackers’ goals to stop them from succeeding. This is a great opportunity to hone your cyber security skills with hands-on experience in threat assessment and incident response. Work with us as we secure government clients from malicious actors. We are seeking an experienced Senior Vulnerability Analyst to join our Security Operations

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