REMOTE Lead Consultant (Threat and Vulnerability Management Security Engineer)

29 May 2024

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Job#: 1345736

Job Description: REMOTE Lead Consultant (Threat and Vulnerability Management Security Engineer)

The position:

Apex is seeking a dynamic Lead Consultant with strong consultative skills to serve as a Threat and Vulnerability Management (TVM) Security Lead Engineer within Apex Systems Consulting Services. This role will serve on project teams with Apex clients to identify, assess, and manage threats, vulnerabilities, and associated risks to our clients information, assets, and resources. This role will work within major public clouds and with best-of-breed tools, utilizing technical abilities to monitor vulnerabilities and recommend remediation or resolution. The Lead Consultant will also provide technical subject matter expertise for Apex sales, solution management, and account teams during the scoping of new TVM opportunities.

Responsibilities:
  • Act as the subject matter expert and provide recommendations with technical guidance for the vulnerability management lifecycle
  • Inform, advise, and partner with our clients to research, develop and implement a secure and efficient architecture to discover and remediate vulnerabilities
  • Help clients to create effective solutions to safely patch infrastructure at scale, including assisting with automated deployment
  • Create and evolve a risk prioritization framework that accounts for multiple factors including vulnerability severity, system function, and network accessibility.
  • Utilize tools and analytical skills to investigate the root cause of issues across the technologies.
  • Advise clients regarding remediation of vulnerability, configuration, other security deficiencies and to mature their understanding of security tools.
  • Review new cloud technologies and products for security implications and risks for our clients
  • Develop playbooks, runbooks, troubleshoot technical issues, and recognize and identify security risks and patterns for our clients
  • Develop functional and design specifications for client work products
  • Provide architectural security guidance building cloud infrastructure in compliance with industry standards (i.e., PCI-DSS, ISO, SSAE/SOC, etc.)
  • Act as an advocate for security and the team in all tasks and client engagements, not just vulnerability management specific.
  • Participate in incident response activities as needed.
  • Implement and operationalize advanced Vulnerability Management reporting tools.
  • Maintain awareness of emerging trends and changes that pose risk and threats in the Cybersecurity industry
  • Capable of managing and acting as lead consultant for a small delivery team of junior level cloud security engineers, or acting independently
Experience:
  • 5+ years hands-on experience in vulnerability management/penetration testing
  • Experience managing the entire vulnerability lifecycle from discovery, triage, remediation, and validation
  • Experience conducting organization-wide vulnerability scanning and remediation processes
  • Experience hardening system images according to industry baselines, such as CIS Benchmarks
  • Experience with vulnerability management across cloud environments such as Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services, or Google Cloud Platform.
  • Experience with cloud security posture management tools (e.g. Prisma, Orca Security, ZScaler CSPM, etc.) and remediating vulnerabilities and misconfigurations in cloud environments
  • Create process automation including scripting and API integrations
  • Strong understanding of OWASP, CVSS, the MITRE ATT&CK framework, and the software development lifecycle.
  • Experience utilizing SOAR tools
  • Have a strong, practical understanding of modern cloud IT infrastructure, networking, and security engineering concepts
  • Experience with image life cycle management and integrating into vulnerability management solutions
  • Experience in identifying gaps in current processes, workflows, and design and recommend changes or enhancements as needed.
  • Establish and mature processes around vulnerability management, including operating models, maturity models, SLAs/SLOs, discovery, and handling.
  • Experience categorizing threat actor tactics, techniques, and procedures within the MITRE frameworks such as ATT&CK and D3FEND
  • Designed, developed, and operationalized vulnerability management metrics and dashboards
  • Understanding information security risk measurement, both qualitative and quantitative
  • Understanding of industry best practices, security, and regulatory frameworks relating to the vulnerability management lifecycle
  • Create and maintain standard operating procedures, training documents, and technical documents
  • Experience managing a backlog and delivery team of technical and non-technical professionals
  • Familiar with distributed systems, networking, and database fundamentals
  • Ability to influence business leader support to remediate vulnerabilities in accordance with defined timeframes to reduce the attack surface.
  • Strong understanding in operating systems, supporting infrastructure, endpoint applications, networking protocols, and devices.
  • Maintain situational awareness around industry news on software vulnerabilities, including zero-day vulnerabilities and emergency patching
  • Threat Hunting or Purple Teaming experience a plus.
  • Leadership experience and executive level communication and facilitation skills across technical and non-technical stakeholders
  • Excellent written and verbal communications skills including demonstrated proficiency in clearly communicating technical concepts to non-technical audiences in business terminology
  • Ability to maintain a high degree of professionalism in all client communications
  • Ability to influence others, build relationships, and manage conflicts
  • Highly motivated, consultative, problem solving mindset
  • Brief management, as needed, on the status of action items and/or results of these activities
Technical Requirements:
  • Bachelor's degree in Information Security, Information Technology, Information Systems Management, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
  • Vendor, technical, and non-technical certifications (e.g., CEH, GEVA, GPEN, OSCP, RSA, SANS, ISC2 and information security solution vendor partners)
  • Experience with vulnerability scanning and automation configuration tools (e.g., Rapid7, Tenable, Qualys, Vulcan, Tipwire, SCCM, InTune, SolarWinds, Ivanti, etc.) to scan, manage, prioritize and remediate vulnerabilities
  • Comprehensive knowledge of various operating systems, infrastructure (on/off-prem), cloud deployments, endpoints, applications, networking protocols, and devices.
  • Scripting experience in Python, Java, PowerShell, or similar tools a plus
  • Experience working with a leading threat intelligence platform and other methods for gathering data
  • Experience with industry standard SAST/DAST/SCA and penetration testing tools a plus

EEO Employer

Apex Systems is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate or allow discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, genetic information, registered domestic partner status, marital status, disability, status as a crime victim, protected veteran status, political affiliation, union membership, or any other characteristic protected by law. Apex will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law. If you have visited our website in search of information on employment opportunities or to apply for a position, and you require an accommodation in using our website for a search or application, please contact our Employee Services Department at or . Apex Systems is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRated's Best of Staffing® in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work® in the United Kingdom and Mexico.

  • ID: #50017893
  • State: Florida Tampa bay area 33601 Tampa bay area USA
  • City: Tampa bay area
  • Salary: USD TBD TBD
  • Job type: Permanent
  • Showed: 2023-05-29
  • Deadline: 2023-07-27
  • Category: Et cetera