Lead, Security Engineer V&CM

U.S. Financial Technology (U.S. FinTech) is seeking an experienced Lead, Security Engineer Vulnerability and Configuration Management to join their team of talented professionals. The role involves acting as a Subject Matter Expert for vulnerability assessments, collaborating with IT and DevOps teams, and mentoring junior analysts while ensuring compliance with security policies and best practices.

Responsibilities:

• Vulnerability Assessment
• Act as a Subject Matter Expert for the VCM program, processes, and tooling
• Configure, tune, and maintain vulnerability management tools
• Work with Security Architecture on new build outs, new business, new technologies, new environments to ensure coverage of VCM programs, processes, and tooling
• Build out new Security baselines for CIS, DISA STIG, and custom baselines
• Correlate Vulnerabilities with threat intelligence to assess exploitability and risk. Work with Cyber Security Operations Center to ensure mitigations are in place while vulnerabilities are being remediated
• Provide detailed risk assessments for discovered vulnerabilities
• Enforce remediation timelines in accordance with Standard Operating Procedures
• Remediation Tracking & Reporting
• Collaborate with IT and DevOps teams to ensure timely remediation of vulnerabilities
• Conduct regular and ad-hoc vulnerability scans using tools like Wiz or Tenable
• Integrate tools with all cloud environments. Ensure complete coverage of all IT environments
• Ensure alignment with internal security policies, regulatory requirements (NIST/SOC), and industry best practices
• Support audits and assessments by providing evidence and documentation
• Act as a liaison between security, IT, development, and risk teams
• Provide clear, actionable recommendations tailored to technical and non-technical audiences
• Provide guidance and training to junior members of the VCM team
• Identify potential gaps in the vulnerability or compliance management programs and propose improvements
• Develop and maintain Standard Operating Procedures, Frameworks, and Job Aids/HowTos

Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent required.BA/BS degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Cyber Security or a related technical field
• Minimum of 7 years of experience with security engineering and operations, as well as experience managing and supporting large, complex mission-critical systems and with Vulnerability management tools, patching processes and tools, VM operation/workflow, or configuration/Baseline/File-integrity monitoring applications and processes
• Applicants must be authorized to work in the US without requiring employer sponsorship currently or in the future
• Subject matter expert of cloud based critical infrastructure systems and security threats for these systems (AWS Cloud experience required)
• Subject matter expert with cyber security in the domains of vulnerability and compliance management
• Familiarity with latest security vulnerabilities, advisories, incidents, penetration techniques, understanding of attacks, and determination of countermeasures
• Subject matter expert of network and system vulnerabilities, malware, networking protocols, multi-tiered applications, and attack methods to exploit vulnerabilities
• Experience in senior technical security role, including network security, operating system security, Internet or Web security, and vulnerability testing
• Strong knowledge of networking fundamentals such as TCP/IP and basic packet analysis, network engineering, and local and wide area (LAN/WAN) technologies and topologies
• Must have experience conducting comprehensive vulnerability assessments with vulnerability monitoring tools (Wiz and Tenable)
• General knowledge and experience in Windows / Linux Operating Systems, baseline security configurations, audit, forensics, Patch Management for these OSs
• Experience developing Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), job aids, and hands-on training materials
• Be able to work in fast paced environment with occasional on-call activities
• Excellent interpersonal skills, presentation skills, and verbal / written communication skills
• Self-starter; adaptable to change; motivated to set personal and program goals and pro-actively track performance against goals and initiatives
• Ability to manage multiple priorities – projects, deliverables, and stakeholders
• Ability to influence peers and management; ability to team cross-functionally and form relationships to achieve objectives
• Active in the security industry; equipped with external networking relationships to maintain relevant knowledge of best practices, tactics, strategies and technologies
• Master's Degree is a plus
• AWS Security, AWS Architect certifications desired