Senior Manager, Vulnerability Management

Marriott • Bethesda, MD

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

Leads workgroups and/or functions as a technical expert. Assesses and reports on
vulnerabilities and remediation efforts across the enterprise. Guides, reviews
and documents internal systems review activities. Designs and rolls out
evaluation and improvement processes to assure the inclusion of appropriate
elements of quality and compliance with security policy and regulations. Define,
implement and manage the Information Vulnerability Management (IVM) Program
through the identification and analysis of known and newly found vulnerabilities
to determine their operational and security impact. Address vulnerabilities
found through remediation recommendations, Information Vulnerability Alerts and
Information Vulnerability Bulletins. This task area requires technical knowledge
in computer network theory, IT standards and protocols, as well as an
understanding of the lifecycle of cyberspace threats, attack vectors, and
methods of exploitation.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Sciences or related field or equivalent experience/certification
• 7+ years of information security experience that also includes background and knowledge of general security concepts such as defense in-depth, least privilege, etc.
• 3+ years’ experience with: Vulnerability assessment and reporting including comprehensive understanding of Vulnerability Management methodologies and procedures, threat assessment, and remediation management  Implementing, managing or using enterprise vulnerability assessment technologies, including Tenable.io, Tenable Security Center, or similar vulnerability solutions, is required

Nice To Haves

• Current information security certification, including Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), GIAC certification, or Certified Information Security Manager (CISM)
• Technical leadership experience in a sourced environment
• Experience managing or operating enterprise vulnerability management in a large commercial enterprise
• Experience with triaging vulnerabilities using open source and proprietary information and prioritizing remediation based on asset and threat data
• Experience managing medium to large projects involving multiple teams in a technical lead role within an enterprise environment 
• Familiarity with attack and exploitation techniques involving operating systems, applications, and devices commonly seen in an enterprise environment
• Ability to understand and manipulate large data sets to provide analysis and reporting
• Experience with developing scripted solutions, preferably with Python
• Experience with workflow solutions, including ServiceNow and Jira
• Experience with managing technical aspects of various controls frameworks, such as NIST Security and Privacy Controls and PCI-DSS
• Excellent communication skills and problem solving ability
• Demonstrated ability to work independently and with others
• Technical infrastructure operations, administration, or engineering background
• Experience working with Agile workflow management, including sprints and Kanban

Responsibilities

• Provides technical leadership to the information vulnerability management process, including developing and managing remediation activities  
• Assist with the development and implementation of strategies to enhance and mature the vulnerability management program
• Identify, triage, and prioritize vulnerabilities and associated remediation and mitigation activity using multiple sources of vulnerability, threat, and asset data
• Develop remediation and mitigation guidance to include vendor-supplied remediations, mitigating actions to reduce risk, and actions to address vulnerabilities for which complete remediation does not exist, on both individual assets and on multi-asset solutions and environments
• Use internal solutions to report on open vulnerabilities, remediation progress, remediation compliance, and vulnerability metrics for use by technical, management, and executive stakeholders
• Coordinate external testing of assets and environments to include penetration testing and security assessments
• Conduct research using open source and proprietary intelligence to identify and analyze existing and new vulnerabilities
• Perform planned and ad-hoc vulnerability scanning, determine remediation options and track remediation to completion.
• Evaluate and test hardware, firmware and software for possible impact on system security, and the investigation and resolution of security risk and incidents. 
• Assist in the direction of third-party vendors activities to include prioritizing work, developing processes to govern such activities, and reporting on the status, type, and effectiveness of those activities
• Create, maintain, and mature vulnerability management processes and related documentation.
• Maintain documentation repositories related to vulnerability management for use by internal staff and technical stakeholders
• Maintain documentation repositories related to vulnerability management for use by internal staff and technical stakeholders
• Work proactively with IT Infrastructure partners with respect to strategic and tactical plans for information security
• Educates internal and external users of security technologies to continually improve the knowledge and skill-base of the organization on how best to manage patch management and vulnerability management within the infrastructure services
• Participates in the evaluation and selection of security services products
• Promotes the benefits of security services to the organization and educates the team on security concepts
• Trains and/or mentors other team members, and peers as appropriate 
• Provides financial input on department or project budgets, capital expenditure or other cost/resource estimates as requested
• Identifies opportunities to enhance the service delivery processes
• Follows all defined IT standards and processes (i.e. IT Governance, SM&G, Architecture, etc.), and provides input for improvements to the appropriate process owners as needed
• Maintains a proper balance between business and operational risk 
• Follows the defined project management standards and processes

Benefits

• All positions offer a 401(k) plan, stock purchase plan, discounts at Marriott properties, commuter benefits, employee assistance plan, and childcare discounts.
• Full-time positions also offer coverage for medical, dental, vision, health care flexible spending account, dependent care flexible spending account, life insurance, disability insurance, accident insurance, adoption expense reimbursements, paid parental leave and educational assistance.
• Employees will accrue paid sick leave, 0.077 PTO balance for every hour worked and be eligible to receive a minimum of 9 holidays annually.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees