Senior Vulnerability Analyst

Tetrad Digital Integrity•Arlington, VA

About The Position

Tetrad Digital Integrity (TDI) is a leading-edge cybersecurity firm with a mission to safeguard and protect our customers from increasing threats and vulnerabilities in this digital age. TDI has an immediate need for an experienced Vulnerability Analyst for a new customer on a highly- visible and strategic Cybersecurity Task Order. The VAT Analyst will need to be a self-starter with excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, flexibility, good judgment, and the ability to work within a team to stand up and mature the cybersecurity capabilities of our customer

Requirements

BS degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, Math or related field and 4+ years of prior relevant experience with a focus on cybersecurity.
8 - 10 years of experience in vulnerability assessment/management.
Familiar with the operational, and technical aspects of IT Security in a complex environment.
Experience working with industry-standard cybersecurity methodologies and processes
General understanding of TCP/IP protocols
Experience conducting vulnerability/compliance scans using Nessus
TDI does business with the federal government, which restricts employment to individuals who are either US citizens or lawful permanent residents of the United States.

Responsibilities

Continuously research emerging threats to the environment in order to disseminate the information to all stakeholders, immediately assess the known environment for presence of the vulnerability, and work with the SOC and enterprise networking teams to proactively block exploitation within the customer environment.
Perform enterprise-wide network scans, agent scans, including credentialed scans of Linux, Windows, and Network devices.
Execute vulnerability/compliance scans through Nessus SC interface, determine whether a completed scan has provided valid results, and generate a variety of reports to meet customer needs and expectations
Configure and maintain scan templates based on asset types, repository, credentials, etc. in support of continuous scanning requirements for various FISMA systems
Perform security compliance and vulnerability assessments, specifically developing and applying STIG or CIS baselines for various operating systems, including Windows or RHEL and CentOS
Maintain, optimize, and troubleshoot scan policies and repositories.
Manage scan policies for multiple FISMA systems
Perform vulnerability analysis from scan results and prioritize vulnerabilities and findings for remediation
Coordinate with other program staff, FISMA system ISSOs, and system owners to explain findings, provide recommendations on mitigations, and advocate for mitigation of vulnerabilities
Conduct scheduled and ad-hoc or emergency vulnerability/compliance scanning to support targeted incident investigation, escalation, and emergency response to security events in accordance with documented procedures
Conduct host-based, network, database, web-based vulnerability assessments
Author and maintain SOPs and runbooks