Vulnerability Management Analyst

DANE LLC•Chantilly, VA

9d•$70,000 - $85,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Looking for a place that invests in you from day one? At DANE, we offer aggressive PTO, strong benefits, and ongoing learning opportunities, backed by a culture that values and supports our team. We are seeking a Vulnerability Management Analyst (Tenable/Nessus & Metrics) to support vulnerability tracking, remediation coordination, and security metrics reporting in a federal technology environment. This is a junior-level role (1–3 years of experience) focused on execution and coordination, working hands-on with Tenable/Nessus, iPost, Power BI, Excel, and ticketing systems to ensure that vulnerability data is accurate, actionable, and reportable.

Requirements

1–3 years of experience in cybersecurity operations, vulnerability management, SOC, cyber GRC, IT operations, or application security support; working knowledge of CVE, CVSS, KEV, false positives, POA&M tracking, risk acceptance, and vulnerability aging.
Hands-on Tenable/Nessus experience: executing credentialed scans, analyzing plugin output and CVE findings, validating true/false positives, and building dashboards, saved filters, and exports for KEV, Critical/High, EOL/EOS, and aging tracking.
Intermediate Power BI (Power Query, data modeling, DAX, slicers) and strong Excel skills (pivot tables, VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP, conditional formatting, deduplication) for vulnerability reporting and KPI tracking.
Experience with iPost, ServiceNow, CA ServiceDesk, Jira, or SharePoint for remediation tracking; ability to reconcile data across multiple tools, identify mismatches, and maintain accurate ownership and evidence records.
Familiarity with EOL/EOS software tracking, patch compliance, remediation exceptions, risk acceptance documentation, and closure evidence collection.
Strong attention to detail, comfort working with large and messy datasets, and clear communication skills for translating technical findings into plain-language updates for leadership and non-technical stakeholders.

Nice To Haves

Experience supporting federal cybersecurity programs or regulated environments; familiarity with NIST SP 800-53, RMF, A&A, ATO, POA&M lifecycle management, CISA BOD 22-01, and FedRAMP vulnerability requirements.
Exposure to DevSecOps and application security tooling: SAST, DAST, SCA, container image scanning, secrets scanning, or Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) analysis.
Basic understanding of enterprise patching for Windows Server, Windows workstations, .NET Framework, Java JRE, SQL Server, and endpoint agents; familiarity with Splunk or other SIEM platforms.
Experience developing SOPs, RACI matrices, or workflow documentation in a security or IT operations context.
Relevant certifications such as CompTIA Security+, CySA+, CEH, or equivalent entry-to-mid-level cybersecurity credentials.

Responsibilities

Run authorized Tenable/Nessus scans using credentialed scan profiles and review exports to identify CVEs, plugin findings, KEV status, EOL/EOS software risks, and affected assets.
Validate findings as true or false positives, track vulnerability age using first-seen/last-seen dates, and escalate unresolved findings to senior security staff or system owners.
Support the full vulnerability lifecycle from intake and triage through ownership assignment, remediation tracking, retest/rescan validation, and closure evidence collection.
Monitor KEV and Critical/High findings against federal remediation timelines (e.g., BOD 22-01) and flag aging, stale, or blocked findings for escalation.
Build and maintain Power BI dashboards and Excel reports covering vulnerability posture, patch compliance, KEV status, finding aging, and ownership tracking using Power Query, slicers, and basic DAX measures.
Produce recurring deliverables, including Critical/High aging reports, Tenable/iPost reconciliation summaries, EOL/EOS tracking, and executive snapshots; document KPI definitions and data sources.
Reconcile vulnerability data across Tenable/Nessus, iPost, ServiceNow/CA ServiceDesk, Jira, SharePoint, POA&M trackers, and Excel exports to identify mismatches and coverage gaps.
Coordinate with security, development, infrastructure, database, and cloud teams and ISSO stakeholders to drive remediation through closure.