Vulnerability Management Analyst

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation • Charlotte, NC

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

As a Vulnerability Management Analyst, you will help strengthen SMBC Group’s cybersecurity capabilities and protect the Bank’s networks, applications, and infrastructure. Working alongside security professionals and IT owners, you will identify and mitigate risks that threat groups could exploit, drive effective vulnerability remediation, and help the Bank keep pace with an evolving threat landscape.

The Vulnerability Management team identifies, analyzes, and reports on vulnerabilities across SMBC. Using a proactive, risk-based approach, the team addresses security gaps to protect the Bank’s networks and data from cyberattacks, safeguard its reputation, and maintain customer trust.

The role involves configuring vulnerability scans, researching emerging threats, conducting risk assessments, identifying attack vectors, coordinating remediation, and reporting on compliance and improvement opportunities across the enterprise. The analyst collaborates with teams across the Bank to communicate and address risk and promote secure technologies aligned with security standards. The position offers the opportunity to work with leading-edge tools and technologies in a challenging, complex enterprise environment.

SMBC employees participate in a hybrid workforce model that provides the opportunity to work from home and from an SMBC office. Employees must live within a reasonable commuting distance of their office location. Candidates will learn more about their specific hybrid schedule during the interview process. Hybrid work may not be permitted for certain roles.

Requirements

• Foundational cybersecurity knowledge gained through academic study, labs, internships, personal projects, or professional experience.
• Familiarity with the MITRE ATT&CK framework and common network and web-based attacks, and an understanding of how they relate to vulnerability assessment.
• Foundational knowledge of operating systems, networking, web applications, and common infrastructure components.
• Hands-on exposure to vulnerability assessment tools through coursework, labs, projects, internships, or employment, including interpreting scan results and validating findings.
• Understanding of how exploitability, exposure, asset criticality, business impact, and mitigating controls inform vulnerability prioritization.
• Strong written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills, with the ability to explain technical concepts clearly and collaborate with technical and nontechnical stakeholders.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including the ability to analyze datasets, identify patterns, and summarize findings clearly.
• A proactive, detail-oriented approach, strong organizational skills, willingness to learn, and ability to manage competing priorities and deadlines.

Nice To Haves

• Experience coordinating remediation with technology owners, tracking progress, and documenting closure evidence or approved exceptions.
• Ability to use scripting to automate tasks and improve operational processes.
• Working knowledge of cloud technologies and containerized environments.

Responsibilities

• Triage vulnerability alerts from security tools, external intelligence providers, penetration tests, and user-reported findings to assess their impact on the organization.
• Configure vulnerability scans and policy checks across networks, infrastructure, and applications, and perform manual testing as needed to validate findings.
• Partner with business units to conduct vulnerability assessments, advise on risk-reduction strategies, and oversee remediation to ensure vulnerabilities are addressed within required timelines.
• Model attack surface risks and communicate high-risk areas to stakeholders in collaboration with the Threat Intelligence and Threat Hunting functions.
• Contribute to periodic vulnerability management reports and metrics for management.
• Tune vulnerability management tools to expand coverage, reduce false positives and false negatives, and improve operational processes.
• Collaborate with the Optimization team to implement detections and mitigations, including intrusion prevention system signatures, to protect against relevant threats.
• Proactively investigate emerging risks and opportunities to strengthen the Bank’s security posture.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed