Vulnerability Management Lead

Unissant • Bethesda, VA

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

Unissant, Inc. is seeking a Vulnerability Management Lead to join their team and support their client. The ideal candidate is a proactive cybersecurity professional with deep experience leading enterprise vulnerability management efforts in complex environments. This individual brings strong technical judgment, a risk-based mindset, and the ability to collaborate across teams to improve visibility, accelerate remediation, and strengthen the organization's overall security posture.

Requirements

• Minimum of 5 years of hands-on experience in enterprise vulnerability management, security operations, or risk remediation workflows.
• Experience supporting large-scale environments that include servers, workstations, network infrastructure, HPC environments, and cloud platforms.
• Strong understanding of risk-based remediation, vulnerability prioritization, and federal cybersecurity expectations.
• Experience with dashboarding, workflow automation, and reporting tools such as Power BI, SharePoint, and Power Apps.
• Ability to assess gaps in tools, processes, and data flows and recommend practical improvements.
• Excellent verbal and written skills, ability to present proposals and performance data, comfortable interfacing all levels of organization.
• Ability to write clear and concise creative content in a highly confidential manner.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance.

Nice To Haves

• Preferred field of study in Computer Science, Information Technology, Information Systems, Operations Management, or related field of study.
• MBA/Master's Degree in a relevant field of study preferred.
• Desired certifications include CompTIA Security+, CISSP, CISM, CISA, CCSP, and OSCP.

Responsibilities

• Lead the planning, execution, and continuous improvement of the vulnerability management program across the enterprise environment.
• Oversee vulnerability scanning, prioritization, remediation coordination, reporting, and compliance alignment across a large and diverse asset base.
• Work closely with stakeholders to identify vulnerabilities, prioritize actions, and track progress toward remediation goals.
• Develop and maintain risk-based prioritization methods that account for exploitability, impact, asset criticality, and threat intelligence.
• Support automation, dashboarding, and process improvement initiatives that strengthen vulnerability visibility and reporting.
• Develop and maintain SOPs, templates, risk mitigation approaches, and improvement plans that support program maturity.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior