Vulnerability Management Lead

Unissant•Bethesda, MD

8d•Hybrid

About The Position

Unissant, Inc. delivers innovative capabilities to the agencies that keep our nation healthy and safe. We apply our domain expertise, data acumen, and technology know-how to achieve breakthrough results for our clients. Working collaboratively, we advance missions and careers through a focus on honesty, integrity, and dependability. We continuously look for talent, excited to join that effort. To learn more about our exciting organization, please visit us at www.unissant.com. We are seeking a Vulnerability Management Lead to join our team and support our 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.
Bachelor's Degree is required.
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

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.