Vulnerability Management (Rapid 7 Consultant)

Inherent Technologies • Morrisville, NC, US • 2w ago

Position: Vulnerability Management (Rapid 7 Consultant)

Location: Morrisville, NC Onsite

Job Description

Qualification: Candidate should be CS/IT graduate preferably B. E/ B. Tech/ MCA or equivalent in computer science/IT stream.

Mandatory Requirement: In depth knowledge of Rapid 7 vulnerability management tool. Understanding of Rapid 7 dashboards, limitations of tools, Rapid 7 data warehouse & SQL queries etc. must have done Sr. customer facing consultant and lead role in past.

Experience

Hands on experience on vulnerability remediation in multi-vendor/multi tool/ hybrid cloud environment.
Candidates should have experience of 8+ years on Vulnerability Management for international customer environments with Rapid 7 as primary tool.

Requirements

Should have great communication and leadership skills. Ability to interact effectively with different level of stakeholders to govern vulnerability management area effectively.
Should have good knowledge of information security areas as Vulnerability Management Lifecycle, Risk Management, Policy Compliance etc.
Good understanding of information security related fields, including security implementation, security operations, and security policy and technology administration
Should possess good understanding of assets, threats and vulnerabilities and their correlation in an organization
Should have experience of Vulnerability Management tool like Rapid 7, Qualys, Nessus, Tenable, MS Defender etc.
Should be able to govern vulnerability remediation lifecycle
Should have leadership qualities to handle a team of professionals
Experience in governance of vulnerability backlog remediation
Experience on vulnerability prioritization platforms like RiskSense/ Kenna would be a plus
Knowledge of SANS Top 20 Critical Security Controls and NIST Vulnerability Database (CVE)
Should be able to collect feedback and analyze weak areas and present the same to management
Should be able to collect gaps in vulnerability management processes and provide optimization recommendations to customer.

Tasks/Duties

Performing evaluation of the deployed tool environment
Able to identify and suggest vulnerability management tool related architectural best practices
Should have working experience on deployment of scanners/cloud agents for scanning tools like Rapid 7, Qualys, Tenable, MS Defender etc.
Should have working experience on configuring the vulnerability management tool including scanning profiles, policy compliance templates, scanning schedules etc.
Able to develop vulnerability management tool architecture
Develop and review process definition and technical operational runbooks
Analyze, Interpret and prioritize vulnerability scan results into remediation actions
Improve and mature the vulnerability management process
Handle vulnerability remediation governance process
Provide recommendations on the emerging security threats to client
Provide recommendations on emerging tools complimenting the vulnerability management landscape

Soft Skills