KeenLogic is seeking to hire a Senior Vulnerability Analyst to join our team at the Drug Enforcement Administration. As a Vulnerability Analyst, you will play a crucial role in maintaining security measures to protect an organization's infrastructure and data. This role requires a deep understanding of security technologies, security best practices, and a proactive approach to identifying and mitigating security risks.
This is a full-time position offering Fortune 500-level benefits, PTO, 401k, and Life Insurance. This is a remote position, on-site as needed, based out of the Sterling, VA area.
Qualifications:
- Master’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Security, or Information Systems
- 8+ Years of Related Experience
- Secret Clearance/Interim Secret
Key Responsibilities:
- Perform in-depth analysis of vulnerabilities by correlating data from various sources.
- Proactively research and monitor security-related information sources for vulnerability discovery.
- Assess impact of vulnerabilities on critical systems or data and advise on remediation.
- Maintain patch and vulnerability management practices to protect against exploitation.
- Manage tracking and remediation of vulnerabilities, obtaining action plans from stakeholders and using ticketing systems.
- Research current vulnerabilities and exploits using trusted resources.
- Document remediation tasks for application and system owners.
- Report findings and remediation recommendations to stakeholders (e.g., executive reports, trends reports).
- Assist system engineering team in configuring and deploying vulnerability scanning and network assessment tools.
- Support Incident Detection and Response team in daily operations.
- Conduct scans to identify vulnerabilities and ensure security standards compliance.
- Coordinate with external researchers and organizations during the disclosure process for responsible reporting and resolution.
- Collaborate with teams to implement and utilize automated tools for vulnerability management.
- Coordinate with teams to perform regular patching and scanning.
Experience needed:
- Extensive experience in vulnerability management, patch management, and configuration management best practices.
- Knowledge of researching vulnerabilities, exploitation techniques, and industry trends/threats.
- Familiarity with Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) and Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
- Experience with vulnerability and compliance scanning tools.
- Ability to interpret security advisories and understand vulnerability exploitation and impact.
- Project management experience.
- Experience with patching procedures for Linux, Windows, etc.
- Ability to self-direct project outcomes and achieve program goals with minimal supervision.
What We Do
Today’s government agencies must continually evolve to keep pace with the dynamic and rapidly changing technology landscape. To ensure continual innovation and improvement, these agencies must be able to anticipate all future needs while embracing technological advancements.
At KeenLogic, we create value through differentiation, innovation, and technology to drive high-quality enterprise IT services such as help desk as a service — for government customers. We combine the latest states of “what is” with an unrealized yet needed version of “what could be.”
KeenLogic operates two distinct lines of business:
(1) Enterprise IT Services (Helpdesk/Service Desk)
(2) Network/Internet Services (Fixed-Wireless Microwave Broadband)
We have a 10-year track record of high-quality performance and service delivery and a reputation for taking exceptional care of our team.
The company is well funded and capitalized to support new project ramp-up and overhead costs, has a highly experienced executive and management team, and a board of directors with over 20 years of management and operations experience.
We aim to provide the highest standard of customer service to government agencies by leveraging a corporate foundation that is built on CMMI Level III business processes, leadership, and financial strength.
Key attributes:
• 10-year history of providing quality, customer-focused IT solutions
• Excellent past performance and track record
• 95% employee retention rate
• Small business agility with large business resources
• Secret facility clearance
• Well capitalized for project ramp-up
• KeenLogic is a reputed enterprise IT services and help desk solutions provider that answers today’s problems while anticipating the needs of tomorrow.
