IT Engineer, Vulnerability Scanning Engineer
University of Maryland Division of Information Technology
College Park, MD
Full-time
Information Services / Technology (IT)
Posted on September 12, 2022
Position title: IT Engineer, Vulnerability Scanning Engineer
Position #: 127693
Minimum qualifications
Position #: 127693
The Vulnerability Scanning Engineer works within the IT Security office of the Division of Information Technology (DIT) to lead the campus vulnerability management program. This position will investigate and implement new and different ways to improve and automate the vulnerability management lifecycle including but not limited to data ingestion & normalization, compliance metrics, and detections on IT systems. This position will maintain the campus vulnerability scanning environment to scan on-premise and cloud-based IT systems and will perform scheduled and ad-hoc vulnerability scans to comply with campus mandates, regulatory needs, and help determine the impact of newly discovered vulnerabilities to campus. This position will work closely with business and technical systems owners to understand their systems’ risks and develop remediation plans to resolve discovered vulnerabilities. This position will produce metrics and dashboards to demonstrate the risk reduction to IT systems from a successful vulnerability management program.
Minimum qualifications
Education:
- Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent combination of education, technical certifications, and training, or work experience.
Experience:
- A minimum of three years of experience in information security, primarily focused on vulnerability scanning and vulnerability management
- Experience with one or more of the following programming languages – Perl, Python, PHP, or PowerShell
- Experience with vulnerability scanning tools such as Rapid7 Nexpose, Nessus, Tenable, Nmap
- Experience with open source penetration testing tools such as Metasploit, Burp Suite, sqlmap, Bloodhound
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
- Understanding of a variety of technical concepts with a focus on cloud computing, automation, networking, systems administration, application development, and information security best practices
- Understanding the techniques and goals of cyber-attackers
- Able to effectively communicate about highly technical issues with technical and non-technical audiences
- Understanding the concepts around Windows, Linux, macOS X system administration
Preferences:
- A minimum of six years of broad experience in the field of IT
- Experience as a Windows or Unix system administrator especially with Active Directory and utilizing patch management solutions
- Experience in IT controls monitoring for regulatory and compliance requirements like PCI-DSS, NIST 800-171, HI
PAA - Experience leading a vulnerability management program
- Experience supporting security in cloud-based environments
- Experience supporting cybersecurity in a Higher Education IT environment
Preferred Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
- Proficiency with scripting languages (Python, Perl, Ruby, etc)
Preferred Certification:
- Holds a profession certification such as GEVA, GPEN, GSEC, GCIH, CySA+, CEH, OSCP
Additional information:
Physical demands:
Benefits Included:
- Medical, dental, and vision co
verage designed to help you and your family live a healthy lifestyle. - Flexible work opportunities
- UMCP Tuition Remission for employees, and their dependents to grow and achieve greatness.
- Generous paid time off package to address work/life balance and maintain well-being.
- Retirement Benefits created to aid employees in reaching future retirement goals.
- And many more…
Salary range is $105,000 – $125,000.
**This position does not provide sponsorship for Visas.
**This position does not provide sponsorship for Visas.
Predominantly operates in an office environment and requires the ability to operate standard office equipment and keyboards. Must have the ability to lift and small carry parcels, packages, and other items and to walk short distances.
Best consideration date: 09/30/2022 or open until filled
Please apply at: https://ejobs.umd.edu/
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