Vulnerability Disclosure Analyst

Flashpoint Venture Capital

Vulnerability Disclosure Analyst conducting comprehensive vulnerability analysis for cyber threat intelligence at Flashpoint. Collaborating with teams to ensure high-quality vulnerability intelligence support.

Posted 4/24/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

JavaLinuxPythonRuby

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Analyze vendor security advisories, research vulnerability reports, mailing lists, product changelogs, news articles, bug trackers, commits, exploits, and many other sources to identify issues that constitute legitimate vulnerabilities (sources are provided) in order to author a detailed vulnerability entry based on findings. This task makes up eighty percent of day to day requirements of this role.
Analyze and review new vulnerabilities for inclusion into the VulnDB product and update existing vulnerability entries with details, references, product information, exploit availability, and solutions.
Assist team members during peak activity periods to ensure the timeliness of high-quality data.
Monitor work queues as needed to maintain balanced workloads and achieve turn-around standards, ensuring data quality.
stay current with the latest security threats, vulnerabilities, and industry best practices.
Provide mentorship and technical guidance to junior analysts and serve as a subject matter expert on vulnerabilities to the wider team.
Collaborate with other teams such as Product, Engineering, and Customer Success to solve customer challenges, clarify technical content, and be customer-oriented.

Requirements

What you’ll need

possess high reading comprehension, attention to detail, and deductive reasoning.
have writing skills and an affinity for writing research papers and summarizing complex subjects into short entries.
are self-motivated and can work independently and in collaboration with others.
have compassion for customer needs and a desire to work in a client-sense business.
have some coding experience in one or more languages, such as C/C++, Java, Python, and Ruby, to the level where you can identify vulnerabilities when reading the code.
have some experience with vulnerability exploit development and familiarity with security assessment tools and techniques.
conducted security testing, vulnerability and network scanning, and penetration testing.
understand the concepts of Windows and Linux operating systems, access controls, and privilege levels.
are familiar with many widely used web applications, client and server software, and web browsers.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Diversity. Flashpoint is committed to fostering, cultivating and preserving a culture of diversity, inclusion, belonging, and equity. We recognize that diversity is key to achieving our vision. We believe that every person and their experiences contribute to building a work environment and products and services that will change the world.
Culture and Belonging. Our company’s culture isn’t something you join, it’s something you build and shape, and each person's unique backgrounds and experiences contribute to who Flashpoint is and will become. You will have ample opportunities to connect with coworkers through various communication channels and company-funded virtual events: book clubs, happy hours, committees, DIBE discussion group, Donut mixers, local team member meetups and much more.
Perks. Flashpoint understands that personal wellness is one of the keys to a happy, healthy and productive work environment. That’s why we also prioritize health and wellness perks like gym reimbursements, expensed lunches, cool cultural initiatives and inclusive employee events.
Career Growth. Flashpoint is invested in the growth of our team members and understands that frequent, two-way feedback is critical to that growth. We encourage regular one-on-ones with your manager, a regular schedule of performance reviews, learning and development opportunities, and guidance through formalized career paths; whether that be towards being a great manager, being a great individual contributor, or a lateral move to gain breadth of knowledge and experience.

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Hard Skills & Tools

C/C++JavaPythonRubyvulnerability exploit developmentsecurity assessment toolssecurity testingvulnerability scanningpenetration testingWindows operating system

Soft Skills

reading comprehensionattention to detaildeductive reasoningwriting skillsself-motivatedcollaborationcustomer-orientedmentorshiptechnical guidancecompassion for customer needs