
Vulnerability Engineer
Golden Prospects by YMP
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: New Jersey • United States
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Salary
💰 $90,000 - $110,000 per year
About the role
- Responsible for identifying, analyzing, prioritizing, and remediating security vulnerabilities across Windows and Linux server environments.
- Supports the organizations security posture by ensuring timely identification, analysis, and remediation of vulnerabilities across middleware platforms.
- Collaborates with the ITVM team to review weekly/biweekly scan reports, validate findings, and translate them into actionable remediation tasks.
- Prepares detailed remediation plans including impact assessments, risk evaluations, timelines, and required resource coordination.
- Executes configuration level hardening and applies vendor fix packs on middleware technologies such as JBoss, Tomcat, IBM Client, and WebSphere.
- Ensures all remediation activities follow structured change management processes, maintaining system stability and preventing service disruptions.
- Coordinates with cross functional teams including application, infrastructure, and security teams to ensure smooth implementation and validation.
- Maintains comprehensive documentation for all remediation activities, configurations, approvals, and compliance requirements.
- Monitors and prioritizes high severity vulnerabilities to meet organizational security SLAs and regulatory expectations.
- Utilizes vendor support IDs to download patches, engage vendor support, and resolve complex middleware remediation issues.
- Contributes to continuous improvement of vulnerability management processes through analysis, feedback, and proactive security hardening.
Requirements
- Familiarity with Vulnerability scanning platforms and a good understanding of network fundamentals, firewalls, authentication, and encryption.
- Understanding of CVEs, CVSS scoring, zero day vulnerabilities, and threat exposure.
- Strong hands-on experience with Windows Server and Linux Server administrations.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
security vulnerability analysisremediation planningconfiguration hardeningWindows Server administrationLinux Server administrationmiddleware technologiesvendor fix packsvulnerability scanningrisk evaluationchange management
Soft Skills
collaborationcommunicationdocumentationproblem-solvingorganizational skills