Vulnerability Management / Security Specialist:

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Title: Vulnerability Management / Security Specialist:
Location: India
Duration: 12+ Months (Contract)
Description
Description:
Vulnerability Management / Security Specialist:
· Qualys VMDR Administration: Administer and maintain Qualys , including scan configurations, Cloud Agents, Scanner Appliances, asset inventory, tagging, and platform governance.
· Vulnerability Scanning & Coverage: Configure and monitor authenticated vulnerability scans across approximately 650 servers and the wider enterprise environment, addressing scanning, authentication, and coverage gaps.
· Vulnerability Assessment & Prioritization: Analyze Qualys findings, including QIDs and severity, and prioritize vulnerabilities based on risk, exploitability, asset criticality, exposure, and business impact.
· Remediation & Patch Coordination: Work with infrastructure, server, application, and security teams to coordinate patching and remediation of identified vulnerabilities.
· Vulnerability Tracking & SLA Management: Track findings through closure, monitoring remediation progress, vulnerability aging, overdue items, SLA breaches, exceptions, and residual risks.
· Remediation Validation: Perform or coordinate Qualys rescans to validate remediation and confirm successful vulnerability closure.
· Asset & Agent Management: Maintain accurate asset visibility and ownership while monitoring Qualys Cloud Agent health, connectivity, coverage, and unmanaged or inactive assets.
· Reporting & Governance: Develop Qualys dashboards, vulnerability metrics, aging reports, remediation status reports, and risk summaries for management and governance reviews.
· Exception, Audit & Compliance Management: Manage false positives, risk exceptions, and compensating controls, and provide vulnerability evidence for audits and compliance reviews.
· Security Integration & Continuous Improvement: Correlate relevant Microsoft Defender findings with Qualys results and continuously improve scanning coverage, reporting, remediation workflows, automation, and overall vulnerability-management effectiveness.
Environment / Scope
· Tools: Qualys, Microsoft Defender
· Environment: Approximately 15,000 users and 650 servers
· Primary Focus: Vulnerability governance, patch management, remediation tracking, risk reduction, reporting, and coordination with application owners
Interested Candidate please send your resume deepa.k@abusinessconsulting.com

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