NXTG Senior Vulnerability Engineer

Job#: 3035084

Job Description:
NXTG Senior Vulnerability Engineer

Please email resume to if interested.

Location: Remote

Pay Rate: $70-90 / hr

Clearance: Active Public Trust

Role Overview

A position is available for a Senior Vulnerability Engineer to support enterprise vulnerability management, exposure management, compliance auditing, and web application scanning operations. This role involves engineering and optimizing vulnerability management capabilities using Tenable One, Nessus, and Tenable Web App Scanning across hybrid cloud and on-premises environments within a regulated federal setting. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience with web application scanning, cloud-native asset visibility, compliance auditing, and enterprise-scale vulnerability operations.

Key Responsibilities

• Engineer, maintain, and optimize enterprise vulnerability and exposure management platforms using Tenable One, Nessus, and Tenable WAS.
• Configure and support authenticated and non-authenticated web application scanning, including Selenium-based authentication workflows and SSO integrations.
• Perform credentialed vulnerability and compliance scanning across various platforms including Linux, Windows, databases, and cloud infrastructure.
• Support continuous attack surface visibility, asset discovery, exposure prioritization, and scalable scan operations.
• Troubleshoot complex operational issues involving TLS/SSL, authentication failures, load balancers, and distributed scanning infrastructure.
• Deploy and maintain compliance audit configurations aligned to industry standards such as CIS Benchmarks, NIST SP 800-53, and FedRAMP requirements.
• Integrate Tenable platforms with enterprise technologies including CyberArk, Splunk, ServiceNow, and AWS APIs.
• Support remediation validation, compliance reporting, audit readiness activities, and operational dashboard development.

Required Qualifications

Education: A Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field is required. Equivalent experience may be considered.

Experience: A minimum of 10 years of experience supporting enterprise vulnerability management, exposure management, cybersecurity engineering, or security operations programs is required.

Technical Skills: Hands-on experience with Tenable One, Nessus, Tenable WAS, and AWS cloud environments is required. Experience with both authenticated and non-authenticated web application scanning is necessary. Familiarity with compliance frameworks such as CIS Benchmarks, NIST guidance, DISA STIG, and FedRAMP is also required.

Preferred Qualifications

• Project management, workflow, innovation, and process improvement skills.
• Experience with enterprise integrations, automation workflows, and operational reporting.
• Strong troubleshooting, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Proficiency with Python, PowerShell, or Ansible.

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