Threat and Vulnerability Assessment and Remediation Specialist

Threat and Vulnerability Assessment and Remediation Specialist
Duration: 6 Months, possibility to extend
Contract Designation: 5 Days a week on site in Plano, TX; Columbus, OH; Jersey City, NJ; or Wilmington, DE.
Position Overview
We are seeking a meticulous and analytical threat and vulnerability assessment and remediation specialist to join our team. The ideal candidate will be responsible for reviewing, assessing, and enriching data, as well as executing remediation plans to ensure data integrity and security. This role involves working closely with various datasets, infrastructure systems, and control procedures to identify and address data issues.
Key Responsibilities:

1. Information / Data Collection:
2. Review data collection processes and asset information normalization.
3. Document control procedures and associated control details.
4. Assessment and Analysis of Data:
5. Correlate and map data to services and remediation efforts.
6. Validate data criticality and identify fragile systems.
7. Conduct prioritization analysis and cross-correlation of supplied datasets to infrastructure systems and processes, including but not limited to:
8. Firewall
9. Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
10. Configuration Management Database (CMDB)
11. Netflow
12. Vulnerability scanner logs
13. Perform root cause analysis based on initial set of control procedures.
14. Enrichment of Findings and Data:
15. Develop remediation roadmaps and map them to technical requirements and/or tools.
16. Identify required people and processes for remediation.
17. Assign courses of action to address findings, which may include:
18. Data quality issues
19. Technical remediation
20. Issue/exception process needs
21. Execution of Remediation Plan:
22. Validate and set up necessary tools.
23. Track and validate the success of remediation efforts.
24. Monitor remediation completion and manage exception tracking and response.
25. Coordinate projects and/or perform hands-on remediation activities as needed.

Qualifications:

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Experience with data correlation and mapping.
• Familiarity with infrastructure systems and processes such as firewalls, SIEM, CMDB, netflow, and vulnerability scanners.
• Ability to develop and execute remediation plans.
• Excellent documentation and communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.

Preferred Experience:

• Previous experience in data assessment and remediation.
• Knowledge of control procedures and data criticality validation.
• Experience with project coordination and hands-on remediation activities.