Lead Vulnerability Engineer-Qualys

Description
The Technical Lead, Vulnerability Management serves as a senior technical lead within the Security Modernization team, responsible for driving remediation, security modernization, and technical execution across the enterprise. This role leads cross-functional cybersecurity initiatives, ensuring vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, and other security findings are resolved efficiently and in alignment with organizational risk tolerance. Beyond vulnerability management, the Technical Lead provides technical expertise and coordination for broader cybersecurity projects, secure configuration efforts, infrastructure and cloud hardening, and on-going engineering strategies. The position reports to the Sr Dir, Enterprise Architecture, and plays a critical role in strengthening the organization's overall security posture through disciplined, repeatable, and collaborative execution.
Essential Job Functions:
The Technical Lead, Vulnerability Management will demonstrate competencies across the following areas.
Oversee technical execution of cybersecurity support and maintenance activities, including vulnerability remediation, penetration test and red team findings, vendor-reported issues, and configuration hardening efforts.
Lead additional technical cybersecurity initiatives outside of vulnerability management, such as infrastructure and cloud security modernization, access hardening, endpoint security improvements, and secure configuration projects.
Serve as the primary liaison between the CTO team and the Cybersecurity organization.
Coordinate remediation and security modernization efforts across infrastructure, applications, cloud, SaaS, and hybrid environments.
Partner with IT, Engineering, and Business stakeholders to define remediation plans, timelines, technical solutions, and success criteria.
Ensure remediation tasks are completed within SLA, escalating blockers, and driving cross-functional accountability.
Build and maintain dashboards and reporting that track remediation progress, SLA adherence, and aging findings.
Provide regular updates to CTO and Cybersecurity leadership.
Identify operational weaknesses and lead long-term hardening initiatives that strengthen enterprise security posture.
Audit systems to identity security gaps as outlined in the security policy.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
1. Bachelor's degree, preferably in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, or related field.
2. 5-8 years of industry experience in cybersecurity, security engineering, vulnerability management, or IT operations.
3. Experience in the healthcare industry is highly desired.
4. Experience with infrastructure and cloud hardening, vulnerability management, patching, configuration management, and cloud security.
5. Strong understanding of vulnerability scanning tools, CVSS scoring, and common remediation workflows.
6. Ability to lead technical discussions and drive outcomes across cross-functional teams.
7. Familiarity with NIST CSF, CIS Controls, HIPAA, and PCI.
8. Experience coordinating remediation for red team and pen test findings.
9. Knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform) and cloud security.
10. Experience with ServiceNow, or similar ticketing systems.
11. Preferred certifications include CISM, CCSP, or relevant GIAC certifications are preferred.
12. Broad understanding of IT infrastructure, including networks, applications, databases, operating systems, backup, storage, and disaster recovery.
13. Familiarity with information management practices, system development life cycle management, IT services management, agile and lean methodologies, infrastructure and operations, and EA and ITIL frameworks.
14. Strong leadership skills with exceptional soft and interpersonal skills, including teamwork, facilitation, and negotiation.
15. Highly collaborative and supportive of business and of its ideals and strategies.
16. Highly innovative with aptitude for foresight, systems thinking and design thinking.
17. Excellent analytical, planning and organizational skills.
18. Excellent written, verbal, communication and presentation skills with the ability to articulate new ideas and concepts to technical and nontechnical audiences.
19. Knowledge of PowerShell and Internal Query Language scripting is required, Kusto Query Language is a plus.
20. Knowledge of and Microsoft Defender management is required, knowledge of Sentinel is a plus.
Skills
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Top Skills Details
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Additional Skills & Qualifications
Experience in the healthcare industry is highly desired.
Experience Level
Expert Level
Job Type & Location
This is a Contract to Hire position based out of Chicago, IL.
Pay and Benefits
The pay range for this position is $100.00 - $100.00/hr.
Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following: Medical, dental & vision Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital 401(k) Retirement Plan - Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents) Short and long-term disability Health Spending Account (HSA) Transportation benefits Employee Assistance Program Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)
Workplace Type
This is a fully remote position.
Application Deadline
This position is anticipated to close on Mar 18, 2026.
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We're partners in transformation. We help clients activate ideas and solutions to take advantage of a new world of opportunity. We are a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 clients, including 80% of the Fortune 500, across North America, Europe and Asia. As an industry leader in Full-Stack Technology Services, Talent Services, and real-world application, we work with progressive leaders to drive change. That's the power of true partnership. TEKsystems is an Allegis Group company.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

About TEKsystems and TEKsystems Global Services

We're a leading provider of business and technology services. We accelerate business transformation for our customers. Our expertise in strategy, design, execution and operations unlocks business value through a range of solutions. We're a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 customers, including 80% of the Fortune 500 across North America, Europe and Asia, who partner with us for our scale, full-stack capabilities and speed. We're strategic thinkers, hands-on collaborators, helping customers capitalize on change and master the momentum of technology. We're building tomorrow by delivering business outcomes and making positive impacts in our global communities. TEKsystems and TEKsystems Global Services are Allegis Group companies. Learn more at TEKsystems.com.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.