Vulnerability Management Engineer

Job

Position:
Vulnerability Management Engineer

Client: ATL - AIM General

Location: 55 Trinity Avenue, Suite G700 Atlanta, Georgia

Duration:07 Months

Position Summary

The Vulnerability Management Engineer is responsible for assessing, managing, and reducing security vulnerabilities across enterprise server and workstation environments. This role will perform scheduled vulnerability scans, evaluate risks, recommend remediation plans, support patch cycles, and develop reporting that improves the organization's security maturity.

The ideal candidate has deep hands-on experience with enterprise patch management, security baselines, vulnerability scanning tools, scripting and remediation across Windows and/or Linux platforms.

Key Responsibilities

Vulnerability Identification and Analysis

Perform recurring vulnerability scans for servers and workstation environments.

Analyze scan results to identify actionable risks, false positives, and system exposure levels.

Prioritize vulnerabilities based on industry frameworks (CVSS, KEV, CISA, etc.).

Coordinate with application owners for patching and remediation scheduling.

Patch and Remediation Support

Partner with server and desktop teams to support monthly and quarterly patching cycles.

Provide technical guidance on workarounds, hotfixes, or remediate configuration issues.

Assist in validating remediation success post-deployment.

Help refine patch and configuration baselines for repeatability and security.

Reporting and Metrics

Develop weekly, monthly, and quarterly dashboards on:

• Remediation progress
• Aging vulnerabilities
• SLA/KPI compliance tracking
• Platform-level trends

Report critical vulnerabilities and escalating risks to leadership as needed.

Tooling and Automation

Operate and tune vulnerability scanning and endpoint management tools (e.g., Qualys, Microsoft Defender, Intune, Patch

MyPC, SCCM, Azure Update Manager, etc.).

Recommend configuration improvements, automation, and scanning optimizations.

Assist in integrating scan results into ticketing or workflow tools such as Service Now or Jira.

Security Standards and Compliance

Ensure systems adhere to organization security policies, CIS benchmarks, NIST guidance, and other relevant frameworks.

Help improve patching and vulnerability management SOPs, runbooks, and governance processes.

Support internal or external audit and compliance reporting requirements.

Required Qualifications

3 7 years' experience in vulnerability management, patch management, or endpoint/server security operations.

Demonstrated technical proficiency with:

• Windows Server and Windows desktop platforms
• Patch deployment and configuration management

Experience operating one or more security scanning platforms (e.g. Qualys, Defender, Azure Update Manager, Patch

MyPC, etc.).

Ability to analyze scan output, identify false positives, and communicate meaningful remediation guidance.

Strong understanding of:

• CVEs, CVSS scoring, and exploitability assessments
• Common ransomware and threat vectors targeting enterprise endpoints

Preferred Experience

Experience in mixed operating system environments (Windows and Linux).

Familiarity with:

• Microsoft Intune and/or SCCM
• Azure Update Manager
• Azure Arc
• Service Now
• CIS or NIST standards

Ability to create automation scripts (Power Shell, Bash, Python, or similar).

Experience working in enterprise or government environments.

Soft Skills

Strong written and verbal communication.

Ability to translate technical risk into business impact.

Comfortable working independently and making data-based recommendations.

Able to coordinate across multiple IT and security teams.