Track Lead - NESSUS, Compliance Remediation

HCLTech; Mississauga; On-site; CAD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

HCL Technologies Limited in Mississauga, Canada, seeks a Track Lead to drive vulnerability remediation and security-hardening decisions for VMware vCenter, ESXi and guest OS. Convert scan findings into actionable remediation plans and lead customer-facing technical coordination.

The role requires strong VMware expertise, patching and security-hardening fundamentals, with ability to coordinate across Compute, Network, Storage, and Application teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering or a related discipline, or equivalent relevant professional experience.
• VMware VCP or equivalent virtualization certification
• ITIL Foundation or security-related certification

Responsibilities

• Analyze vulnerability findings and develop prioritized remediation plans for VMware vCenter, ESXi and associated guest operating systems.
• Lead technical assessment of security-hardening gaps, upgrade dependencies, outage requirements and rollback plans.
• Make day-to-day remediation decisions within approved standards and escalat architecture or risk exceptions appropriately.
• Coordinate with Security, Compute, Network, Storage, Backup and application teams to deliver remediation safely.
• Track remediation actions, aging, blockers, validation evidence and agreed closure dates.
• Support maintenance events, troubleshooting, root-cause analysis and post-implementation validation.
• Present remediation posture, risks, dependencies and decisions to customer and internal governance forums.

Skills

VMware vSphere, ESXi, vCenter

Windows/Linux patching

Rapid7 InsightVM

Kenna Security / Cisco VM

Qualys VMDR

Vulnerability prioritization & remedi

PowerCLI/PowerShell

Ansible automation

Networking & storage basics

Change management & rollout planning

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, IT, Engineering or related discipline

Tools

PowerCLI

PowerShell

Ansible

Job description

Career Opportunities: Track Lead - NESSUS, Compliance Remediation (189199)

Requisition ID189199-Posted11/05/2026

Job Summary : Drive vulnerability remediation and security-hardening decisions for virtualized infrastructure, with primary focus on VMware and its Windows/Linux guest ecosystem. Convert scan findings into executable remediation plans and lead customer-facing technical coordination.

Job Description :

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Job Responsibilities :

• Analyze vulnerability findings and develop prioritized remediation plans for VMware vCenter, ESXi and associated guest operating systems.
• Lead technical assessment of security-hardening gaps, upgrade dependencies, outage requirements and rollback plans.
• Make day-to-day remediation decisions within approved standards and escalat architecture or risk exceptions appropriately.
• Coordinate with Security, Compute, Network, Storage, Backup and application teams to deliver remediation safely.
• Track remediation actions, aging, blockers, validation evidence and agreed closure dates.
• Support maintenance events, troubleshooting, root-cause analysis and post-implementation validation.
• Present remediation posture, risks, dependencies and decisions to customer and internal governance forums.

Key Responsibilities

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Skill Requirements

Skill Requirement :

• VMware vSphere, ESXi and vCenter administration, patching, lifecycle management and troubleshooting
• Windows and Linux guest OS patching and security-hardening fundamentals
• Rapid7 InsightVM, Kenna Security/Cisco Vulnerability Management and Qualys VMDR
• Vulnerability prioritization, remediation planning, closure verification and risk exceptions
• PowerCLI and PowerShell; working knowledge of Ansible automation
• Networking, storage, clusters, HA/DRS, certificates, firmware dependencies and backup considerations
• Change management, implementation planning, rollback and technical evidence

Other Requirements

Other Requirement :

• Confident customer-facing communication and ability to lead technical remediation calls
• Clear technical writing for implementation plans, risk statements, status reports and executive summaries
• Strong coordination, influencing, decision-making and escalation skills
• Fluent professional English for meetings, documentation and presentations