Vulnerability Risk & Remediation Lead

Cognizant; Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking a Vulnerability Management professional to own the end-to-end remediation lifecycle for workstation environments. You will assess vulnerability risk using CVSS, prioritise remediation activities, coordinate resolution across the team, and validate fixes while delivering clear remediation progress reports.

The role requires strong coordination, stakeholder management, and experience with endpoint environments such as laptops, desktops, and VDI.

Qualifications

• Experience in vulnerability management and remediation coordination.
• Understanding of CVSS scoring and risk prioritisation.
• Ability to monitor remediation activity with dashboards/trackers.

Responsibilities

• Own the vulnerability remediation lifecycle across workstation environments (laptops, desktops, VDI, ThinPC).
• Perform risk assessments using CVSS scores and prioritise remediation actions.
• Assign remediation tasks to team members and ensure timely communication until resolution.
• Track remediation progress to ensure timely closure within agreed timelines.
• Provide regular reporting and metrics on remediation progress and system health.
• Highlight overdue or high-risk items to support risk management.

Skills

Vulnerability management

Remediation coordination

CVSS scoring

Stakeholder management

Reporting and metrics

End-to-end remediation lifecycle

Operational dashboards

Education

Tools

Brinqa

Smartsheets

Job description

Cognizant is seeking a Vulnerability Management professional to own the end-to-end remediation lifecycle for workstation environments. You will assess vulnerability risk using CVSS, prioritise remediation activities, coordinate resolution across the team, and validate fixes while delivering clear remediation progress reports.

The role requires strong coordination, stakeholder management, and experience with endpoint environments such as laptops, desktops, and VDI.