GMS-Senior-VM - Qualys

EY; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 2,400,000 - 3,200,000; Full time

Job summary

EY, a global professional services firm, invites a CMS-TEM Senior – VM - Qualys to join its GDS Cybersecurity Team. The role focuses on vulnerability management, remediation, dashboards, and collaborating with senior staff on business development.

You will lead and coach junior members, maintain client relationships, and ensure EY quality standards are met while staying current with new vulnerabilities and threats.

Qualifications

• Minimum 6 years of experience in vulnerability assessment and remediation.
• A strong knowledge of Windows, Linux, UNIX and Solaris.
• Experience with vulnerability scanning tools (Qualys, Nessus, InsightVM).

Responsibilities

• Lead vulnerability management activities and drive remediation efforts.
• Create risk narratives explaining threat exposure to the enterprise.
• Develop dashboards for performance monitoring and metrics.
• Automate remediation workflows using scripting (PowerShell, Python).
• Conduct vulnerability scans and validate findings; report to seniors.

Skills

Vulnerability management

Automation scripting

Troubleshooting

Security reporting

Team leadership

English fluency

Education

Graduate degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

Qualys

Nessus

InsightVM

PowerShell

Ansible

Puppet

Chef

Job description

At EY, you’ll have the chance to build a career as unique as you are, with the global scale, support, inclusive culture and technology to become the best version of you. And we’re counting on your unique voice and perspective to help EY become even better, too. Join us and build an exceptional experience for yourself, and a better working world for all.

CMS-TEM Senior – VM - Qualys

As a Senior with EY’s Global Delivery Services (GDS) Cybersecurity Team, you will contribute technically to client engagements and internal initiatives. An important part of your role will be to actively establish, maintain and strengthen client’s relationships. You will also identify potential business opportunities for EY within existing engagements, report and escalation any engagement related issues to senior team members as appropriate.

The opportunity

In line with EY’s commitment to quality, you’ll confirm that work is of the highest quality as per EY’s quality standards and is reviewed by the next-level reviewer. As an influential member of the team, you’ll help to create a positive learning culture, coach and counsel junior team members and help senior members with business development activities.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Must have thorough understanding about the Vulnerability Management and Exception & Exemption process on cloud hosted systems, databases, web services and other widely deployed infrastructure components
• Must be able to provide recommendations for remediation of vulnerable protocols ( e.g. NTLMv1, SMBv1, Basic Authentication etc.) and Weak ciphers ( e.g. RC4, RC2 etc.) on Windows, Linux and Solaris platforms.
• Expert knowledge in validating and triaging vulnerabilities
• Patch Windows systems within on prem and cloud environments Provide reports on vulnerabilities, exploits and patches
• Create risk narratives that explain threat exposure to the enterprise
• Able to identify and exploit security vulnerabilities in a wide array of systems in a variety of situations
• Extensive experience with vulnerability scanning technologies, e.g. Qualys, Nessus, Insight VM
• Conduct vulnerability scans, analyse reports, and validate potential findings
• Strong Automation Experience with the PowerShell/other scripting or programming/configuration management tools (Chef, Ansible, Puppet, Python, Ruby)
• Must have knowledge about automating solution for vulnerability (NTLMv1, SMBv1, weak ciphers etc.) remediation
• Experience implementing, administering and creating custom dashboards for performance monitoring/Metrics
• Excellent troubleshooting skills related to OS, Network and other performance issues
• Stays current with new and existing vulnerabilities and related news.
• Ability to work both independently as well as lead a team of experienced staff to manage the vulnerability management program.

Skills And Attributes For Success

• Hands on operational experience with vulnerability management tools (e.g. Qualys, Tenable, Ansible) including the ability to deploy, configure, and run these tools.
• Must have thorough understanding of Patch Management end-to-end lifecycle.
• Must have worked on either one of the solutions (SSCM, Manage Engine, Qualys PM module)
• Familiarized with the latest security vulnerabilities and exploit, understanding of web-based application vulnerabilities (OWASP Top 10), cloud security and architecture
• Strong understanding of network and server security including CIS, SSL/TLS, IPSEC, etc.
• Experience with scripting / programming skills (e.g., Python, PowerShell)
• Hands on experience of tools like network monitor, fiddler, performance monitor, process monitor
• Understanding of network security and popular attacks vectors.
• Fluency in English, other language skills are considered an asset

To qualify for the role, you must have

• Graduates / BE / BTech / MSc / MTech / MBA in the fields of Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Business or related major with minimum 6 years of work experience especially in vulnerability assessment and remediation.
• Knowledge of Windows, Linux, UNIX, Solaris any other major operating systems.

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