Senior VMDR Consultant

EY; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 2,400,000 - 4,200,000; Full time

Job summary

EY's Global Delivery Services (GDS) Cybersecurity Team in Bengaluru is seeking a Senior Vulnerability Management professional to contribute technically to client engagements and internal initiatives, while actively establishing and strengthening client relationships.

You will lead vulnerability management activities for large enterprise environments, provide technical guidance, and help identify business opportunities within engagements while upholding EY quality standards.

Qualifications

• Graduates / BE / BTech / MSc / MTech / MBA with minimum 3 years of work experience in security fields.
• Knowledge of vulnerability management concepts and security architectures.
• Experience with scripting or programming (e.g., Python or PowerShell).
• Experience with vulnerability assessment tools (Qualys/Nexpose/Tenable) preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead vulnerability management for large enterprise environments.
• Provide technical leadership and guidance to the team.
• Engage with clients to strengthen relationships and identify opportunities.
• Help improve security posture and drive process improvements.

Job description

Job Title

Senior Vulnerability Management

Role Overview

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 clients relationships. You will also identify potential business opportunities for EY within existing engagements, and report and escape 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.

Key Responsibilities

• Must have handled a Vulnerability Management process for a large enterprise using any one of the solutions: Qualys / Nexpose / Tenable or similar
• 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
• Ability to work both independently as well as lead a team of experienced staff to manage the vulnerability management program.
• Provide technical leadership and advise to team members in order to ensure the effectiveness of the program.
• Provide guidance on risk management principles and practices to junior staff regularly.
• Lead analysis of the current environment to detect critical deficiencies and recommends solutions for improvement
• Review findings from and identify root causes for common issues and provide recommendations for sustainable improvements
• Able to identify and exploit security vulnerabilities in a wide array of systems in a variety of situations
• Research and report on security vulnerabilities and latest advancements in the vulnerability management lifecycle
• Understand EY and its service lines and actively assess what the firm can deliver to serve clients.
• Facilitate discussions / knowledge sharing with key client personnel and contribute to EY's thought leadership
• Maintain a strong client focus by effectively serving client needs and developing productive working relationships with client personnel. Stay abreast of current business and economic developments and new pronouncements/standards relevant to the client's business.
• Demonstrate industry expertise (deep understanding of the industry, emerging trends, issues/challenges, key players & leading practices)
• Actively contribute to improving operational efficiency through standardization and process automation on client engagements and internal initiatives

Skills and attributes for success

• Knowledge of Windows, Linux, UNIX, any other major operating systems.
• Deep understanding of TCP/IP network protocols.
• Understanding of network security and popular attacks vectors.
• Familiarized with the latest security vulnerabilities and exploit, understanding of web-based application vulnerabilities (OWASP Top 10), cloud security and architecture
• Experience with scripting / programming skills (e.g., "Python", "PowerShell")
• Hands on operational experience with vulnerability management tools (e.g. Qualys, Nexpose) including the ability to deploy, configure, and run these tools
• Fluency in English, other language skills are considered an asset
• Experience in handling data using Pandas, XML libraries
• Exposure to handling computer networking and operating systems use cases using python.
• Exposure and experience in analytical thinking with tools like power bi, tableu.
• Required knowledge for Python libraries: netaddr, ipaddress, qualysapi, lxml, pandas, numpy

To qualify for the role

• Graduates / BE / BTech / MSc / MTech / MBA in the fields of Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Business or related major with minimum 3 years of work experience especially in penetration testing and vulnerability assessment.
• Any one of the following technical certifications: CEH, Qualys Certified Specialist, CISM
• Knowledge of Windows, Linux, UNIX, any other major operating systems
• Willingness to work in shifts

Ideally, you'll also have

• Project management skills
• Certifications: CEH, Qualys Certified Specialist, CISM