Vulnerability & Incident Response Analyst

HBK - Hottinger Brüel & Kjær; Chennai District; On-site; INR 1,000,000 - 1,600,000; Full time

Job summary

HBK - Hottinger Brüel & Kjær is seeking a Vulnerability & Incident Response Analyst in Chennai, India. You will coordinate vulnerability management, incident reporting, and remediation efforts across Product Security, Dev SecOps, and Product Teams in alignment with internal policies and regulatory requirements, including the EU Cyber Resilience Act (CRA).

You will monitor vulnerabilities and threat intelligence, maintain records, and support regulatory notifications and governance reporting.

Qualifications

• Experience in vulnerability management, security operations, incident response, PSIRT, or related cybersecurity discipline.
• Understanding of CVSS, exploitability, remediation workflows, and risk prioritisation.
• Familiarity with vulnerability management platforms and ticketing systems.
• Knowledge of CVE, NVD, KEV and threat intelligence sources.
• Awareness of secure SDLC and regulatory standards (EU CRA, ISO/IEC 27001, etc.).
• Strong analytical, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate vulnerability triage, analysis, and remediation with product teams and DevSecOps.
• Support regulatory reporting and incident notifications in line with requirements.
• Monitor vulnerability disclosures, threat intel, and KEVs relevant to HBK products.
• Track remediation progress, produce status reports, and support governance forums.
• Facilitate cross-functional collaboration between Product Security, Legal, and Product Teams.
• Assist in regulatory readiness initiatives for EU Cyber Resilience Act.

Skills

Vulnerability management

Security operations

Incident response

PSIRT

Regulatory awareness

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in Cyber Security

Computer Science or related field

Tools

Vulnerability management platforms

Ticketing systems

Security scanning tools

SBOM tooling

DevSecOps pipelines (SAST/DAST)

Job description

Role Summary

The Vulnerability & Incident Response Analyst will play a key role in supporting HBK's Product Security function by coordinating product vulnerability management activities, security incident reporting obligations, and cross-functional remediation efforts. The role acts as a central liaison between Product Security, Dev SecOps, and Product Teams to ensure vulnerabilities are effectively assessed, tracked, remediated, and reported in accordance with internal policies and regulatory requirements, including the EU Cyber Resilience Act (CRA).

Role Summary

The Vulnerability & Incident Response Analyst will play a key role in supporting HBK's Product Security function by coordinating product vulnerability management activities, security incident reporting obligations, and cross-functional remediation efforts. The role acts as a central liaison between Product Security, Dev SecOps, and Product Teams to ensure vulnerabilities are effectively assessed, tracked, remediated, and reported in accordance with internal policies and regulatory requirements, including the EU Cyber Resilience Act (CRA).

Key Responsibilities

Vulnerability Triage & Analysis

• Perform initial triage, validation, and analysis of product vulnerabilities identified through vulnerability disclosures, internal testing, security assessments, penetration testing, or automated scanning tools.
• Assess vulnerability severity using CVSS, exploitability, product applicability, and business impact criteria.
• Review vulnerability reports and collaborate with product teams to determine applicability, exploitability, and remediation requirements and help to prioritise the vulnerabilities that need to be addressed considering the Risk.
• Maintain accurate vulnerability records, evidence, and audit trails to support governance and compliance requirements.

Incident & Regulatory Reporting Coordination

• Support coordination of security incident and exploited vulnerability reporting activities in accordance with applicable regulatory obligations.
• Prepare and maintain the information required for regulatory notifications, working closely with Product Security, Legal, and Product Teams.
• Track incident reporting timelines and ensure escalation activities are completed within defined regulatory timeframes.
• Support incident readiness exercises and reporting process validation activities.

Vulnerability Disclosure & Threat Intelligence Monitoring

• Monitor vulnerability disclosure channels, PSIRT mailboxes, public vulnerability disclosures, security advisories, and relevant threat intelligence feeds.
• Identify vulnerabilities and emerging threats that may impact HBK products and coordinate investigations with relevant stakeholders.
• Track Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEVs), industry alerts, and security advisories relevant to HBK products and technologies.
• Maintain awareness of evolving cybersecurity threats, attacker techniques, and regulatory developments.
• Prior experience of Bug bounty portals will be an added advantage.

Remediation Coordination & Tracking

• Coordinate remediation activities with Product Teams, Dev Secops, and Product Security stakeholders.
• Track vulnerability remediation progress against defined remediation targets and service level objectives.
• Support review of proposed security updates, patches, and mitigation plans.
• Produce vulnerability status reports, metrics, and management updates to support governance forums and programme tracking.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Serve as the operational liaison between Product Security, Dev SecOps, Customer Support, Legal, and Product Teams.
• Facilitate communication and issue resolution across stakeholders involved in vulnerability management and incident response activities.
• Support the implementation and continual improvement of vulnerability management and coordinated vulnerability disclosure processes.
• Contribute to regulatory readiness initiatives associated with the EU Cyber Resilience Act and related cybersecurity requirements.

Qualifications

Education

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in cyber security, Computer Science, Information Security, Software Engineering, or a related technical discipline.

Required Experience & Skills

• Experience in vulnerability management, security operations, incident response, PSIRT, application security, or a related cybersecurity discipline.
• Understanding of vulnerability assessment methodologies, CVSS scoring, exploitability analysis, and remediation workflows.
• Familiarity with vulnerability management platforms, ticketing systems, and security scanning tools.
• Knowledge of common vulnerability databases and threat intelligence sources (e.g., CVE, NVD, KEV).
• Understanding of software development lifecycles and secure development practices.
• Familiarity with cybersecurity regulations and standards such as EU CRA, ISO/IEC 30111, ISO/IEC 29147, IEC 62443, NIST SP 800 series, or ISO 27001.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to prioritise and manage multiple activities simultaneously.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to work effectively across technical and non-technical teams.
• Experience preparing security reports, metrics, and compliance evidence is desirable.

Preferred Experience

• Experience working within a Product Security Incident Response Team (PSIRT).
• Exposure to regulatory reporting obligations and coordinated vulnerability disclosure programmes.
• Experience with vulnerability management automation, DevSecOps pipelines (SAST, DAST integration), SBOM tooling, or software composition analysis platforms.
• Familiarity with cloud, desktop, SaaS, embedded, or industrial control system products.
• Knowhow on Penetration testing