Remote Cybersecurity Threat Exposure & Vulnerability Lead

World Food Programme; Roma; Remote; EUR 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

World Food Programme is seeking a Cybersecurity Consultant specializing in Threat Exposure & Vulnerability Management. The role leads adversarial validation initiatives, including penetration testing and red/purple team exercises, to identify detection gaps and exploitable weaknesses across IT infrastructure.

The incumbent will collaborate with teams to validate findings, prioritize remediation, and integrate results into the organization’s threat exposure program while reporting progress to

Qualifications

• Education: University degree in Information Technology, Information Systems, Cybersecurity, or related fields or a combination of relevant education and experience.
• Experience: At least 5-7 years of experience in cybersecurity, with focus on vulnerability management and threat exposure management.

Responsibilities

• Design and coordinate adversarial validation activities such as penetration tests, threat exposure assessments, and red/purple team exercises to identify detection gaps, exploitable weak points and assess their risk impact in real-world scenarios.
• Validate findings to confirm exploitability, assess risk levels, and guide prioritization of remediation efforts, leveraging team input and expertise and guiding integration into WFP’s threat exposure management program.
• Collaborate with relevant teams and provide technical direction to ensure timely mitigation of validated vulnerabilities or detection gaps.
• Develop clear reports and dashboards that highlight key findings, including critical vulnerabilities, attack paths, and remediation progress for stakeholder visibility.
• Communicate adversarial validation findings, risks, and remediation strategies effectively to senior leadership and stakeholders.
• Continuously refine validation techniques based on emerging threat intelligence, vulnerabilities, and attack methods to maintain program relevance and effectiveness.
• Prioritize vulnerabilities based on adversarial validation outcomes, focusing on those posing the highest risk to the organization’s operations, and coordinate team efforts accordingly.
• Perform other cybersecurity related duties as assigned.

Skills

Vulnerability management

Threat exposure management

Penetration testing

Adversarial emulation

IT security

Threat modeling

Risk assessment

Security architectures

Communication skills

Education

University degree in Information Technology/Information Security/Cybersecurity

Tools

Vulnerability scanners

Job description

World Food Programme is seeking a Cybersecurity Consultant specializing in Threat Exposure & Vulnerability Management. The role leads adversarial validation initiatives, including penetration testing and red/purple team exercises, to identify detection gaps and exploitable weaknesses across IT infrastructure.

The incumbent will collaborate with teams to validate findings, prioritize remediation, and integrate results into the organization’s threat exposure program while reporting progress to