Sr. Analyst, Cybersecurity Vulnerability Management

Tenet Healthcare Corporation; Taguig; On-site; PHP 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Tenet Healthcare Corporation in the Philippines seeks an experienced Cybersecurity Analyst to join the Exposure Management team. You will perform vulnerability assessments, manage remediation tickets, and support cloud and endpoint security across global environments.

Responsibilities include reporting findings, coordinating with stakeholders and vendors, and maintaining vulnerability tools and risk metrics to strengthen the organization's security posture.

Qualifications

• Broad knowledge in vulnerability and endpoint security systems and processes.
• Understanding of vulnerability assessment and management, and security operations.
• Familiarity with CVE, CPE, MITRE ATT&CK, and CVSS.
• Experience with on-prem and cloud provider vulnerability management.
• Knowledge of PCI, NIST, ISO compliance standards.
• Fluent in English with strong communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Perform scheduled security vulnerability assessments across global applications and infrastructure.
• Coordinate, triage, remediate, and validate vulnerabilities and remediation actions.
• Document asset and vulnerability state with remediation recommendations.
• Engage internal stakeholders and vendors for remediation activities.
• Maintain vulnerability assessment tooling and support PCI compliance.
• Provide vulnerability metrics and risk-based reporting to leadership.

Skills

Vulnerability management

Endpoint security

Threat detection

Security operations

Communication skills

English proficiency

Education

BS in Computer Science or equivalent

Certifications (CISSP, CompTIA Security+, CEH, GIAC)

Tools

Vulnerability assessment tools

Security monitoring tools

Job description

OVERVIEW AND REPORTING RELATIONSHIP

This analyst will be a member of the Exposure Management team and will report to the Cybersecurity Manager. This position will be responsible for various technical cybersecurity analyst functions, including vulnerability management, attack surface management, cloud security, as well as providing network and endpoint security support.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Vulnerability Management

• Perform scheduled security vulnerability assessments across global applications and infrastructure.
• Manage, coordinate, and track vulnerabilities from discovery, triage, remediation, and validation.
• Document, prioritize and formally report asset and vulnerability state, along with remediation recommendations and validation.
• Coordinate, schedule, and manage the engagement process (with internal stakeholders and third-party vendors) for vulnerability remediation activities.
• Formally document and establish well-defined processes, procedures, remediation and mitigation strategies, and lessons learned.
• Manage vulnerability related tickets to ensure issues are remediated within designated timelines.
• Provide vulnerability mitigation strategies and meaningful vulnerability metrics.
• Support the maintenance and operations of vulnerability assessment infrastructure through refresh initiatives and annual planning.
• Report on findings and respond to requests and known vulnerabilities as well as delivering ad-hoc vulnerability scans on request.
• Coordinate emergency vulnerability patching, including remediation efforts.
• Conduct research and provide feedback to leadership and Cybersecurity team members of the recommended actions for vulnerability scan findings.
• Leverage vulnerability database sources to understand each weakness, its probability and remediation options, including vendor-supplied fixes and workarounds.
• Provide support of maintenance and operations to the vulnerability assessment toolsets.
• Provide support to internal processes to ensure compliance with the Payment Card Industry (PCI) standard.
• Support internal and external auditors in their duties that focus on compliance and risk reduction.
• Collaborate with security groups such as red teams, threat intelligence and risk management to form a holistic team dedicated to thwarting attackers and reducing attack surface.
• Work closely with infrastructure teams to advise and support remediation efforts to close vulnerability exposure to new threats in the wild and verify the organization's security posture against them.
• Regularly research and learn new TTPs in public and closed forums, and work with colleagues to assess risk and implement/validate controls as necessary.
• Maintain an active database comprising third-party assets, their vulnerability state, remediation recommendations, overall security posture and potential threat to the business.
• Define key performance indicators (KPIs) and metrics across business units to illustrate effectiveness with vulnerability management.
• Understand breach and attack simulation solutions for known vulnerabilities and work with the team to validate controls effectiveness.
• Liaise with the security engineering team to improve tool usage and workflow, as well as with the advanced threats and assessment team to mature monitoring and response capabilities.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Information Systems (IS) security professional with a broad range of knowledge in vulnerability and endpoint security systems/processes.
• Intermediate or advanced understanding in information security administration, vulnerability assessment and management, or security operations.
• Intermediate or advanced understanding of advanced threat detection in an enterprise environment.
• Intermediate or advanced understanding of malware families, their types, and threats they pose.
• Strong technical background in vulnerability assessment tools, as well as network and endpoint security best practices.
• Demonstrated ability in identification of vulnerabilities/threats to data, systems and networks.
• Comprehension of end-to-end vulnerability management workflow to include industry standards such as CVE, CPE, MITRE Attack Framework, and CVSS.
• Preferred experience with vulnerability management in both on-premise and cloud provider platforms.
• Experience in conducting organization-wide vulnerability scanning and remediation processes.
• Knowledge of compliance standards such as Payment Card Industry (PCI), National Institute of Standards (NIST), and/or International Standards Organization (ISO).
• Fluency in speaking and communicating in English.

EDUCATION AND WORK EXPERIENCE

• Minimum three years of experience in Vulnerability Management.
• BS in Computer Science or equivalent field.
• Preferred education and/or experience: Relevant industry recognized certifications (CISSP, CompTIA Security+,
• CEH, GIAC, Security+, etc.)

SPECIALIZED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES:

• Effectively communicate security goals effectively with other departments.
• Ability to work within an environment of frequently changing priorities.
• Knowledge of industry trending threats, security tools, and best practices.
• Proven ability in the performance of information security risk assessments.
• Experience in performing risk and compliance assessments of new and existing solutions.
• Ability to provide guidance and recommended remediation or alternative solutions for both internal and external supported environments.
• Ability to provide guidance in the identification, documentation and rating of threats/vulnerabilities, and remediation steps recommended to reduce risks to data, systems and networks.