Cybersecurity Reliability Engineer 3 - Vulnerability Management

Choice Hotels; Scottsdale (AZ); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

Paid time off

Retirement benefits

Employee recognition

Choice Hotels discounts

Job summary

Cybersecurity Jobs is seeking a Level 3 Cybersecurity Reliability Engineer – IT (Vulnerability Management) to own vulnerability management across cloud, server, endpoint, and production environments. This role leads end-to-end capabilities and partners with technology teams to improve remediation, visibility, and risk-based prioritization in a hybrid Scottsdale, AZ setting.

The ideal candidate has 7+ years in cybersecurity and vulnerability management, with experience using Claude and Copilot to

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience.
• 7+ years in computing, cybersecurity, and vulnerability management.
• Proficient in AI tools including Claude and Copilot.
• Demonstrates accountability, strategic mindset, and drives results.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end vulnerability management across cloud, servers, endpoints, and production environments.
• Manage vulnerability discovery and scanning coverage across assets.
• Operate and optimize Tenable and AWS Inspector platforms.
• Prioritize vulnerabilities by severity, exploitability, exposure, asset criticality, and risk.
• Collaborate with asset owners to drive remediation and closure.
• Maintain vulnerability exceptions, risk acceptances, and remediation SLA tracking.
• Identify visibility, scanning, and asset coverage gaps.
• Monitor emerging vulnerabilities and assess applicability and exposure.
• Develop metrics on aging, remediation performance, coverage, risk, and trends.
• Improve processes through automation, integration, and risk-based prioritization.
• Support Security Operations with investigations and priority tasks.

Skills

Vulnerability management

AI usage

Strategic mindset

Drives results

Accountability

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience

Master’s degree (optional)

Tools

Tenable

AWS Inspector

Job description

Lead the vulnerability management reliability effort across cloud, servers, endpoints, and production environments.

Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end infrastructure and runtime vulnerability management capability
• Manage vulnerability discovery and scanning coverage across cloud, servers, endpoints, and production workloads
• Operate and optimize vulnerability management platforms including Tenable and AWS Inspector
• Prioritize vulnerabilities using severity, exploitability, exposure, asset criticality, and business risk
• Partner with technology and asset owners to drive remediation through closure
• Manage vulnerability exceptions, risk acceptances, and remediation SLA tracking
• Identify and address visibility, scanning, and asset coverage gaps
• Monitor emerging vulnerabilities and determine applicability and potential exposure to the environment
• Develop metrics and reporting for vulnerability aging, remediation performance, coverage, risk, and trends
• Continuously improve vulnerability management processes through automation, integration, and risk-based prioritization
• Support Security Operations teammates with operational activities, investigations, projects, and priority tasks to meet shared team objectives

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field (Computer Science) or equivalent experience
• Master’s degree optional
• 7+ years experience in general computing, cybersecurity, and vulnerability management
• Proficient in AI utilization, including Claude and Copilot
• Demonstrates key competencies including Ensures Accountability, Strategic Mindset, and Drives Results

Technologies

• Tenable
• AWS Inspector
• Claude
• Copilot

Benefits

• Competitive compensation and benefits, including medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Leave and paid time-off for holidays, vacation, personal, family, volunteer, sick, jury duty, bereavement, military, and religious observance
• Financial benefits for retirement and health savings
• Employee recognition programs
• Discounts at Choice hotels worldwide

Team and Reporting

• Individual contributor role reporting to the Director of Security Operations
• Collaborate with a team of 6 teammates and cross-functional departments regularly

Location: Scottsdale, AZ (hybrid)

Summary scope: Level 3 Cybersecurity Reliability Engineer – IT (Vulnerability Management) within Information Security / Security Operations, owning vulnerability management across cloud, server, endpoint, and production environments.