Senior Application Security & Vulnerability Lead

Athena Technology Group; Oklahoma; On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Performance bonuses

Health, dental, and vision insurance

Disability insurance

Life Insurance

401(k) plan with company match

Professional growth opportunities

Collaborative work environment

Job summary

Athena Technology Group is seeking a Senior Application Vulnerability Analyst to support DISA Cybersecurity operations. The role involves compliance monitoring, risk assessment, automation, and vulnerability management across DoD directives and DISA orders.

The successful candidate will coordinate with dispersed teams, analyze vulnerabilities, craft reports, and provide guidance for mitigating risks in application and web environments. US citizenship is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher.
• 5+ years of professional experience with endpoint tools and cybersecurity.
• 3+ years experience with Microsoft Products.
• Current 8570/8140 Certificate with Network Environment focus and ESS certifications.
• Strong communication, leadership, and organizational skills.
• Must be a US citizen.
• Experience working with teams in multiple locations across the United States.
• Experience working with IT teams in various capacities.

Responsibilities

• Serve as an application technical specialist for assets connected to isolated environments, NIPRNet and SIPRNet to support cybersecurity and IT services.
• Review, identify, and report problems with the installation and operations of application instances to include system options, software used and not used, default security controls that are enabled, disabled, or bypassed, and system wide options or parameters that may create security vulnerabilities.
• Determine the impact and risk of submitted change requests prior to implementation and participate in change advisory board (CAB) meetings to provide cyber oversight for database changes that affect the level of risk.
• Recommend security countermeasures to mitigate identified application risks.
• Identify, monitor, analyze, report, and brief status of vulnerabilities.
• Ensure high risk and high severity vulnerabilities are managed with increased visibility and escalated.
• Analyze, validate, monitor, and report compliance status of DoD and DISA directives and orders.
• Create, maintain, and provide automated and customized vulnerability reports.
• Analyze mission requirements and organizational feedback to improve vulnerability reports and processes.

Skills

Strong communication

Leadership

Team collaboration

Organizational skills

US citizenship

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher

Tools

Microsoft Products

Job description

Athena Technology Group is seeking a Senior Application Vulnerability Analyst to support DISA Cybersecurity operations. The role involves compliance monitoring, risk assessment, automation, and vulnerability management across DoD directives and DISA orders.

The successful candidate will coordinate with dispersed teams, analyze vulnerabilities, craft reports, and provide guidance for mitigating risks in application and web environments. US citizenship is required.