Senior Cybersecurity Engineer: Vulnerability & PenTest Lead

Direct Supply; Milwaukee (WI); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous benefits

Job summary

Direct Supply in Wisconsin is seeking a Senior Cyber Security Engineer to own vulnerability management and penetration testing across our technology environments. You will lead security scanning, validate findings, prioritize risks and drive remediation with engineering and operations teams.

You will also automate workflows, monitor security performance with metrics, coordinate external testing, and provide actionable findings to reduce exposure and strengthen Direct Supply's security posture.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Security or a related field.
• 6+ years of progressive experience in information security or security engineering, including hands-on vulnerability management and penetration testing.
• Expertise in vulnerability assessment, security scanning platforms, asset coverage, finding validation and risk-based prioritization.
• Hands-on experience conducting internal and external penetration testing, including manual validation and controlled exploitation.
• Experience operating, configuring and troubleshooting security platforms and automating security workflows.
• Experience assessing vulnerabilities across infrastructure, cloud and application environments, including complex cloud setups.

Responsibilities

• Own vulnerability management operations with security scanning across infrastructure, cloud and applications.
• Analyze and prioritize vulnerabilities by validating findings, exploitability, asset criticality and business impact.
• Drive remediation by coordinating actions with engineering and operations teams and escalating unresolved risks.
• Automate scanning, ticketing and reporting workflows to improve efficiency and consistency.
• Monitor security performance with metrics on coverage, remediation progress and overdue vulnerabilities.
• Plan and execute internal and external penetration testing, defining scope and identifying exploitable weaknesses.
• Coordinate external penetration testing services and manage testing scope, access and deliverables.
• Drive resolution of findings by validating results and retesting fixes to confirm improvements.
• Share root-cause analyses and recommended improvements to prevent recurrence.

Skills

Vulnerability management

Penetration testing

Security risk assessment

Security automation

Security incident response

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Vulnerability scanning tools

Security testing tools

Cloud security platforms

Automation scripts (API/CLI)

Job description

Direct Supply in Wisconsin is seeking a Senior Cyber Security Engineer to own vulnerability management and penetration testing across our technology environments. You will lead security scanning, validate findings, prioritize risks and drive remediation with engineering and operations teams.

You will also automate workflows, monitor security performance with metrics, coordinate external testing, and provide actionable findings to reduce exposure and strengthen Direct Supply's security posture.