Vulnerability Management Analyst

SMBC; Charlotte (NC); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Job summary

SMBC is seeking a Vulnerability Management Analyst to strengthen cybersecurity, identify threats, and drive remediation across networks, apps, and infrastructure. The role emphasizes proactive risk assessment, threat research, and collaboration with IT and security teams in a hybrid work environment.

You will configure scans, analyze risks, and report on compliance while improving security posture through continuous tooling improvements and cross-functional partnerships.

Qualifications

• Foundational cybersecurity knowledge from studies, labs, internships, or work experience.
• Familiarity with the MITRE ATT&CK framework and common network/web attacks related to vulnerability assessment.
• Foundational knowledge of operating systems, networking, web apps, and common infrastructure components.
• Hands-on exposure to vulnerability assessment tools and interpreting scan results.
• Understanding how exploitability, exposure, asset criticality, business impact, and mitigations inform prioritization.
• Strong written, verbal, and interpersonal communication to explain technical concepts to diverse stakeholders.
• Preferred: Experience coordinating remediation with technology owners and documenting closure evidence.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills to analyze data, identify patterns, and summarize findings.
• Proactive, detail-oriented, organized, and able to manage competing priorities and deadlines.
• Preferred: Scripting to automate tasks and improve operations.
• Preferred: Knowledge of cloud technologies and containerized environments.

Responsibilities

• Identify and mitigate vulnerabilities across SMBC's networks, apps, and infrastructure.
• Configure vulnerability scans and research emerging threats.
• Conduct risk assessments and coordinate remediation within timelines.
• Collaborate with business units to assess risk and improve controls.
• Model attack surface risks and communicate high-risk areas to stakeholders.
• Contribute to vulnerability management reports and metrics.
• Tune tools to expand coverage and reduce false positives.
• Work with Threat Intelligence and Threat Hunting on detections.

Skills

Cybersecurity basics

MITRE ATTACK

Networking fundamentals

Vulnerability tools

Communication skills

Remediation coordination

Automation scripting

Cloud & containers

Job description

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SMBC Group is a top-tier global financial group. Headquartered in Tokyo and with a 400-year history, SMBC Group offers a diverse range of financial services, including banking, leasing, securities, credit cards, and consumer finance. The Group has more than 130 offices and 80,000 employees worldwide in nearly 40 countries. Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. (SMFG) is the holding company of SMBC Group, which is one of the three largest banking groups in Japan. SMFG’s shares trade on the Tokyo, Nagoya, and New York (NYSE: SMFG) stock exchanges.

In the Americas, SMBC Group has a presence in the US, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, and Peru. Backed by the capital strength of SMBC Group and the value of its relationships in Asia, the Group offers a range of commercial and investment banking services to its corporate, institutional, and municipal clients. It connects a diverse client base to local markets and the organization’s extensive global network. The Group’s operating companies in the Americas include Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. (SMBC), SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc., SMBC Capital Markets, Inc., JRI America, Inc., SMBC Leasing and Finance, Inc., Banco Sumitomo Mitsui Brasileiro S.A., and Sumitomo Mitsui Finance and Leasing Co., Ltd.

Role Description

As a Vulnerability Management Analyst, you will help strengthen SMBC Group’s cybersecurity capabilities and protect the Bank’s networks, applications, and infrastructure. Working alongside security professionals and IT owners, you will identify and mitigate risks that threat groups could exploit, drive effective and efficient vulnerability remediation, and help the Bank keep pace with an evolving threat landscape.

The Vulnerability Management team identifies, analyzes, and reports on vulnerabilities across SMBC. Through a proactive, risk-based approach, the team addresses security gaps to protect the Bank’s networks and data from cyberattacks, safeguard its reputation, and maintain customer trust.

In this role, you will configure vulnerability scans, research emerging threats, conduct risk assessments, identify attack vectors, coordinate remediation, and report on compliance and improvement opportunities across the enterprise. Success requires a proactive, diligent, and organized professional who learns quickly and adapts to a growing technology footprint and changing threats. You will collaborate with teams across the Bank to communicate and address risk and promote secure technologies aligned with security standards.

This role offers a security professional the opportunity to work with leading-edge tools and technologies in a challenging, complex enterprise environment.

Role Objectives

• Triage vulnerability alerts from security tools, external intelligence providers, penetration tests, and user-reported findings to assess their impact on the organization.
• Configure vulnerability scans and policy checks across networks, infrastructure, and applications, and perform manual testing as needed to validate findings.
• Partner with business units to conduct vulnerability assessments, advise on risk reduction strategies, and oversee remediation to ensure vulnerabilities are addressed within required timelines.
• Model attack surface risks and communicate high-risk areas to stakeholders in collaboration with the Threat Intelligence and Threat Hunting functions.
• Contribute to periodic vulnerability management reports and metrics for management.
• Tune vulnerability management tools to expand coverage, reduce false positives and false negatives, and improve operational processes.
• Collaborate with the Optimization team to implement detections and mitigations, including intrusion prevention system signatures, to protect against relevant threats.
• Promote continuous improvement by proactively investigating emerging risks and opportunities to strengthen the Bank’s security posture.

Qualifications and Skills

• Foundational cybersecurity knowledge gained through academic study, labs, internships, personal projects, or professional experience.
• Familiarity with the MITRE ATT&CK framework and common network and web-based attacks, and an understanding of how they relate to vulnerability assessment.
• Foundational knowledge of operating systems, networking, web applications, and common infrastructure components.
• Hands-on exposure to vulnerability assessment tools through coursework, labs, projects, internships, or employment, including interpreting scan results, validating findings.
• Understanding of how exploitability, exposure, asset criticality, business impact, and mitigating controls inform vulnerability prioritization.
• Strong written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills, with the ability to explain technical concepts clearly and collaborate with technical and nontechnical stakeholders.
• Preferred: Experience coordinating remediation with technology owners, tracking progress, and documenting closure evidence or approved exceptions.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to analyze datasets, identify patterns, and summarize findings clearly.
• A proactive, detail-oriented approach, strong organizational skills, willingness to learn, and the ability to manage competing priorities and deadlines.
• Preferred: Ability to use scripting to automate tasks and improve operational processes.
• Preferred: Working knowledge of cloud technologies and containerized environments.

SMBC’s employees participate in a Hybrid workforce model that provides employees with an opportunity to work from home, as well as, from an SMBC office. SMBC requires that employees live within a reasonable commuting distance of their office location. Prospective candidates will learn more about their specific hybrid work schedule during their interview process. Hybrid work may not be permitted for certain roles, including, for example, certain FINRA-registered roles for which in-office attendance for the entire workweek is required.

SMBC provides reasonable accommodations during candidacy for applicants with disabilities consistent with applicable federal, state, and local law. If you need a reasonable accommodation during the application process, please let us know at [e-mail].