Vulnerability Management Specialist

Role Scope: The operational support of the team covers the following technical scope: Vulnerability Management Service Endpoint Security technologies – Anti-virus management, Host Intrusion Prevention System etc. Data Leak Prevention systems, Encryption Solutions: Disk Encryption, File and Folder encryption, Database Audit Monitoring solutions Phishing Prevention solutions. Responsibilities: Vulnerability Management Specialist is an individual who will be responsible for owning the Vulnerability Management. The individual is supported by platform teams for remediation actions. The position is pivotal for driving the process with various cross-functional (transverse) IT teams. Person will be responsible for following (but not limited to) responsibilities in day-to-day work: Person will be responsible preparing the Vulnerability Management Plan and the executes plan through all the phases of Vulnerability Management Lifecycle. Ensures that the Vulnerability scans are scheduled, configured in tool and are executed as per the schedule. Any failure of scans is to be investigated and schedule to re-run; Conducts periodical discovery of IT Assets and ensures that identified assets are highlighted to CMDB owner for appropriate Asset tagging and also onboards the new asset in Vulnerability Management tool; Assess the identified vulnerabilities and study & understand the risk profile, impact as per environmental context; Participate and coordinate the discussions with Infrastructure and Application teams and advise them the relevance of vulnerability and help them understand the impact; Understand the false positives reported and the technical limitations of the environment and facilitate the process of Risk Acceptance. - Person will be responsible to liaise with various stakeholders for proposing and maintaining the approvals for such cases; Collaborate with Infrastructure teams- Windows, Unix, Networks etc. for the remediation of the identified vulnerabilities. Maintain the Vulnerability Dashboard for the scope and submits reports both of Technical teams and Management Reporting; Organize work in order to achieve compliance to established KPIs for Vulnerability Management and proactively work towards achieving the same. Maintain periodical reporting on the progress; Escalate- discuss and consult- as required to next levels and Management in timely manner; Provide Specialist level for the Vulnerability Management service; Lead the Penetration testing remediation planning with cross functional teams; Conduct new threat exposure scanning across the asset scope and advise the applicability and lead remediation exercises with cross functional teams; Participate in meetings with various stake holders as per the schedules; Liaise with different teams in different geographical zones; Propose, plan and execute Service improvements initiatives; Adhere to different policies set out by the organization; Prepare and provide different reports (weekly/monthly/ad-hoc) to the Manager as necessary; Maintain appropriate knowledge required for successful and efficient delivery of the responsibilities; Keeping abreast of new threats and vulnerabilities and provide analysis as per applicability; Comply with all applicable legal, regulatory and internal Compliance requirements, including, but not limited to, the Singapore Compliance manual and Compliance policies and procedures as issued from time to time; Financial Security requirements, including, but not limited to, the prevention of Financial Crime and Fraud including reporting obligations to the Money Laundering Reporting Officer. Qualifications and Profile 5 + years of IT experience with 3+ years of IT Security experience and 4+ years of experience in managing Vulnerability Management process for an enterprise. Professional Certifications (highly preferred) - Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) - GIAC Enterprise Vulnerability Assessor (GEVA), or any other Vulnerability Management Certification - CREST certification Working & hands-on experience in managing Vulnerability Management process; Strong technical understanding and experience assessing vulnerabilities and identifying weaknesses in multiple operating system platforms, networks, database, and application servers. Ability to assess vulnerabilities and prioritize remediation planning; Experience in working collaboratively with cross-functional/transverse IT teams in Production setup (Operations) mode; Ability …