Lead Cybersecurity Engineer – Vulnerability & Configuration Management (R-00155)

Job Responsibilities

• • Oversee RBAM projects, schedules, milestones, and team execution 
  • Facilitate meetings and brief leadership on status, risks, priorities, and progress 
  • Lead and coordinate vulnerability management activities across enterprise systems, including vulnerability identification, prioritization, remediation tracking, and validation
  • Oversee remediation efforts by working with system owners, engineers, administrators, database teams, and other stakeholders to ensure timely and risk-informed mitigation
  • Apply knowledge of CVE, CVSS, NVD, and the CISA KEV catalog to support risk-based vulnerability prioritization and remediation sequencing
  • Establish, manage, and enforce configuration baselines across Windows, Linux, network, cloud, containerized, and database environments
  • Incorporate security configuration baselines into configuration management processes, including operating system image hardening, automation, audit, and compliance validation
  • Support configuration management practices aligned with NIST SP 800-128 and other applicable federal guidance
  • Coordinate database hardening activities across relational, NoSQL, and cloud-native database environments
  • Apply DISA STIGs, CIS Benchmarks, and hardening best practices to support secure database configuration and compliance
  • Assess on-premises and cloud-hosted database environments for security posture, hardening compliance, logging, encryption, data masking, and audit readiness.
  • Use scanning and validation tools to verify database hardening compliance and identify configuration gaps
  • Translate audit requirements into actionable technical configurations, remediation tasks, dashboards, reports, and evidence artifacts
  • Develop, modify, and maintain dashboards and reports in Splunk or similar SIEM platforms to support leadership visibility, operational tracking, and program performance.
  • Use enterprise ticketing systems such as ServiceNow to document findings, assign remediation actions, track progress, and support auditability
  • Support automation through scripting, Splunk searches, and repeatable workflows using tools such as Python, PowerShell, Bash, or similar technologies
  • Support DevSecOps and CI/CD pipeline activities by helping integrate vulnerability management, configuration validation, and hardening requirements into development and deployment processes.
  • Coordinate with technical teams to ensure remediation, configuration, and database security activities are properly documented and supported by evidence
  • Provide technical guidance to stakeholders on remediation priorities, configuration risk, database hardening, and cyber hygiene improvement.
  • Support recurring reporting on vulnerability trends, remediation progress, configuration compliance, database hardening status, operational gaps, and risk reduction.
  • Help mature the risk-based asset management program by improving processes, automation, reporting, evidence generation, and stakeholder coordination
  • Direct and support enterprise vulnerability scanning, analysis, remediation prioritization, and reporting 
  • Guide the development and enforcement of secure configuration baselines across systems and platforms
  • Coordinate database hardening, patching, scanning, and compliance activities with stakeholders 
  • Review cyber hygiene findings and translate results into actionable remediation plans 
  • Support evaluation of new technologies and products through security review and software approval processes 
  • Develop or enhance dashboards, reporting, and metrics to improve visibility into risk and remediation progress 
  • Support process improvement, automation, and operational maturity efforts across the RBAM function 
  • Ensure work products, reporting, and technical activities align with DHS, client, and federal cybersecurity expectations 
  • Lead and coordinate vulnerability management, configuration management, and database hardening activities 

Job Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Information Systems, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related technical field; or equivalent additional experience 
• 7+ years of total professional experience 
• 5+ years of technical experience in vulnerability management, configuration management, database hardening, or related security operations 
• Experience leading technical teams or workstreams in dynamic environments 
• Strong experience managing vulnerability remediation efforts across enterprise environments 
• Experience using vulnerability scanning tools such as Tenable/Nessus 
• Strong experience establishing, maintaining, and enforcing configuration baselines 
• Familiarity with remediation practices across Windows, Linux, network devices, containers, and cloud platforms 
• Strong knowledge of CVE, CVSS, NVD, and the CISA KEV catalog 
• Strong knowledge of configuration management principles and secure baseline enforcement 
• Familiarity with DISA STIGs, CIS Benchmarks, and secure hardening practices 
• Experience with enterprise dashboards, reporting, and ticketing workflows 
• Experience with scripting and automation using tools such as Python, PowerShell, Bash, or similar 
• Experience with a wide range of database technologies including: 
• Relational databases: Oracle, PostgreSQL, MySQL, MS SQL
• NoSQL Databases: MongoDB
• Cloud-native databases: AmazonRDS, Azure SQL, DynamoDB
• Familiarity with DevSecOps and CI/CD pipeline concepts 
• Ability to assess and secure on-premises and cloud-hosted database environments 
• Experience with audit logging, encryption, masking, and technical evidence generation for compliance needs 
• Strong written and verbal communication skills 

Required Certifications

• One active certification such as CASP, GSEC, GSLC, CISSP, CEH, CISM, CISA, or comparable 
• One active Agile certification such as PMI-ACP, SAFe Agilist, CSM, or comparable