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Cybersecurity Vulnerability Management Lead

Cherokee Federal Almont, CO

Almont, CO

1mo ago Closed

Full time Manager Application Security Cloud Platforms

This position is no longer accepting applications (closed Sep 18, 2026).

Job Description

Cherokee Federal is seeking a Cybersecurity Vulnerability Management Team Lead to support the NSF Cybersecurity Program. This onsite role in Almont, CO provides technical authority to modernize vulnerability management into a threat-informed exposure management capability and to lead enterprise vulnerability operations.

Key Responsibilities

Lead and mature NSF’s vulnerability management capability across enterprise, cloud, containerized, application, and hybrid environments.
Provide technical leadership to a team of vulnerability analysts and establish a culture of accountability, ownership, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
Develop and maintain a vulnerability management roadmap aligned with evolving threats and organizational priorities.
Operationalize modern vulnerability prioritization techniques using CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV), EPSS, threat intelligence feeds, asset criticality scoring, internet-facing asset identification, attack path analysis, and MITRE ATT&CK mapping.
Evaluate and recommend emerging technologies to improve vulnerability validation, attack surface visibility, and exposure management.
Own end-to-end vulnerability management processes: Discovery, Validation, Prioritization, Remediation coordination, Exception handling, Verification, and Executive reporting.
Operate and optimize enterprise scanning platforms, including Tenable.sc, Tenable.io, and Nessus.
Improve scan coverage, credential management, accuracy, and false-positive reduction.
Integrate findings from cloud-native security capabilities: AWS Inspector, Security Hub, GuardDuty, Wiz, Prisma Cloud, and Microsoft Defender for Cloud.
Partner with Application Security and DevSecOps teams to support AppScan, DAST, SAST, CI/CD integrations, and container image scanning.
Mature ServiceNow Vulnerability Response capabilities, including CMDB enrichment, automated ticket creation, SLA tracking, ownership assignment, and escalation workflows.
Develop automation opportunities using APIs, Python, PowerShell, and orchestration capabilities.
Build executive dashboards and metrics including MTTR, SLA adherence, vulnerability aging, exposure trends, scan coverage, and remediation effectiveness.
Brief cybersecurity leadership on emerging risks, remediation progress, and program maturity initiatives.

Required Qualifications

8+ years of cybersecurity experience.
4+ years of direct vulnerability management experience in a federal or large enterprise environment.
3+ years leading vulnerability analysts, remediation programs, or enterprise VM initiatives.
Deep hands-on expertise with Tenable.sc, Tenable.io, and Nessus.
Experience implementing or significantly improving a vulnerability management or exposure management capability.
Experience with ServiceNow Vulnerability Response and CMDB integrations.
Experience applying modern vulnerability prioritization methodologies including CISA KEV, EPSS, threat intelligence, asset criticality, and attack path analysis.
Experience supporting AWS, Azure, or hybrid cloud environments.
Experience collaborating with Security Operations and Incident Response teams to identify and rapidly remediate actively exploited vulnerabilities.
Experience briefing technical teams, executives, and federal stakeholders.

Technologies

Tenable.sc, Tenable.io, Nessus
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV), EPSS, Threat intelligence feeds, MITRE ATT&CK
AWS Inspector, Security Hub, GuardDuty, Wiz, Prisma Cloud, Microsoft Defender for Cloud
AppScan, DAST, SAST, CI/CD integrations, Container image scanning
ServiceNow Vulnerability Response, CMDB enrichment, APIs, Python, PowerShell, orchestration capabilities
ServiceNow Vulnerability Response and CMDB integrations

Highly Desired Experience

SafeBreach
AttackIQ
Pentera
XM Cyber
Wiz
Prisma Cloud
AppScan
Breach and Attack Simulation (BAS)
Continuous Control Validation (CCV)
External Attack Surface Management (EASM)
Kubernetes Security
Detection Engineering

Preferred Certifications

CISSP
GCIH
CySA+
Security+
Tenable Certified Professional
AWS Security Specialty
ServiceNow Vulnerability Response Certification

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