What are the responsibilities and job description for the Vulnerability Remediation Engineer position at Programming.com?
Vulnerability Remediation Engineer
Location: Sunnyvale, CA OR Bellevue, WA (Onsite)
Employment Type: Long-Term Contract
We are hiring a Vulnerability Remediation Engineer to support enterprise vulnerability management and remediation operations.
Required Skills:
- 3 years of experience in Cybersecurity, Vulnerability Management, Security Operations, Infrastructure Support, or Security Program Operations
- Strong understanding of security principles, vulnerability lifecycle management, patch remediation, and risk prioritization
- Experience handling large volumes of vulnerability remediation across enterprise environments
- Strong experience collaborating with technical engineering, infrastructure, cloud, or platform teams
- Hands-on experience with JIRA for remediation tracking and workflow management
- Strong project coordination / project management skills
- Experience with vulnerability tools such as Tenable, Qualys, Rapid7, Wiz, CrowdStrike, or ServiceNow
- Exposure to AWS, Linux, Kubernetes, cloud infrastructure, or enterprise production environments
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
Responsibilities:
- Drive remediation of new and existing vulnerabilities
- Coordinate with technical SMEs and engineering teams to ensure timely issue closure
- Track remediation progress, blockers, SLAs, and risk reduction metrics
- Support enterprise vulnerability management program operations
- Improve remediation workflows through process optimization and automation tooling
Note: This is an execution-focused remediation role; deep coding experience is not required.