Cybersecurity Vulnerability Analyst

Security Clearance: Active Secret

Location: Linthicum Heights, MD

Job Type: Full-Time

Target Salary Range*: $132,000 - $180,000.

• This represents the potential salary range for this position depending on education level, years of experience and/or certifications in addition to other position specific requirements which may impact salary
  
  

Position Overview

This Cybersecurity Vulnerability Analyst supports a Vulnerability Disclosure Program (VDP) within the federal government and is responsible for reviewing and vetting security vulnerability reports submitted to the DoD VDP from outside hackers. The Analyst will evaluate the reports to ensure the vulnerability is reproducible and therefore valuable to the customer. They will assess each vulnerability for severity and assign an associated risk statement. The HackerOne Triage console tool will be utilized to assist in assigning and prioritizing reports. It will also assist the Analyst in helping identify duplicate submissions. Valid reports will be written in a DoD approved format and sent to the Vulnerability Management Analyst team for system owner coordination and mitigation. The Vulnerability Analyst will be a VDP liaison with the hacker community.

Key Responsibilities

• Utilize offensive toolsets such as Kali Linux to safely analyze production networks and systems, documenting steps and procedures to produce usable vulnerability assessments for the customer.
• Identify and investigate vulnerabilities, asses exploit potential, and document findings and remedies for presentation to facilitate mitigations on customer systems.
• Conduct web application vulnerability assessment testing using both automated tools and manual web exploitation techniques, using tools such as Burp Suite and open-source toolsets.
• Utilize a variety of industry standard security tools to conduct automated scans against systems and applications.
• Develop and execute proof-of-concept exploits to demonstrate the real-world impact of identified vulnerabilities, utilizing various web exploitation methods.
  
  

Qualifications

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree and 8 years of experience; OR Master’s Degree and 6 years of experience; OR 3 years with PhD. Bachelor's or Master's degree must be one of the following fields: Information Technology, Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Science, or Software Engineering. In lieu of a degree in one of these fields, an additional 4 years of relevant experience or specialized training may be considered.
  
  

Experience:

• In-depth understanding of information security principles and practices.
• Utilize MITRE ATT&CK, CVSS, and NIST frameworks to assess vulnerability severity and risk impact.
• In-depth understanding of web exploitation concepts and techniques. Knowledge and understanding of the Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) top 10.
• Experience operating in a professional IT or cybersecurity environment.
• Experience investigating security events, threats and/or vulnerabilities.
• Understand information security principles, technologies and practices.
• Excellent customer service skills.
  
  

Certifications

• Active CompTIA Security (must attach a copy of the certification)
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• CEH, CCNA-Security, CySA , OSCP (or equivalent), PenTest or similar certification a plus.
• Possess DoD 8570.01-M Information Assurance Technician (IAT) Level II Baseline Certification.
• Completed multiple Hack-The-Box penetration testing labs and challenges, developing hands-on expertise in vulnerability enumeration, exploitation, privilege escalation, and post-exploitation techniques within realistic, adversarial environments.
• Must possess an in-depth understanding of penetration testing methodology, including recon, exploit, persistence, etc.
• Must have a solid understanding of networking protocols, their uses, and their potential misuses.
• Programming experience in one or more languages, experience in HTLM/CSS or SQL.
• Experience with one or more scripting languages such as PowerShell, Bash, Python or Perl.