Manager - Information Security - Vulnerability Containers

Job Number 24103262

Job Category Information Technology

Location Marriott International HQ, 7750 Wisconsin Avenue, Bethesda, Maryland, United States

Schedule Full-Time

Located Remotely? Y

Relocation? N

Position Type Management

JOB SUMMARY

The Manager, Vulnerability Management functions as a technical expert in the areas of vulnerability scanning and remediation tracking focused on vulnerabilities within containers and containerized applications. The role will be responsible for identifying vulnerabilities through vulnerability scanning, and ensuring remediation through assessment and reporting. The role will also design, roll out and maintain the evaluation process, identify areas for process improvement to assure the inclusion of appropriate elements of quality and compliance with security policy and regulations. The role will provide assistance with enterprise vulnerability scanning and will be able to create and manage integrated assessments. This role is for a individual contributor who can monitor and assess vulnerability scanning data, prioritize and address vulnerabilities within containers involving collaboration among development, operations and security teams. It requires the ability to communicate with technical and non-technical stakeholders, relay the importance of the vulnerability management activities, the risks presented by findings, and potential remediation actions. This role requires a working knowledge of security and network protocols, system and network administration, and configuration management.

CANDIDATE PROFILE

Education and Experience

Required:

Bachelors degree in Computer Sciences or related field or equivalent experience/certification

5+ years of information security experience that also includes background and knowledge of general security concepts such as defense in-depth, least privilege, etc.

2+ years experience with:

Vulnerability scanning and assessment using Tenable.io.

Containerization technologies in cloud environments with a focus on vulnerability management and remediation.

Vulnerability assessment and reporting including comprehensive understanding of Vulnerability Management methodologies and procedures, threat assessment, and remediation management.

Managing or using enterprise vulnerability assessment technologies, including Tenable.io, Tenable Security Center, or similar vulnerability solutions, is required.

Preferred:

Experience with using and configuring Aqua Security

Working knowledge of container security concepts, threats, and mitigations

Current information security certification, including Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), GIAC certification, or Certified Information Security Manager (CISM).

Technical leadership experience in both, sourced and contractor, environments.

Experience managing or operating enterprise vulnerability management in a large commercial enterprise.

Experience working in a multi-cloud enterprise environment.

Ability to understand and manipulate large data sets to provide analysis and reporting.

Experience working on medium to large projects involving multiple teams in a technical lead role within an enterprise environment.

Experience with managing technical aspects of various controls frameworks, such as NIST Security and Privacy Controls and PCI-DSS.

Experience managing or operating enterprise vulnerability management in a large commercial enterprise.

Familiarity with attack and exploitation techniques involving operating systems, applications, and devices commonly seen in an enterprise environment.

Excellent communication skills and problem solving ability.

Demonstrated ability to work independently and with others.

Technical infrastructure operations, administration, or engineering background.

CORE WORK ACTIVITIES

Identify, prioritize, and drive remediate of vulnerabilities across our containerized infrastructure

Provide technical expertise to vulnerability scanning and assessment on containers and containerized applications.

Develop and implement strategies for remediating vulnerabilities in containerized assets

Collaborate with DevOps and IT teams to drive vulnerability remediation

Support the development and implementation of strategies to enhance and mature the Vulnerability Management processes in containers and containerized applications.

Provide technical leadership to the information vulnerability management process, including developing and managing remediation activities.

Identify, triage, and prioritize vulnerabilities and associated remediation and mitigation activity using multiple sources of vulnerability, threat, and asset data.

Develop remediation and mitigation guidance to include vendor-supplied remediations, mitigating actions to reduce risk, and actions to address vulnerabilities within containers for which complete remediation does not exist, on both individual assets and on multi-asset solutions and environments.

Use internal solutions to report on open vulnerabilities, remediation progress, remediation compliance, and vulnerability metrics for use by technical, management, and executive stakeholders.

Perform planned and ad-hoc vulnerability scanning, determine remediation options and track remediation to completion.

Evaluate and test hardware, firmware and software for possible impact on system security, and the investigation and resolution of security risk and incidents.

Assist in the direction of third-party vendors activities to include prioritizing work, developing processes to govern such activities, and reporting on the status, type, and effectiveness of those activities.

Create, maintain, and mature vulnerability management processes and associated documentation.

Maintain documentation repositories related to vulnerability management for use by internal staff and technical stakeholders

Work proactively with IT Infrastructure partners with respect to strategic and tactical plans for information security.

Educates internal and external users of security technologies to continually improve the knowledge and skill-base of the organization on how best to manage security configuration, patch management and vulnerability management within the infrastructure services.

Participates in the evaluation and selection of security services products.

Promotes the benefits of security services to the organization and educates the team on security concepts.

Technical Leadership

Trains and/or mentors other team members, and peers as appropriate

Provides financial input on department or project budgets, capital expenditures or other cost/resource estimates as requested

Identifies opportunities to enhance the service delivery processes

IT Governance

Follows all defined IT standards and processes (i.e. IT Governance, SM&G, Architecture, etc.), and provides input for improvements to the appropriate process owners as needed

Maintains a proper balance between business and operational risk

Follows the defined projec.