Associate Vulnerability Management Engineer - Remote

JOB DESCRIPTION
The Associate Cyber Risk Management Engineer - Vulnerability Management will log, research, validate, and track discovered vulnerabilities, perform continuous monitoring, manage the lifecycle of discovered vulnerabilities, and provide stakeholder outreach. The Associate Cyber Risk Management Engineer should have a basic understanding of vulnerability management tools, processes, and procedures. They are expected to stay updated with current advancements in cybersecurity developments and technologies. Engineers will also configure, implement, continuously improve, and maintain enterprise information security solutions, such as vulnerability scanners, vulnerability aggregators, and ticketing systems to address the business's current and emerging security needs.
RESPONSIBILITIES

• Manages vulnerability scans, logs, and tracks discovered vulnerabilities in alignment with the vulnerability lifecycle.
• Communicates and interacts effectively and professionally with co-workers, management, internal and external customers, and partners. Communicates security solution features and options to various technical and non-technical audiences. Maintains communication with management regarding development within assigned responsibilities and performs special projects as required or requested.
• Engages with security specialists, technology engineers, and other functional area specialists to ensure that enterprise technologies and security solutions are correctly configured to sufficiently mitigate identified risks and meet requirements for the enterprise, customers, partners, and vendors.
• Continuously tracks and reports the status of vulnerability team operational and development efforts.
• Maintains knowledge and ensures competency and compliance with policies and procedures.
• Develops working relationships with and offers support to other contributors in the information technology organization.
• Develops reports, metrics, and dashboards for system owners, managers, directors, and executives.
• Maintains security solutions in accordance with solution architectures. Analyzes risk exposure based on emerging and known vulnerabilities and contributes to improvement plans for existing security solutions.
• Triages remediation tasks and assigns them to the system owner.
• Applies root cause analysis to identify and assess issues and critical success drivers.
• Maintains a view of IT assets and emerging vulnerabilities.
• Assists in planning, coordinating, and executing engineering projects. Supports and collaborates with cross-functional teams through evaluation, design analysis, and development phases.
• Serves as a cybersecurity subject matter expert, assessing cybersecurity risks to specific solutions and identifying options and recommendations for mitigating those risks.
• Maintains procedures and leverages tooling to enable security service delivery.

Additional Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

• Foundational knowledge of data analytics and visualization tools (e.g., Splunk, Tableau).
• A working understanding of vulnerability management processes and lifecycle.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills; ability to examine issues both strategically and analytically.
• Ability to work on multiple, simultaneous initiatives and prioritize workload to meet commitments.
• Ability to communicate well with people in various positions, roles, and levels.
• History of and commitment to ethical behavior.
• Ability to conduct root cause analysis against vulnerabilities and determine feasible technical solutions.
• A working understanding of one or more information security and vulnerability management technology solutions.
• Self-motivated with a strong sense of urgency.
• Familiarity with using one or more programming/scripting languages (e.g., Python, Java).

QUALIFICATIONS

• Ability to interact well with co-workers and outside contacts
• Ability to clearly present on technical subjects
• Knowledge of laws, regulations, and standards relevant to the US Healthcare industry.
• Adaptive and demonstrated ability to learn quickly
• Exposure to contemporary security theory and application (including vulnerabilities, exploitation techniques and attack vectors).
• 0+ w/Bachelor's degree
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills (including technical writing). Must be able to effectively communicate technical concepts to a technical audience.
• A working understanding of one or more information security and appropriate use enforcement technology solutions including advanced malware detection/prevention, mobile device virtualization/MDM, cloud security management, structured and unstructured database encryption, mobile application and remote API security, fine-grained application authorization and access control, security event visualization, big data user and entity behavior analytics, active adversary deception, and others.
• Able to understand moderately complex written and oral instructions

Base Pay Information
The national base pay range at the end is a good-faith estimate of what Delta Dental may pay for new hires. Actual pay may vary based on Delta Dental's assessment of the candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities (KSAs), related experience, education, certifications and ability to meet required minimum job qualifications. Other factors impacting pay include prevailing wages in the work location and internal equity. $70,000 - $146,600
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Rewards to make you smile! We don't just want to make our customers happy - we want to give our employees a reason to smile, too. Delta Dental's comprehensive benefits package includes:

• Employee LiveWell program, focusing on overall employee well-being
• Low-cost premium medical insurance options
• Generous paid time off plus 12 holidays and your birthday off!
• Social responsibility and volunteer opportunities, including 16 paid volunteer hours annually
• Fertility and diabetes benefits
• Employee discount program: AT&T/Verizon, entertainment, travel, and more!
• Career growth: we love promoting from within
• Generous 401(k) matching and flat contribution
• 100% paid dental and vision insurance
• Culture of learning: career development and tuition reimbursement

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
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ABOUT THE TEAM
At Delta Dental, our success is only as strong as the people who execute it! We take enormous pride in being the nation's most recognized and widely-used provider of dental insurance - and we've come this far by living our core values of innovation, excellence, service and trust. Our vision is to motivate and empower every employee so that we're all inspired to take exceptional care of our customers, providers and ourselves. We believe in integrity, accountability, collaboration, and giving every employee equitable opportunity for their voice to be heard and development to be fostered.
If you're excited about the prospect of transforming the future of health care and growing in your career, join our smile revolution!
To see some of the smiling faces behind Delta Dental and to learn more about what our values and culture look like in action, connect with us on social media: Delta Dental Ins. on Facebook and Instagram, #LifeatDDins on Facebook and Instagram, Delta Dental Ins. on Twitter and Delta Dental Ins. on LinkedIn.
We are part of the Delta Dental Plans Association, a network of companies that provides dental coverage to 74 million people in the U.S. Delta Dental of California, Delta Dental of New York, Inc., Delta Dental of Pennsylvania and Delta Dental Insurance Company, together with our affiliate companies, form one of the nation's largest dental benefits delivery systems, covering 33 million enrollees. All of our companies are members, or affiliates of members, of the Delta Dental Plans Association, a network of 39 Delta Dental companies throughout the country.
Delta Dental is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to building and maintaining a diverse and inclusive workplace for all employees. Applicants will not be discriminated against because of race, color, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender or identity expression, age, disability, marital status, medical status, veteran status or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law. In addition to federal law requirements, Delta Dental complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.
Unfortunately, our Delta Dental Enterprise is unable to hire individuals residing in Alaska, North Dakota, Nebraska, Hawaii, Oklahoma, Vermont, Maine, West Virginia, New Hampshire, Wyoming, Puerto Rico or other US Territories at this time.
Proof of eligibility to work in the United States must be provided if selected for hire.
Delta Dental* has enacted a COVID-19 vaccination policy to protect all employees and the communities we serve due to the ongoing impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. Accordingly, we require all employees to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19. Are you able to comply with our policy of being fully vaccinated by your start date if an offer is made or have a medical or sincerely held religious exemption for receiving a COVID-19 vaccine? Failure to comply with our policy and submit proof of compliance or receive approval for a valid medical or sincerely held religious belief exemption prior to your start date will nullify any offer of employment extended to you.

• Delta Dental includes: Delta Dental of California, Delta Dental Insurance Company, Delta Dental of Pennsylvania, and Delta Dental of New York