Cybersecurity Engineer - Cyber Advisory Support

Security Engineer – Cyber Advisory Support

Role Overview

We are seeking a Security Engineer – Cyber Advisory Support contractor to provide advisory and hands-on support for client cybersecurity programs. This role will assist with the implementation, configuration, and operationalization of security controls, with a focus on vulnerability management, asset inventory, configuration management, authenticated scanning, remediation validation, and CMDB accuracy across infrastructure, cloud, and application environments.

The ideal candidate has hands-on experience with vulnerability scanning platforms, strong troubleshooting ability, and the communication skills needed to work across security, infrastructure, application, and business teams in complex enterprise environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the configuration, maintenance, and operation of vulnerability scanning platforms, including scanner deployment, scanner configuration, scan scheduling, and coverage across internal and external environments.
• Compile, validate, and maintain IT asset inventories to support authenticated vulnerability scanning.
• Coordinate with infrastructure, cloud, application, and security teams to confirm asset ownership, scan scope, access requirements, and inventory accuracy.
• Create, manage, and troubleshoot authentication records and credentials required for authenticated vulnerability scans.
• Perform discovery scans, validation scans, and coverage reviews to ensure complete and accurate asset visibility.
• Troubleshoot scanning issues related to authentication failures, infrastructure constraints, scan windows, scan schedules, tooling changes, and scanner performance.
• Update asset and configuration data in the CMDB following scanning activities to ensure alignment with enterprise inventory records.
• Support vulnerability remediation activities by validating fixes through rescans and advising on compensating controls when remediation cannot be completed immediately.
• Assist with emergency patching efforts and remediation validation in coordination with vulnerability management, infrastructure, application, and IT operations teams.
• Document scanner configurations, operational procedures, scan results, troubleshooting steps, findings, and recommendations.
• Support audit readiness and knowledge transfer through clear documentation and repeatable procedures.
• Provide recommendations to improve scanning coverage, configuration management practices, authenticated scan reliability, asset inventory quality, and overall vulnerability management effectiveness.
• Communicate technical findings clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Required Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in security engineering, vulnerability management, security operations, or a closely related cybersecurity role.
• Hands-on experience configuring and operating vulnerability scanning tools.
• Strong understanding of vulnerability scanning, authenticated scanning, asset management, configuration management, and vulnerability validation.
• Familiarity with CMDB processes and enterprise asset inventory practices.
• Experience troubleshooting scan failures, authentication issues, scan coverage gaps, or tooling-related vulnerability management issues.
• Ability to work with infrastructure, cloud, application, security, and operations teams to support vulnerability management activities.
• Ability to communicate technical findings clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Strong documentation, and troubleshooting skills.
• Experience supporting large, complex enterprise environments
• Strong written documentation, reporting, knowledge transfer, and stakeholder communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Consulting or client-facing advisory experience.
• Ability to work across multiple industries and technology stacks.
• Experience supporting vulnerability remediation, emergency patching, or remediation validation efforts.
• Experience improving scanning coverage, CMDB accuracy, or vulnerability management operational processes.

Job Types: Full-time, Contract

Base Pay: From $62.00 per hour

Application Question(s):

• Are you eligible to work as a direct 1099 contractor (no W2 or C2C arrangements)? Please indicate your eligibility by typing 'Yes' or 'No'. Note – This question is required. Failure to answer may result in disqualification

Experience:

• Vulnerability Scanner Tool Configuration: 2 years (Required)
• Enterprise Security engineering: 5 years (Required)
• Vulnerability management: 2 years (Required)
• CMDB: 1 year (Preferred)

Work Location: Remote