Vulnerability Management Analyst

Cybersecurity Vulnerability Management Analyst SailPoint’s Cybersecurity organization is seeking a Cybersecurity Vulnerability Management Analyst with a passion for cybersecurity. This role ensures the continuous discovery, accurate assessment, risk-based prioritization, and successful remediation of vulnerabilities and misconfigurations across all IT assets, directly reducing the organization's exposure and maintaining regulatory compliance. We are seeking a colleague with demonstrable technical expertise, strong business acumen, and a proven track record of working in security programs in complex environments. The ideal candidate will be part of the team securing SailPoint’s production environments from misconfigurations and software vulnerabilities, cross-functional collaboration, and ensuring that products meet the highest standards of security, availability, and trust. Our new Vulnerability Management Analyst will join a growing and capable threat and vulnerability management team of both emerging and established talent. This potential team member will be comfortable with the 4 I’s at SailPoint (individual, Impact, Innovation, andIntegrity) even if they’re new to the concept. They will embrace new challenges, and by being their authentic self they will be a positive contributor to an already positive work culture and environment. This is a challenging and impactful role where you will have the opportunity to work with a variety of stakeholders, including our fantastic colleagues in IT, DevOps, Product engineering, Security engineering, and Compliance. This role reports directly to the Head of Vulnerability Management and will be remote. Key Requirements:3-5 years experience, preferably in vulnerability management.Strong engineering experience with cloud, containers, open-source code, deployment and misconfigurations.Intermediate experience with scripting languages (e.g., Python, PowerShell) for automating data ingestion, reporting, or integrating VM data into other security tools (SIEM/SOAR).Experience with regulatory frameworks (e.g., NIST, ISO 27001, SOC, GDPR) and providing evidence for compliance and audit needs.Experience tracking trends and configure systems as required to reduce false positives from true events.Process Improvement: Drive continuous improvement in the efficiency of vulnerability remediation through automation, ticketing system integration (e.g., Jira), and process streamlining.Influence & Collaboration – Demonstrable experience building strong partnerships in a matrixed organization.Technical – Intermediate understanding of product security issues (like XXE, SSRF, Injections, etc.), modern software development (fully automated CI/CD, REST, OAuth2) including multi-cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP, Containers, Kubernetes) architectures, particularly Amazon Web Services, Kubernetes, and Docker.Risk-Based Decision Making – Experience making informed decisions through balancing business priorities, technical constraints, and risk exposure.Certifications like CISSP, CISA, CySA+, AWS Certs, or CCNSE, or other relevant certifications are preferred.If the candidate does not have the AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner or AWS Certified Cloud Security – Specialty, they must take these certifications within first year of employment.Core Responsibilities:Collaborating in the enterprise-wide product security and resilience strategy, aligning with business goals and regulatory requirements.Partnering with Dev/Ops, engineering, product management, and infrastructure teams to integrate vulnerability management practices into production environments.Identifying risk in a production environment comprised of a sophisticated SaaS architecture consisting of dozens of microservicesMaintain knowledge of the threat landscape for prioritization of vulnerabilities, attack techniques, tool/exploit development, cyber threat intelligence analysis and adversarial tactics.Explaining risks, identifing dependencies, and facilitating the remediation process by providing necessary details and context.Enforce a prioritization framework that utilizes risk context beyond standard CVSS scores, factoring in asset criticality, exposure to the public internet, and internal threat intelligence (e.g., active exploitation in the wild).Drive the adoption of security automation, vulnerability management with product teams.Providing program performance reporting and metrics per business unit and product.SailPoint is an equal opportunity employer and we welcome all qualified candidates to apply to join our team.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other category protected by applicable law.  Alternative methods of applying for employment are available to individuals unable to submit an application through this site because of a disability. 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