End Point Vulnerability Manager

Responsibilities

Peraton is seeking an End Point Vulnerability Manager to join our team of experienced, diverse individuals. The qualified applicant will become part of Peraton’s Infrastructure Managed Service (IMS) Program, for the United States Coast Guard (USCG). This initiative is modernizing and consolidating the engineering and operational environment under a managed service to better support the services provided to the USCG.

Must be local to Kearneysville, West Virginia.

Lead a team of patch management, content delivery and desktop engineering resources to ensure successful project completion

Serve as a technology subject matter expert for internal and external stakeholders and provide direction for all firm mandated controls and compliance initiatives, all projects within the group.

Support Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager & potentially Intune administration and engineering, to include collection and query creation and management; application and package deployment; content distribution, management and troubleshooting, and custom report creation

Serve as a technology subject matter expert for internal and external stakeholders and provide direction for all mandated controls and compliance initiatives, all projects within the group and in creating a technology domain roadmap

Ensure that all integration of functions meet business goals

Identify problem causality, business impact and root causes

Advise & mentor junior team members

Impact the engineering function by influencing decisions through advice, counsel or facilitating services

Appropriately assess risk when business decisions are made.

Manage the pre and post patching process to ensure proper implementation without any outages.

Coordinate deployment schedule with other teams such as content management and delivery team, infrastructure management, security operations, governance & risk. Communicate project and operational metrics.

Lead in developing action plans, schedules, status and metrics reports as well as other management communications intended to improve the patch management program

Analyze and foresee the side effects of the patch and be able to quantify the risks business impact, and opportunities (for better security) when the patch is applied.

Work with product vendors to come up with suitable patch recommendations without compromising systems.

Research, evaluate, develop, design and implement patch remediation designs and standards following industry and DOD best practices

Develop and implement patch and vulnerability remediation process

Extremely analytical and experience creating reports with large and fragmented data sets.

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications:

Minimum of 10 years’ experience is required

U.S. Citizenship required; must have an active Secret clearance

Must possess a CompTIA Security+ or higher certification in support of DoD 8570

Must have demonstrated experience with large environments running over 1000 servers and varied patching tools

Proven experience leading technical teams, including task delegation, performance management, and mentoring.

Expert knowledge of MECM architecture, including Central Administration Sites (CAS), primary sites, secondary sites, and distribution points.

Experience with current end point management tools such as, Configuration Manager (MECM), Windows Server Update Services (WSUS), Red Hat YUM and AWS Systems Manager Patch Manager

Proficiency in creating and managing MECM packages, applications, and task sequences.

Experience with operating system deployment (OSD) using MECM.

Proficiency in PowerShell scripting for automating MECM tasks and system management.

Ability to drive projects and initiatives from conception to completion.

Strong organizational skills to manage multiple tasks and projects simultaneously.

Experience with project management methodologies (e.g., Agile, Scrum, Waterfall).

Experience with compliance and auditing processes, including MECM compliance settings and Desired Configuration Management (DCM).

In-depth understanding of various operating systems, network/system infrastructure, networking protocols/services and enterprise architectural design, to come up with patching recommendations to remediate any vulnerabilities in the DOD IT environment and resolve issues

Proficiency in scripting of packaged installation of patches, software, and configuration changes, including power shell automation to improve patch management processes

Ability to manage project timelines, resources, and deliverables effectively.

Preferred Qualifications:

Tanium experience strongly preferred

Superb problem solving, critical thinking, and analytical skills with the ability to de-construct problems

Excellent written and verbal communication; must be able to communicate technical solutions to senior management

Peraton Overview

Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world’s leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted, highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day, our employees do the can’t be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit peraton.com to learn how we’re keeping people around the world safe and secure.

Target Salary Range

$104,000 - $166,000. This represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.

EEO

EEO: Equal opportunity employer, including disability and protected veterans, or other characteristics protected by law.

full time