Vulnerability Analyst

 Location: UK - Hatfield, UK - Milton Keynes, UK - Nottingham | Job-ID: 215795 | Contract type: Standard | Business Unit: Information Technology

Vulnerability Analyst   
CC UK Nottingham, MK and Hatfield 
SC Clearance required 
 

Life on the team  
As part of our vulnerability management team, you'll join a supportive group of professionals dedicated to protecting our customers.  Your work will involve analysing the latest threats and carefully directing potential issues to the right technical teams for swift fixes. You'll stay on the cutting edge of vulnerability knowledge, ensuring our defences stay strong. 
This role is perfect for someone who enjoys critical thinking and problem-solving. You will collaborate across departments under our established vulnerability management process, directly contributing to the security and well-being of our customers and working with us to develop the service further with your valuable input and ideas.  

What you’ll do  
As a Vulnerability Analyst, you will play a critical role in safeguarding our customers systems. You will handle identifying and assessing vulnerabilities across customer supported products, ensuring timely remediation following our industry aligned vulnerability lifecycle management process. Your ability in Qualys and Tenable scanning tools will be important in this role. 

Responsibilities and required skills: 

Vulnerability Assessment and Management: 
•    May conduct vulnerability assessments using Qualys and Tenable scanning tools. 
•    Analyse scan results to identify vulnerabilities against a defined list of supported products ‘Vulnerability Lifecycle Management Product Lists (VLMPLs)’ 
 

Incident Response and Communication: 
•    Co-coordinate responses to vulnerability incidents. 
•    Issue timely notifications and communications related to security vulnerabilities. 
 

Proactive Identification and Mitigation: 
•    Stay informed about emerging threats and vulnerabilities from vendors, threat intelligence, and subscriptions. 
•    Assess potential impacts and recommend mitigating actions. 
•    Implement best practices for vulnerability treatment, including working with our operational teams to ensure policy enforcement, system hardening, patching, and fixes. 
 

Collaboration and Coordination: 
•    Work closely with technical and non-technical teams. 
•    Coordinate emergency patching efforts when required. 
•    Translate complex security matters into clear, business-friendly communications for diverse audiences. 
  

What you’ll need  
•    UK SC Clearance or ability to gain SC 
•    Stay up to date with the latest information technology security bulletins. 
•    Perform validation and closure activities upon completion of corrective mitigation actions. 
•    Preferably experience with Qualys and/or Tenable scanning tools. 
•    Strong analytical skills and attention to detail. 
•    Excellent communication skills, both technical and non-technical 
•    Support the continuous improvement and development of our vulnerability service.  

About us

We are a leading independent technology and services provider, trusted by large corporate and public sector organisations. We are a responsible business that believes in winning together for our people and our planet. We help our customers to source, transform and manage their technology infrastructure to deliver digital transformation, enabling people and their business.

Our business may be about technology, but first of all it’s about people

With over 20,000 people across 22 countries, we are proud of our inclusive culture - where everyone can thrive, feel valued, and truly belong.

As an equal opportunities employer, we’re committed to ensuring fair and equal access to opportunities for all. Your application will be considered on its merits, regardless of your age, disability, ethnicity, gender identity, or any other characteristics protected by law. What matters most to us is that you share our vision and values, and bring the experience and skills we’re looking for.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. We welcome applications from disabled people and accept applications in alternative formats. We also guarantee to interview applicants who have a disability.

If you share our values and want to make a meaningful impact in a supportive, forward-thinking environment - we’d love to hear from you!