Sr Manager - Vulnerability Management

Department Overview

McDonald’s Global Cyber Security is looking for a highly motivated, diligent, and skilled candidate to join the Vulnerability Management team. The Lead Analyst - Vulnerability Management is a key member of the Vulnerability Management team and works with internal and external groups globally to identify and drive remediation of security risks. Develop new Cybersecurity services and improve existing ones to meet growing demand for user, device, network, application, and data protection. The ideal candidate will have prior experience developing vulnerability management programs, analyzing vulnerabilities to determine applicability and impact, reporting vulnerability and risk to senior leadership, and leading prioritization and remediation strategies in an enterprise environment.

Accountability & Responsibilities

• Establish strategic relationships with key McDonald’s stakeholders ensuring vulnerability and threat management principles are incorporated into their processes, applications, and products across the enterprise to develop a culture of security.
• Support the rapid response of high-profile vulnerabilities and exposure across the system. Lead the publication advisories providing targeted technical guidance, prioritizing asset lists, and deadlines that are commensurate with the level of risk to the business. Identify mitigating controls where full remediation is not feasible.
• Oversee vulnerabilities and threats, determine their impact on McDonald’s, collaborate with Threat Intelligence, and coordinate responses based on risk levels.
• Apply vulnerability assessment tools and process outputs to develop and implement methods for detecting and assessing security weaknesses. Incorporate the use of industry standards and frameworks such as CVSS, EPSS, KEV, CPE & CWE to prioritize remediation activities.
• Elevate the understanding of key vulnerabilities and their prominent presence throughout the company to effectively convey and encourage the vital steps to address or minimize risk.
• Develop strategies and tools for producing reports and metrics to automate demonstrating the efficiency and strength of the vulnerability management initiative. This includes using a variety of tools such as Python, PowerShell, Power Automate, SQL, different database technologies, Power BI, Tableau, as well as ServiceNow or O365 tools.
• Develop standards, and procedures that support the global vulnerability management program. Lead vulnerability and risk assessments to evaluate severity, exploitability and potential business impact. Collaborate with technical and business stakeholders to validate assessment results, recommend mitigation strategies, and communicate actionable insights.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in information security technologies and processes, vulnerability management, security operations, security engineering, program development or similar experience. Experience with vulnerability detection and prioritization tools, such as Tenable, Qualys, Wiz, Tanium, Avalor, Nucleus, Service Now VR, etc. (Required)
• Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Information Security, or a related field. Expert knowledge of cybersecurity vulnerability management techniques, as applied to infrastructure, cloud, data, applications, platforms, operating systems and networks.
• Demonstrate outstanding leadership, and interpersonal verbal and written communication skills. Is process-oriented and able to manage multiple concurrent work streams. Ensure timely communication and updates through designated work management tools and remote productivity platforms. Participate in virtual meetings and contribute to discussions using remote productivity tools (e.g., Slack, Microsoft Teams, WebEx) Ability to support 24 x 7 x 365 stakeholders and work as part of a cohesive team.
• Ability to work within tight timeframes and a fast-paced environment with changing priorities. Ability to manage people and vendors to deliver a successful Vulnerability Management program
• Information security certifications such as Security+, Network+, CISSP, CCNA, GSEC, GCIA, GPEN, CEH. Proficiency in security regulations including NIST and PCI-DSS is a must. Knowledge of laws, regulations, and standards relevant to Cybersecurity / privacy.

Compensation

Bonus Eligible: Yes

Long - Term Incentive: Yes

Benefits Eligible: Yes

Salary Range

The expected salary range for this role is $167,366.00 - $209,207.00 per year
 
The above represents the expected salary range for this job requisition. Ultimately, in determining your pay, we may also consider your experience, and other job-related factors.