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Job Location drjobs

Alexandria - USA

Monthly Salary drjobs

$ 112000 - 179000

Vacancy

1 Vacancy

Job Description

Responsibilities

Peraton is seeking a highly skilled and missionfocused Lead for Workstation Vulnerability and Patch Management to oversee and execute vulnerability remediation and patch compliance across a diverse enterprise workstation environment. This role plays a critical part in maintaining system integrity supporting RMF compliance and reducing cyber risk in alignment with DoD and NIST standards. This position is a hybrid role with on site work 23 days a week.

The successful candidate will lead patching strategy schedule coordination toolset operations and metrics reporting for over 50000 Windowsbased endpoints in support of DoD information security directives.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Lead the endtoend vulnerability and patch management lifecycle for all classified and unclassified workstation assets (primarily Windows 10/11).
  • Manage daily and monthly patch operations including scheduling deployment validation and exception handling.
  • Coordinate with Cybersecurity System Administrators and ISSOs to ensure timely mitigation of vulnerabilities aligned with STIG IAVM and ACAS/Tenable findings.
  • Maintain compliance with DoD directives (e.g. DISA STIGs IAVAs/IAVMs CCRI prep RMF controls).
  • Leverage patch management tools such as Microsoft MECM or Tanium for scalable deployment and reporting.
  • Analyze ACAS scan results track metrics and generate executivelevel reports showing patch compliance trends and outstanding vulnerabilities.
  • Maintain Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) update system documentation and support audit readiness activities.
  • Serve as primary point of contact for workstation remediation status during security reviews or incident response.

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications:

  • Active DoD Secret clearance (or higher) required.
  • U.S. Citizenship required due to federal contract requirements.
  • Bachelors degree in IT Cybersecurity or a related field and 8 years experience Masters and 6 years experience PhD and 3 years experience Associates degree and 10 years experience High School Diploma and 12 years experience
  • Minimum of 5 years experience in vulnerability or patch management
  • Strong handson experience with patch deployment tools (MECM Tanium etc.).
  • Working knowledge of DISA STIGs IAVMs NIST SP 80053 and RMF.
  • Experience interpreting ACAS/Tenable reports and tracking remediation progress.
  • Proven ability to lead crossfunctional coordination efforts and communicate with technical and nontechnical stakeholders.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • CompTIA Security CASP CISSP or other DoD 8570 IAT Level II/III certifications.
  • Experience supporting DoD or federal civilian cybersecurity programs.
  • Familiarity with managing both NIPR and SIPR workstation environments.
  • Experience with ServiceNow or Remedy ticketing systems.

Work Environment:

  • Must be able to work onsite or in a classified environment as required.
  • May require occasional afterhours support for emergency patching windows or system recovery.

Peraton Overview

Peraton is a nextgeneration national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the worlds 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 cant be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit to learn how were keeping people around the world safe and secure.

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