Separation Vulnerability Management Lead

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The Opportunity

The Senior Cybersecurity Vulnerability Management Analyst is responsible for implementing and supporting the organizations vulnerability management program. Working in partnership with security operations infrastructure cloud application and engineering teams this role helps identify assess prioritize communicate and drive remediation of vulnerabilities across the enterprise environment.

The Vulnerability Management Analyst takes initiative to assist in planning and execution performs assigned technical and operational tasks within defined scope and guidance and follows established security policies standards and operating procedures. The analyst leverages internal and external intelligence sources to understand emerging threats exploitation activity and attack vectors; validates vulnerability findings; documents risk assessments and remediation recommendations; and escalates risks or issues appropriately to support timely mitigation and risk reduction.

Key Responsibilities

Implement and maintain vulnerability management processes and technologies used to identify assess prioritize and track vulnerabilities across enterprise assets.

Operate and support vulnerability scanning platforms by onboarding assets validating scan coverage and results maintaining data integrity and monitoring platform health and performance.

Analyze vulnerability findings to determine risk exploitability business impact and remediation priority.

Partner with infrastructure cloud application and business teams to communicate vulnerability risks and drive remediation.

Perform vulnerability validation and technical analysis to distinguish true positives from false positives.

Support risk-based vulnerability prioritization initiatives by identifying actively exploited vulnerabilities and attack paths.

Assist with vulnerability reporting metrics dashboards and executive communications.

Stay current on emerging threats vulnerabilities attacker techniques and exploitation trends.

Collaborate with security operations architecture and engineering teams to identify systemic security weaknesses.

Perform other duties as assigned.

Minimum Requirements

Degree or equivalent and typically requires 4 years of relevant experience.

Skills and Qualifications

6 years of experience in cybersecurity and/or IT operations with exposure to vulnerability management security operations threat management infrastructure security or related disciplines.

Experience implementing or supporting vulnerability management platforms such as Tenable Qualys Rapid7 Wiz Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management or similar technologies.

Demonstrated ability to assess vulnerabilities beyond severity ratings by considering exploitability attack paths business impact asset criticality and real-world threat activity.

Strong understanding of common attack vectors adversary tactics and exploitation techniques.

Experience validating vulnerabilities and understanding remediation approaches across operating systems networks cloud platforms containers applications and identity systems.

Ability to communicate technical risk clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Strong relationship-building collaboration and stakeholder management skills.

Knowledge of CVSS EPSS CISA KEV and risk-based vulnerability management methodologies.

Experience tracking and managing remediation efforts through ticketing and workflow systems.

Ability to analyze security findings identify root causes and recommend practical remediation actions.

Working knowledge of operating systems networking fundamentals cloud services identity platforms databases and application architectures.

Experience with AWS Azure or GCP.

Basic scripting or automation skills (Python PowerShell Bash).

Working knowledge of Windows and Linux administration fundamentals.

Familiarity with NIST CIS Benchmarks ISO 27001 and related frameworks.

Highly organized with strong prioritization documentation and analytical skills.

Track record of integrity curiosity sound judgment and continual learning.

Experience participating in critical vulnerability response efforts.

Education Requirements

Bachelors degree in computer science information security/assurance MIS engineering or related field; or equivalent practical experience.

Preferred Certification

Preferred (not required): Security SSCP CISSP GCED GCCC GMON Tenable Certified Professional Qualys Certified Specialist or equivalent certifications related to vulnerability management threat and vulnerability assessment or risk management.

About MMS

McKesson Medical-Surgical (MMS) which is expected to become Wellverse in early 2027 is a subsidiary and publicly reported segment of the McKesson Corporation. MMS distributes medical-surgical supplies pharmaceuticals diagnostic equipment and supplies along with other solutions and services to virtually every type of healthcare setting and provider outside of the traditional hospital. These markets often referred to as Alternate Care or Non-Acute Care include physician offices surgery centers long-term care providers laboratories home health and hospice agencies health systems government facilities and online marketplaces and retailers.

Alternate Care markets are growing rapidly and MMS is proud to be a leader in this space. With a team of approximately 8000 employees a network of 15 distribution centers and approximately 900 delivery vehicles we collaborate with more than 2200 leading manufacturers and serve over 200000 customer accounts across the U.S. Our catalog includes more than 270000 SKUs of branded and private-label medical-surgical products from bandages to specialty pharmaceuticals and COVID-19 tests.

We are proud to offer a competitive compensation package at McKesson as part of our Total Rewards. This is determined by several factors including performance experience and skills equity regular job market evaluations and geographical markets. The pay range shown below is aligned with McKessons pay philosophy and pay will always be compliant with any applicable regulations. In addition to base pay other compensation such as an annual bonus or long-term incentive opportunities may be offered. For more information regarding benefits at McKesson pleaseclick here.

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