Tenable Nessus Engineer

Job Description

We are Global IT Recruitment specialist that provides support to the clients across UK, Europe and Australia. We have an excellent job opportunity for you.Role: Tenable Nessus Engineer Contract Length: 5+ monthsLocation: Knutsford/HybridAs an experienced Tenable Scanning Engineer responsible for maintaining the Tenable product suite and ensuing were meeting scanning coverage across the bank We are looking for an highly motivated individual who will join the security team of a major global banking organisation, to improve the security posture and services provided internally. The ideal candidate for this job will be an experiencedinformation security practitioner who is goal-oriented and strives to exceed expectations.Primary Responsibilities• The ability to review requirements, undertake product design followed by Implementation/deployment/support of the Tenable product suite (Security Centre, Nessus scan engines, Tenable.io) and peripherals with Engineering.• Maintains local and network credentials Tenable Security Centre and provisions access to vulnerability scanning systems.• Responsible for integration of Nessus/Security Centre with other security and IT systems management tools (i.e. Splunk, ServiceNow)• Responsible for developing and maintaining standard processes and operating procedures, creating technical architecture diagrams and system build documentation.• Responsible for operating the scanning tools and maintaining coverage along with supporting the vulnerability management and remediation teams in understating how to remediate vulnerabilities (i.e. laptops, VMs, wireless devices) • Works with vulnerability management team to build asset repositories and asset scan policies• Work closely with customer delivery managers to prioritize daily tasks and participate in technical meetings with customers technical specialists.• Provide Tier 2/3 support for incidents relating to security tools/solutions.• Continuously improve customers security deployments and integrate new technologies and services.Technical Skills & Competencies· 5+ years of experience in Vulnerability management domain and experience with working with web Proxy teams and working on vulnerability assessment operational issues· 2+ years of experience with performing systems administration in Windows, Linux, VMware environments, including performing troubleshooting, installation or configuration, monitoring system performance or availability, and performing security upgrades· The candidate should possess deep knowledge of Tenable’ s entire product suite, including Security Centre, Nessus Scanner, Nessus Manager, Tenable.io· Must have strong communication skills and a solid understanding of IT Security concepts to include vulnerability & patch management, security operations, Incident Management and Incident response.· Experience with integrating Cybersecurity data using enterprise or custom tools data aggregation and analysis tools, including Splunk· Ability to provide support in an IT operations and maintenance, including ticket work information updates, issue response, and remediation by understanding and analysing vulnerability scan results, system audits, log events and troubleshoot software issues.· Strong knowledge and experience with log monitoring and correlations and correlating events from multiple security tools like log correlation engines, Net flow, host monitoring solutions· Excellent troubleshooting/problem solving skills.· Experience of dealing with incident, problem and change management processes.· Proven working experience of Windows and Linux operating systems.· Solid understanding of networking technologies; switches, routers, firewalls, proxies, IDS, IPS.Desirable:· Previous experience in the financial sector.· Working experience of security tool sets e.g Firewall Assurance, Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB), Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM)