Security Manager

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Position: Security Manager

Location: TX (100% REMOTE)

Contract: 3+ Months and Extendable

Client: State of TX (Texas Education Agency)

Description:

Vulnerability Inventory and Baseline Establishment

• Review the Agency''s existing vulnerability data, including vulnerabilities identified through scanning, assessments, or other security tools.
• Establish and maintain a consolidated vulnerability baseline.
• Develop and document a remediation timeline for all identified vulnerabilities, reflecting current risk posture and aging.
  
  

Risk Classification and Prioritization

• Ensure that vulnerabilities are categorized and prioritized based on risk, severity, exploitability, and potential impact to Agency operations.
• Align vulnerability classification and prioritization to applicable NIST guidance.
• Validate that remediation timeframes align with Agency established expectations for different vulnerability risk levels.
  
  

Remediation Coordination and Communication

• Coordinate remediation activities with system, server, and application owners.
• Communicate clear remediation expectations, risk context, and required timelines to responsible parties.

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• Track remediation progress and identify blockers, dependencies, or delays impacting closure.
• Escalate overdue, high risk, or critical vulnerabilities to appropriate Agency governance or oversight bodies, in accordance with Agency processes.
  
  

Tracking, Metrics, and Reporting

• Maintain ongoing tracking of vulnerability remediation status.
• Produce periodic status reports summarizing.
  
  

Validation and Closure

• Validate remediation actions through available evidence, including vulnerability scan results or other supporting artifacts.
• Confirm closure of vulnerabilities in tracking systems once remediation is completed and validated.
• Ensure vulnerabilities that cannot be remediated within required timeframes are formally documented and supported by approved risk acceptance or exception documentation, in accordance with Agency policy.
  
  

Program Improvement Support

• Identify process gaps, systemic issues, or control weaknesses affecting vulnerability remediation effectiveness.
• Provide recommendations for improving vulnerability remediation processes and accountability, aligned with NIST standards and Agency governance requirements.
  
  

II. CANDIDATE SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS

Minimum Requirements:

Candidates that do not meet or exceed the minimum stated requirements (skills/experience) will be displayed to customers but may not be chosen for this opportunity.

Years

Required/Preferred

Experience

8

Required

Experience in Vulnerability Inventory and Baseline Establishment

8

Required

Experience in Risk Classification and Prioritization

8

Required

Experience in tracking vulnerability remediation

8

Required

Experience in producing status reports

8

Required

Experience in validating remediation actions through available evidence, including vulnerability scan results