Cybersecurity Analyst
IQVIA · Mexico City
Supports the day-to-day operation of the Vulnerability Management, Attack Surface Management, Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM) and Penetration Testing oversight capabilities.
Essential Functions
- Operate vulnerability and external attack surface scanning; monitor tool coverage and health, and identify unknown, unmanaged or misconfigured internet-facing assets.
- Triage, validate and prioritize findings using severity, exploitability, threat intelligence and asset criticality; filter out false positives.
- Identify asset owners and raise, track and follow up remediation tickets against agreed SLAs.
- Support the penetration testing program: collect scope details, schedule tests, track findings through remediation and coordinate retests.
- Monitor threat intelligence for newly exploited vulnerabilities and assess impact on the organization's assets.
- Maintain Standard Operating Procedures and produce dashboards and KPI reports on exposure, aging and SLA adherence.
- Escalate high-risk exposures and contested findings to the Senior Analyst.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent experience – Req
- Equivalent work experience may substitute for degree – Pref
- 2 years of related work experience in IT or information security – Req
- Fluent English, written and spoken – Req
- Experience with: Vulnerability Management / scanning tools; External Attack Surface Management (EASM); Threat Intelligence Platforms or feeds; IT Service Management (ITSM) ticketing – Req
- Knowledge of networking (TCP/IP, DNS, TLS), Windows and Linux, web applications and cloud basics – Req
- Understanding of CVSS, EPSS, known-exploited vulnerability catalogs and OWASP Top 10 – Req
- Exposure to CSPM/CNAPP, Exposure Management / CTEM platforms, scripting (Python, PowerShell) and spreadsheet / BI reporting – Pref
- CompTIA Security+ – Req Or
- CompTIA CySA+ – Req Or
- GIAC Security Essentials (GSEC) – Req
- CompTIA PenTest+, eJPT, CEH or a cloud fundamentals security certification – Pref
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