Qualys admin

Role: Qualys Administrator

Location : Kolkata/ Mumbai

Experience: 5-8 Years

Skillset:

• Qualys VMDR Administration
• Qualys Cloud Agents
• Vulnerability Management & Risk Prioritization
• Security Configuration Assessment (SCA)
• Vulnerability Scanning (Authenticated & Agent-Based)
• Asset Discovery & Inventory Management
• Compliance & Hardening Standards
• SIEM Integration (Sumo Logic / Google SecOps)
• Reporting & Dashboard Management
• Security Audit & Compliance Support
• PowerShell / Python Scripting (Preferred)
• ServiceNow / ITSM Integration

Responsibilities:

• Administer, maintain, and support the Qualys VMDR platform across cloud, on-premises, and hybrid environments.
• Manage Qualys Cloud Agent deployment, activation, health monitoring, and lifecycle management across enterprise assets.
• Perform authenticated and agent-based vulnerability assessments for servers, databases, network devices, cloud workloads, and applications.
• Schedule, execute, and monitor internal and external vulnerability scans in line with organizational security policies.
• Conduct asset discovery, inventory validation, and reconciliation between Qualys and CMDB records.
• Analyze vulnerability findings, prioritize remediation activities based on CVSS scores, exploitability, and business risk.
• Generate and distribute vulnerability, compliance, zero-day exposure, and executive security reports to stakeholders.
• Monitor and track remediation SLAs for critical, high, medium, and low-risk vulnerabilities.
• Configure and manage vulnerability exceptions, QID exclusions, and approved risk acceptance requests.
• Perform Security Configuration Assessment (SCA) and compliance scans against organizational hardening standards.
• Validate security posture of newly provisioned servers, cloud assets, and network devices before production onboarding.
• Monitor Qualys scanners, appliances, and platform health; perform troubleshooting and operational maintenance.
• Investigate emerging threats, zero-day vulnerabilities, and security advisories to assess enterprise exposure.
• Collaborate with Infrastructure, Cloud, Network, Application, SOC, and IAM teams to drive vulnerability remediation and security improvements.
• Support security audits, compliance assessments, risk reviews, and regulatory reporting requirements.
• Develop and maintain Qualys operational runbooks, standards, dashboards, and technical documentation.
• Provide L2/L3 support for Qualys-related incidents, service requests, onboarding activities, and change implementations.

Preferred Certifications

• Qualys Certified Specialist VMDR
• Qualys Certified Vulnerability Management
• Qualys Certified Policy Compliance
• CompTIA Security+
• CEH