Senior Network Security Analyst

Senior Network Security Analyst Austin, TX Introduction:

The Senior Network Security Analyst will be responsible for patching and completing vulnerability remediation to protect systems, reduce organizational risk, maintain compliance, and ensure reliable operations. This role will provide vulnerability management and compliance to the TxDOT cloud environment.

Responsibilities:

Review and analyze vulnerability findings affecting cloud hosted resources identified through approved scanning and security tools. Assess vulnerability applicability and risk impact for cloud infrastructure, platform services, and supporting components. Plan and execute remediation actions, including patching, configuration changes, and security hardening, in accordance with established remediation timelines. Validate remediation results and confirm successful closure of assigned vulnerability tasks. Perform cloud-based patching and update activities for supported workloads using approved processes. Implement cloud security configuration changes required to reduce exposure where vendor patches are unavailable. Create, update, and maintain remediation tasks and change records in the system of record to support audit and compliance requirements. Ensure remediation activities follow established change management, approval, and validation processes. Provide remediation status updates and evidence for security reporting, audits, and leadership reviews. Support remediation efforts that require temporary mitigations or compensating controls when permanent fixes are not immediately available. Identify recurring issues, remediation blockers, or process gaps and recommend improvements. Support enterprise efforts to reduce technical debt and improve cloud security posture over time.

Requirements:

Minimum Requirements:

Years Required/Preferred Experience 3 Required Professional IT experience, with hands-on exposure to cloud infrastructure, system administration, or vulnerability remediation. 3 Required Experience supporting cloud hosted systems in at least one enterprise cloud environment. 3 Required Understanding of vulnerability remediation concepts, including patching, configuration hardening, and compensating controls. 3 Required Familiarity with IT service management and change processes. 3 Required Strong analytical and documentation skills. 3 Required Ability to follow defined security and remediation procedures. 3 Required Effective communication and collaboration skills. 1 Preferred Exposure to enterprise vulnerability management processes and remediation SLAs. 1 Preferred Knowledge of cloud security posture management, security baselines, or risk reporting. 1 Preferred Relevant cloud or security certifications.