Qualys-Vulnerability Management

 

Mandatory Skills & Experience

Core Technical Skills

• Strong hands on experience with Qualys VM / Qualys VMDR (mandatory)

• Solid understanding of:

o Vulnerability lifecycle (identify → assess → remediate → validate)

o CVE, CVSS, exploitability, patching concepts

• Experience with:

o Windows & Linux OS

o Networking fundamentals (TCP/IP, ports, firewalls)

• Exposure to cloud vulnerability scanning (AWS / Azure) is highly desirable.

Tools & Platforms

• Qualys VM / VMDR

• ITSM tools: ServiceNow / Jira

• Supporting tools: Nessus / Rapid7 (good to have, not mandatory)

• Reporting tools: Excel / Power BI (basic to intermediate)

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Soft Skills (Important for BAU Success)

• Strong operational ownership mindset

• Ability to manage multiple remediation streams in parallel

• Clear communication with technical and non technical stakeholders

• Comfortable handling escalations and SLA driven delivery

• Good documentation and reporting discipline