Cyber Security Engineer-II (Threat & Vulnerability Management)

FICO (NYSE: FICO) is a leading global analytics software company, helping businesses in 100+ countries make better decisions. Join our world-class team today and fulfill your career potential!

The Opportunity

"This is an opportunity to define, build, and shape the future of FICO’s Cybersecurity and Risk Posture. As part of the Threat & Vulnerability Management team, you will collaborate across the business, IT, and client environments to secure our cloud and data center infrastructure. Your contributions will be key to strengthening FICO's defense mechanisms and enhancing our compliance posture. We're looking for a cybersecurity expert passionate about continuous improvement, cloud security, and vulnerability risk reduction. If you're someone who thrives in a fast-paced environment and wants to work on high-impact global security initiatives, this role is for you" - VP, Software Engineering.

What You’ll Contribute

• Collaborate with the Cyber Security Team, business stakeholders, IT partners, and clients to manage and reduce cybersecurity risk.

• Act as a subject matter expert in vulnerability scanning, compliance monitoring, and risk reporting.

• Operate and optimize tools such as Wiz, Qualys, or similar for vulnerability scanning across cloud and on-prem environments.

• Validate, triage, and risk-rank vulnerabilities based on severity, exposure, and potential business impact.

• Drive remediation planning with Product and IT teams, and oversee patch management cycles.

• Contribute to threat & vulnerability management strategy, policy, and continuous process improvement.

• Conduct periodic risk assessments and develop mitigation strategies in line with compliance requirements.

• Monitor the evolving threat landscape—including zero-day exploits, vendor patches, EOL systems—and proactively update mitigation plans.

• Lead initiatives to improve configuration, cloud asset management, vulnerability and patch management practices.

• Provide documentation, reporting, and cross-functional collaboration support.

What We’re Seeking

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Security, or a related field (or equivalent work experience).

• 3–6 years of hands-on experience with cloud security tools such as Wiz, Qualys, or similar vulnerability scanning platforms.

• Strong understanding of AWS infrastructure and cloud security principles.

• Working knowledge of operating system and application-level vulnerabilities and how they relate.

• Familiarity with risk-based vulnerability management and compliance frameworks.

• CISSP, CISM or equivalent certifications preferred (or willingness to obtain).

• Ability to multitask, manage complex data sets, and collaborate with diverse teams.

• Knowledge of scripting languages (e.g., Python, Bash) is a plus.

• Demonstrated experience in cloud (especially AWS) patch and configuration management.

• Familiarity with malware behavior, indicators of compromise, and modern threat vectors.

• Strong documentation, analytical, and communication skills.

Our Offer to You

• An inclusive culture strongly reflecting our core values:  Act Like an Owner, Delight Our Customers and Earn the Respect of Others.

• The opportunity to make an impact and develop professionally by leveraging your unique strengths and participating in valuable learning experiences.

• Highly competitive compensation, benefits and rewards programs that encourage you to bring your best every day and be recognized for doing so.

• An engaging, people-first work environment offering work/life balance, employee resource groups, and social events to promote interaction and camaraderie.

Why Make a Move to FICO?

At FICO, you can develop your career with a leading organization in one of the fastest-growing fields in technology today – Big Data analytics.  You’ll play a part in our commitment to help businesses use data to improve every choice they make, using advances in artificial intelligence, machine learning, optimization, and much more.

FICO makes a real difference in the way businesses operate worldwide:

•    Credit Scoring — FICO® Scores are used by 90 of the top 100 US lenders.

•    Fraud Detection and Security — 4 billion payment cards globally are protected by FICO fraud systems.

•    Lending — 3/4 of US mortgages are approved using the FICO Score.

Global trends toward digital transformation have created tremendous demand for FICO’s solutions, placing us among the world’s top 100 software companies by revenue. We help many of the world’s largest banks, insurers, retailers, telecommunications providers and other firms reach a new level of success. Our success is dependent on really talented people – just like you – who thrive on the collaboration and innovation that’s nurtured by a diverse and inclusive environment. We’ll provide the support you need, while ensuring you have the freedom to develop your skills and grow your career.  Join FICO and help change the way business thinks!

Learn more about how you can fulfil your potential at www.fico.com/Careers

FICO promotes a culture of inclusion and seeks to attract a diverse set of candidates for each job opportunity. We are an equal employment opportunity employer and we’re proud to offer employment and advancement opportunities to all candidates without regard to race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, pregnancy, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. Research has shown that women and candidates from underrepresented communities may not apply for an opportunity if they don’t meet all stated qualifications. While our qualifications are clearly related to role success, each candidate’s profile is unique and strengths in certain skill and/or experience areas can be equally effective. If you believe you have many, but not necessarily all, of the stated qualifications we encourage you to apply.

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