Network Security Analyst I – Cloud Vulnerability Remediation | Austin, TX Hybrid | 3+ Years Cloud Infrastructure Experience

**Location:** Austin, Texas **Duration:** 1 year (with two optional 1-year renewals) **Hours:** Monday–Friday, 8:00 AM–5:00 PM; occasional evenings/weekends as needed **Overview** A public-sector client seeks a Network Security Analyst I to provide vulnerability management and compliance support for their cloud environment. This role is responsible for identifying, assessing, and remediating security vulnerabilities in cloud infrastructure and platform services to reduce enterprise risk and maintain compliance with established security policies. The analyst will coordinate patching, configuration changes, and compensating controls in alignment with approved vulnerability management and change management processes, working closely with Cloud Operations, Security, Application, and Risk teams to ensure vulnerabilities are remediated within required timelines and that cloud workloads remain secure, stable, and compliant. **Key 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 - Partner with Security, Cloud Architecture, and Application teams to resolve complex or cross-platform vulnerabilities - 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 **Required Qualifications** - 3+ years of professional IT experience, with hands-on exposure to cloud infrastructure, system administration, or vulnerability remediation - 3+ years of experience supporting cloud-hosted systems in at least one enterprise cloud environment - 3+ years of understanding of vulnerability remediation concepts, including patching, configuration hardening, and compensating controls - 3+ years of familiarity with IT service management and change processes - 3+ years of strong analytical and documentation skills - 3+ years of ability to follow defined security and remediation procedures - 3+ years of effective communication and collaboration skills **Preferred Qualifications** - 1+ year of exposure to enterprise vulnerability management processes and remediation SLAs - 1+ year of knowledge of cloud security posture management, security baselines, or risk reporting - 1+ year of relevant cloud or security certifications **Work Location & Requirements** - Hybrid position requiring on-site presence a minimum of four days per week - Must pass statewide DPS, Texas and out-of-state county courthouse verification of criminal and sex offender background checks - Must be authorized to work in the United States throughout the engagement term - May be required to work outside normal business hours on weekends, evenings, and holidays as requested - All travel, per diem, parking, and living expenses are at the candidate's expense unless pre-approved in writing