About the job

The Threat and Vulnerability Analyst at the University of Glasgow plays a crucial role in supporting and managing the vulnerability management function by utilizing various tools and techniques to coordinate, categorize, and prepare remediation plans while presenting key metrics and KPIs to senior stakeholders. This position involves monitoring multiple threat intelligence sources to identify emerging trends and recommend mitigations, managing vulnerability scanning to ensure asset compliance with policies, continuously developing and improving vulnerability policies and strategies, and operating technical security infrastructure to ensure control effectiveness. The analyst collaborates with technology and business teams to embed vulnerability management institutionally, acts as a subject matter expert to deliver threat reporting and remediation plans, plans and delivers remediation activities based on risk assessment and business priorities, creates insightful metrics visualizing vulnerability trends and progress, troubleshoots complex technical issues, and stays current with vulnerability research and technology developments to contribute to the overall vulnerability strategy of the institution.