At a Glance
- Tasks: Support enterprise customers with risk analysis and vulnerability assessments.
- Company: Join a leading cybersecurity firm focused on innovation and teamwork.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, health benefits, and opportunities for professional growth.
- Other info: Dynamic work environment with excellent career advancement opportunities.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in cybersecurity while collaborating with industry experts.
- Qualifications: 2-4 years in cybersecurity or IT risk; strong analytical skills required.
The predicted salary is between 72000 - 88000 £ per year.
Come work at a place where innovation and teamwork come together to support the most exciting missions in the world!
As a Cyber Risk Advisor, you will be a vital member of the Qualys Cyber Risk Experts Service, supporting enterprise customers with risk analysis, vulnerability assessment, and remediation guidance. Working within the Qualys Risk Operations Center (ROC), you will monitor, research, and contextualize threat and vulnerability data to help customers make informed decisions and reduce their cyber risk exposure.
You'll collaborate with Senior Cyber Risk Advisors, Solution Architects, and Product teams to deliver timely and relevant insights that empower customers to prioritise and remediate the most critical risks across complex IT and cloud environments.
Responsibilities
- Perform continuous monitoring and analysis of customer vulnerability and asset risk data using the Qualys TruRisk Platform.
- Research threat intelligence, vulnerability disclosures, and exploit activity to determine risk relevance and customer impact.
- Generate reports, dashboards, and executive briefings to communicate key cyber risk trends and priorities.
- Track customer remediation progress and provide recommendations to accelerate risk reduction.
- Participate in operational cadence calls, vulnerability posture reviews, and ad-hoc investigations.
- Identify emerging issues across accounts and escalate high-risk findings to Senior Cyber Risk Advisors and threat research teams.
- Contribute to knowledge bases, playbooks, and service process improvements.
- Support onboarding of new customer environments into the service workflow.
Qualifications
Required:
- 2–4 years of experience in cybersecurity, IT risk, or threat analysis roles.
- Foundational knowledge of vulnerability management, CVEs, CVSS, and exploitability metrics.
- Strong data analysis and critical thinking skills; ability to work with complex datasets.
- Familiarity with common cybersecurity frameworks (e.g., NIST, CIS Controls).
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including comfort presenting to stakeholders.
- Experience with one or more vulnerability management, CNAPP, appsec, or cyber threat exposure management platforms.
Preferred:
- Experience working in a SOC, MSSP, or cyber advisory function.
- Background in consulting / driving organisational change.
- Familiarity with scripting or data querying languages (e.g., Python, SQL) a plus.
- Interest in learning cloud security (AWS, Azure, GCP).
- Relevant certifications (e.g., CEH, GSNA, Security+, GSEC, GCIA, GMON, Qualys VMDR Specialist) a plus.
Location: United Kingdom
Type: Full time
Cyber Risk Advisor employer: Qualys
Join a forward-thinking company that champions innovation and collaboration, making it an exceptional employer for a Security Solution Architect. With a strong focus on employee growth, you will have access to extensive training and development opportunities while working remotely from the UK. Our inclusive work culture fosters teamwork and creativity, allowing you to contribute to meaningful projects that support vital missions worldwide.
