Qualys Engineer
Posted 1 day ago by Hays
£550 Per day
Inside
Hybrid
England, United Kingdom
Summary: The role of a Senior Qualys Engineer involves supporting a large telecommunications organization in optimizing its Qualys platform for enhanced vulnerability management and asset visibility. The engineer will act as a subject matter expert, focusing on onboarding new assets, optimizing scanning architecture, and collaborating with various teams to improve security posture. This position requires extensive experience with Qualys and a strong understanding of networking and infrastructure. The role offers a hybrid working arrangement with a competitive day rate.
Key Responsibilities:
- Support the design, deployment, and expansion of the existing Qualys subscription (VMDR, CSAM, WAS etc.)
- Onboard new environments, assets, and business units into the Qualys platform
- Optimise scanning strategies for scale, performance, and coverage
- Configure and maintain scanners (physical, virtual, cloud agents)
- Work to ascertain ownership for assets and systems
- Enhance and mature vulnerability management processes across the estate
- Support remediation programmes in collaboration with infrastructure and application teams
- Produce high-quality reporting and dashboards for executive and operational stakeholders
- Ensure accurate asset discovery across complex, segmented networks
- Troubleshoot connectivity and scanning issues (firewalls, routing, NAT, etc.)
- Expand coverage across on-prem, cloud, and hybrid environments
- Integrate Qualys with enterprise tooling such as ITSM platforms and asset inventory systems
- Automate workflows using APIs and scripting where applicable
- Ensure alignment with enterprise security standards and regulatory requirements
- Contribute to policies, standards, and procedures related to vulnerability management
- Provide guidance and mentoring to internal teams
Key Skills:
- Extensive, hands-on experience with Qualys (VMDR essential)
- Strong understanding of vulnerability management lifecycle
- Knowledge of asset discovery and classification
- Experience with patch and remediation processes
- Solid knowledge of TCP/IP, DNS, routing, firewalls, VPNs
- Experience troubleshooting scanning issues in large, complex network environments
- Proven track record working in large-scale enterprise organisations
- Knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) is desirable
- Experience integrating Qualys with ITSM tools and scripting (Python, PowerShell, etc.)
- Familiarity with automation and orchestration practices
- Experience in the telecommunications sector is a plus
- Knowledge of compliance frameworks (ISO 27001, NIST, TSA, CE+ etc.)
- Certifications such as Qualys Certified Specialist, CISSP, CISM, or equivalent
Salary (Rate): £550 daily
City: undetermined
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: Senior
Industry: IT
Security Data Engineer (Qualys)
About the role
We are looking for a Senior Qualys Engineer to support a large-scale enterprise telecommunications organisation in expanding and optimising its existing Qualys platform. This role will focus on enhancing vulnerability management capabilities, increasing asset visibility across the estate, integrating Qualys with enterprise systems, and improving overall security posture within a complex, multi-region infrastructure. The successful candidate will act as the subject matter expert for Qualys VMDR, helping onboard new assets and environments, optimise scanning architecture, manage scanners and cloud agents, and work closely with infrastructure, networking, and security teams to drive vulnerability remediation.
Tell me more, tell me more…
Our client is currently looking for a new recruit in joining their team, please read on! You can also ask our friendly recruitment team any questions you may have about the role, between 8:30am-5:30pm Monday to Friday.
Shifts: Monday – Friday (37.5 hours per week)
Key responsibilities
- Qualys Platform Expansion
- Support the design, deployment, and expansion of the existing Qualys subscription (VMDR, CSAM, WAS etc.)
- Onboard new environments, assets, and business units into the Qualys platform
- Optimise scanning strategies for scale, performance, and coverage
- Configure and maintain scanners (physical, virtual, cloud agents)
- Work to ascertain ownership for assets and systems
- Vulnerability Management
- Enhance and mature vulnerability management processes across the estate
- Support remediation programmes in collaboration with infrastructure and application teams
- Produce high-quality reporting and dashboards for executive and operational stakeholders
- Infrastructure & Networking Integration
- Work closely with network and infrastructure teams to:
- Ensure accurate asset discovery across complex, segmented networks
- Troubleshoot connectivity and scanning issues (firewalls, routing, NAT, etc.)
- Expand coverage across on-prem, cloud, and hybrid environments
- Enterprise Integration
- Integrate Qualys with enterprise tooling such as:
- Helix (or similar ITSM platforms)
- CMDB and asset inventory systems
- Automate workflows using APIs and scripting where applicable
- Governance & Best Practice
- Ensure alignment with enterprise security standards and regulatory requirements
- Contribute to policies, standards, and procedures related to vulnerability management
- Provide guidance and mentoring to internal teams
Required Experience & Skills
Core Technical Expertise
- Extensive, hands-on experience with Qualys (VMDR essential)
- Strong understanding of:
- Vulnerability management lifecycle
- Asset discovery and classification
- Patch and remediation processes
- Networking & Infrastructure
- Solid knowledge of:
- TCP/IP, DNS, routing, firewalls, VPNs
- Network segmentation and security controls
- Experience troubleshooting scanning issues in large, complex network environments
- Enterprise Environment Experience
- Proven track record working in large-scale enterprise organisations (preferably telecoms or highly regulated industries)
- Experience operating across distributed, multi-region infrastructures
- Cloud & Modern Environments (Desirable)
- Knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP)
- Experience with cloud agent deployments and cloud-native scanning
- Integration & Automation
- Experience integrating Qualys with:
- ITSM tools (e.g., ServiceNow)
- APIs and scripting (Python, PowerShell, etc.)
- Familiarity with automation and orchestration practices
- Nice to Have
- Experience in the telecommunications sector
- Knowledge of compliance frameworks (ISO 27001, NIST, TSA,CE+ etc.)
- Certifications such as:
- Qualys Certified Specialist
- CISSP, CISM, or equivalent
What’s in it for you? – Our client loves to reward their people for doing a great job. This is a contract of 26 weeks (with possibility of extension) A day rate, in-scope IR35, £550 per day (via a Hays approved umbrella company) This role provides a hybrid working access from the comforts of your own home and only going to our state-of-the-art office in Paddington/ Reading/near office twice per week.
Next Steps
Once you’ve applied, one of our friendly recruitment consultants will give you a call and talk you through the screening process. If your application is successful, you’ll be involved in a live virtual interview with one of our client’s hiring managers to get to know you better. We look forward to speaking to you!