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Qualys · 4 hours ago

Cyber Risk Engineer (Forward Deployed)

Foster City, CA

Full-time

Hybrid

Mid, Senior Level

$135K/yr - $155K/yr

Qualys, Inc. is a pioneer and leading provider of disruptive cloud-based IT, security, and compliance solutions. The Cyber Risk Engineer (Forward Deployed) will operate at the intersection of engineering, AI, and customer deployment, focusing on helping customers onboard data into the Enterprise TruRisk Management platform by building custom connectors and applying AI-driven intelligence to manage cyber risk.

Business Process Automation (BPA)ComplianceSecuritySoftware

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Lead complex customer onboarding engagements within the Advanced RiskOps Group

Design and build custom connectors, ingestion pipelines, and APIs to integrate data into ETM from:

Vulnerability and exposure management platforms

EDR/XDR and identity systems

Cloud and hybrid infrastructure

CMDBs, business systems, and GRC platforms

Normalize, enrich, and correlate disparate datasets into a unified enterprise risk model

Engineer automated RiskOps workflows including:

Continuous data ingestion and validation

Risk scoring, prioritization, and trend analysis

Ownership assignment and remediation tracking

Executive, board, and regulator-ready reporting

Build orchestration between ETM and downstream systems to operationalize risk decisions

Apply AI and LLM-based techniques to enhance accuracy, speed, and clarity of cyber risk insights

Develop capabilities such as:

Asset and identity entity resolution across silos

Intelligent mapping of exposures to crown jewels

Automated risk narratives aligned to business language

Signal-to-noise reduction across massive security datasets

Partner with ETM platform and data science teams to move successful Q-ARG innovations into core product capabilities

Support delivery of Q-ARG offerings such as:

Enterprise Risk Onboarding & Data Foundation builds

Crown Jewel Analysis & Business Impact Assessments

CTEM operationalization

Attack Path–informed risk prioritization

Translate cyber frameworks (OCTAVE, NIST, FAIR, CTEM) into executable workflows inside ETM

Act as the real-world feedback loop between customers and ETM product engineering

Identify systemic data, workflow, and modeling gaps

Help shape ETM roadmap priorities based on operational reality

Partner with CISOs, Heads of Risk, and RiskOps leaders to operationalize cyber risk programs

Translate technical risk into clear, defensible business insight

Support customers as they mature from visibility → prioritization → decision-making → action

Qualification

PythonData EngineeringCyber Risk ManagementAI/LLMsREST APIsETL/ELT PipelinesCloud EnvironmentsRisk FrameworksBuilder MentalityCommunication

Required

Strong background in software, data, or platform engineering

Experience with Python, Java, Go, or similar languages

Experience with REST APIs, webhooks, and asynchronous systems

Experience with ETL/ELT pipelines and data normalization

Familiarity with relational, NoSQL, search, or graph-based data platforms

Knowledge of cybersecurity domains including vulnerability and exposure management

Knowledge of cloud and hybrid environments

Knowledge of identity and access management

Knowledge of threat modeling and attack paths

Knowledge of risk frameworks and governance concepts

Hands-on experience using AI/LLMs for data enrichment and summarization

Hands-on experience using AI/LLMs for classification and correlation

Hands-on experience using AI/LLMs for decision support and workflow automation

Comfortable prototyping and iterating rapidly in production environments

Comfortable operating in ambiguous, high-impact customer environments

Strong communication skills across technical and executive audiences

Builder mentality with bias toward execution over documentation

Benefits

Comprehensive and highly competitive benefits package

Company

Qualys

Glassdoor3.5

Qualys is the pioneer and leading provider of information security and compliance cloud solutions.

Founded in 1999

Redwood City, California, USA

1001-5000 employees

https://www.qualys.com

H1B Sponsorship

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Trends of Total Sponsorships

2025 (62)

2024 (57)

2023 (45)

2022 (76)

2021 (57)

2020 (71)

Funding

Current Stage

Public Company

Total Funding

$34M

2012-09-28IPO

2004-11-22Series C· $5.6M

2003-11-12Series B

Leadership Team

Philippe courtot

CEO

Sumedh Thakar

President & CEO