Principal - Vulnerability Remediation

Ally and Your Career Ally Financial only succeeds when its people do - and that’s more than some cliché people put on job postings. We love this stuff! We see our people as, well, people - with interests, families, friends, dreams, and causes that are all important to them. Our focus is on the health and safety of our teammates as well as work-life balance and diversity and inclusion. From generous benefits to a variety of employee resource groups, we strive to build paths that encourage employees to stretch themselves professionally. We want to help you grow, develop, and learn new things. You’re constantly evolving, so shouldn’t your opportunities be, too? Work Schedule : Ally designates roles as (1) fully on-site, (2) hybrid, or (3) fully remote. Hybrid roles are generally expected to be in the office a certain number of days per week as indicated by your manager. Your hiring manager will discuss this role's specific work requirements with you during the hiring process. All work requirements are subject to change at any time based on leader discretion and/or business need. The Opportunity The Principal of Cyber Security position at Ally is responsible for analyzing and reporting on security vulnerabilities across the enterprise, coordinating remediation activities with application and infrastructure teams, assessing the threat profile and business risk of identified findings, and providing clear reporting to senior management. This role serves as a key individual contributor to the organization’s Vulnerability Management program by transforming large volumes of technical data into actionable insights that improve security posture and support timely risk reduction. The position reports to the Director of Vulnerability Management and requires strong collaboration across cybersecurity, technology, and operations team. At this time, Ally will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization for this position. The Work Itself Key Responsibilities • Analyze vulnerability scan results and related security data to identify trends, prioritize findings, and support risk-based remediation decisions. • Coordinate with application, infrastructure, cloud, and platform teams to ensure vulnerabilities are remediated within established service level expectations. • Assess the threat profile, exploitability, and potential business impact of identified vulnerabilities to help guide remediation prioritization. • Perform and document asset, application, and vulnerability criticality assessments in response to requests from the Cyber Threat Intelligence team, incorporating threat context, business impact, exposure, and operational relevance into prioritization recommendations. • Prepare and deliver recurring and ad hoc reporting for senior management, including vulnerability metrics, remediation performance, and emerging risk themes. • Validate and track remediation activities, exceptions, and aging findings to ensure accurate status reporting and accountability. • Partner with stakeholders across cybersecurity, engineering, and operations to improve vulnerability management processes, data quality, and reporting effectiveness. • Support vulnerability governance activities by maintaining documentation, reporting standards, and operational procedures. • Leverage vulnerability management and workflow platforms to monitor findings, assign actions, and measure remediation progress. The Qualifications We’re Looking For • 5+ years of relevant experience in vulnerability management, cybersecurity operations, security analytics, or a related information security discipline. • 3+ years experience working with vulnerability management and workflow tools such as Qualys, ServiceNow, and cloud security or scanning technologies in environments including AWS. • Experience supporting criticality assessments for assets, applications, or vulnerabilities using threat intelligence inputs, business context, exposure factors, and risk-based prioritization methods. • Strong analytical skills with the ability to work with large data sets, interpret technical findings, and translate them into clear business and risk insights. • Demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively across technical and non-technical teams to drive remediation outcomes. • Working knowledge of vulnerability scoring, remediation prioritization, patching concepts, and common infrastructure, application, and cloud security risks. • Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to present findings and trends to senior leadership. Highly Preferred Qualifications • Knowledge of threat intelligence, exploitability analysis, and risk-based vulnerability management practices. • Experience in highly regulated or complex enterprise environments. Core Tools and Environment This role works extensively with Qualys, ServiceNow, AWS-related scanning and cloud security technologies, and other enterprise vulnerability and remediation tracking tools used to identify, prioritize, and manage security findings. Minimum Qualifications • 7+ years of relevant experience • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Information Technology, Information Systems, Engineering, Data Analytics, or a related technology-focused field or equivalent How We'll Have Your Back Ally's compensation program offers market-competitive base pay and pay-for-performance incentives (bonuses) based on achieving personal and company goals. Our Total Rewards program includes industry-leading compensation and benefits plus additional incentives that are designed to meet your needs and those of your family so you can get the most out of your career and your life, including: Time Away: Program starts at 20 paid time off days in addition to 11 paid holidays and 8 hours of volunteer time off yearly (time off days are prorated based on start date and program varies based on full or part-time status and management level). Planning for the Future: plan for