Risk Remediation Coordinator, Blue Ash, Ohio, United States

About Cognizant

Cognizant is one of the world’s leading professional services companies, supporting clients and internal organizations by modernizing technology, strengthening security posture, and managing risk in highly regulated environments. Cognizant delivers secure, compliant, and resilient solutions across industries.

Role Summary

The Risk Remediation Coordinator is responsible for coordinating the identification, prioritization, tracking, and resolution of cyber security risks and vulnerabilities across the enterprise. This role serves as the central point of coordination for remediation activities, ensuring risks move efficiently from identification through closure while maintaining audit‑ready documentation and alignment with organizational risk tolerance and compliance requirements.

Key Responsibilities

Coordinate intake of risks identified through vulnerability scans, audits, penetration tests, and risk assessments.
Ensure risks are documented with clear descriptions, severity, impact, and affected assets.
Support risk assessments evaluating impact to operations, assets, and reputation.
Work with security and technical teams to prioritize risks based on severity, exploitability, and business impact.
Partner with cross‑functional teams to align remediation priorities with enterprise risk management and governance discussions.
Coordinate remediation timelines and track progress from identification through closure using risk registers or ticketing systems.
Facilitate remediation activities across infrastructure, application, and security teams, including patching, configuration updates, or compensating controls.
Maintain dashboards and reporting on remediation status, aging risks, and trends for leadership and compliance stakeholders.
Ensure remediation evidence is documented and audit‑ready to support internal and external audits.
Identify recurring issues and opportunities to improve remediation workflows, processes, and tooling.

Required Qualifications

Strong understanding of vulnerability management and remediation practices.
Experience with vulnerability scanning tools and risk tracking processes.
Knowledge of patch management lifecycle and remediation workflows.
Familiarity with security frameworks such as NIST SP 800‑171 and CMMC.
Experience maintaining remediation evidence and compliance documentation.
Strong project coordination and organizational skills.
Ability to communicate technical risk in business‑relevant terms.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience supporting remediation efforts tied to regulatory or compliance requirements.
Experience working across security, infrastructure, compliance, and business teams.
Demonstrated focus on continuous improvement and governance alignment.

Work Model

We believe hybrid work is the way forward as we strive to provide flexibility wherever possible. Based on this role’s business requirements, this is a hybrid position requiring 3 days a week in our office in Blue Ash, Ohio. Regardless of your working arrangement, we are here to support a healthy work-life balance though our various wellbeing programs.

The working arrangements for this role are accurate as of the date of posting. This may change based on the project you’re engaged in, as well as business and client requirements. Rest assured; we will always be clear about role expectations.

We're excited to meet people who share our mission and can make an impact in a variety of ways. Don't hesitate to apply, even if you only meet the minimum requirements listed. Think about your transferable experiences and unique skills that make you stand out as someone who can bring new and exciting things to this role.

Legal & Work Authorization

Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Employment eligibility verification will be required at the time of hire.

Applications will be accepted until June 25, 2026.

Over Cognizant
Cognizant (NASDAQ: CTSH) is een bouwer van AI-oplossingen en een leverancier van technologiediensten. Wij slaan de brug tussen AI-investeringen en ondernemingswaarde door het bouwen van full-stack AI-oplossingen voor onze klanten. Onze diepgaande kennis van sectoren, processen en engineering stelt ons in staat om de unieke context van een organisatie te verankeren in technologische systemen. Deze systemen versterken het menselijk potentieel, realiseren tastbare resultaten en geven wereldwijde ondernemingen een voorsprong in een snel veranderende wereld. Ontdek hoe op cognizant.ai of @cognizant.

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