** This role is not eligible for sponsorship AND is four days onsite hybrid at our N. Scottsdale office **

Who are we looking for?

Choice Hotels, one of the world’s largest lodging franchisors, has an exciting new opportunity as our Level 3 Cybersecurity Reliability Engineer – IT (Vulnerability Management) in the Information Security / Security Operations. The Information Security / Security Operations is the team that provides continuous monitoring, threat detection, investigation, and incident response across Choice’s technology environment. The team operates and improves security controls across endpoint, identity, cloud, network, and application environments while managing security tooling, detection engineering, threat intelligence, vulnerability management, automation, incident response, and operational security reporting.

As a key member of our Information Security / Security Operations, you will become the owner of Infrastructure and Runtime Vulnerability Management, responsible for vulnerability discovery, scanning coverage, risk-based prioritization, remediation tracking, exception management, and reporting across cloud, server, endpoint, and production environments. You will manage vulnerability visibility through platforms such as Tenable and AWS Inspector and partner with technology and asset owners to drive timely remediation and reduce security exposure.

Are you Are you a proactive, technically strong security professional who takes ownership and accountability for driving vulnerabilities through remediation? Do you have a risk-based mindset, strong knowledge of infrastructure and cloud security, and the persistence to work across technology teams to reduce security exposure? Are you comfortable using data and metrics to prioritize risk, improve processes, and demonstrate measurable results? If you are a strong collaborator and communicator who enjoys solving complex security challenges and continuously improving vulnerability management, this role may be a great fit.?

We invite you to apply today for our Level 3 Cybersecurity Reliability Engineer – IT (Vulnerability Management) role today and #MakeItYourChoice.

Your Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end infrastructure and runtime vulnerability management capability.
• Manage vulnerability discovery and scanning coverage across cloud, servers, endpoints, and production workloads.
• Operate and optimize vulnerability management platforms such as Tenable and AWS Inspector.
• Prioritize vulnerabilities based on severity, exploitability, exposure, asset criticality, and business risk.
• Partner with technology and asset owners to drive remediation through closure.
• Manage vulnerability exceptions, risk acceptances, and remediation SLA tracking.
• Identify and address visibility, scanning, and asset coverage gaps.
• Monitor emerging vulnerabilities and determine their applicability and potential exposure to the environment.
• Develop metrics and reporting around vulnerability aging, remediation performance, coverage, risk, and trends.
• Continuously improve vulnerability management processes through automation, integration, and risk-based prioritization.
• Support other Security Operations team members with operational activities, investigations, projects, and priority tasks as needed to ensure shared team objectives are achieved.

Your Experience, Skills & Competencies

• Bachelor's degree in related field Computer Science or equivalent experience
• Master’s degree is optional
• At least 7 years’ experience in General computing, Cybersecurity and Vulnerability Management
• Proficient in AI utilization (Claude, Copilot)
• Demonstrates key competencies to include: Ensures Accountability, Strategic Mindset, Drives Results

Your Team

This is an individual contributor role that will report to the Director of Security operations. You will have 6  teammate and collaborate with cross functional departments on a regular basis.

**This role is not eligible for sponsorship**

Choice prioritizes our associate wellbeing by offering a comprehensive benefits program that is both competitive and flexible to help you achieve your wellbeing goals - here are just a few:

• Competitive compensation and benefits, including medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Leave and paid time-off for holidays, vacation, personal, family, volunteer, sick, jury duty, bereavement, military, and religious observance
• Financial benefits for retirement and health savings
• Employee recognition programs
• Discounts at Choice hotels worldwide

About Choice

Choice Hotels International, Inc. (NYSE: CHH), is one of the largest lodging franchisors in the world. With 7,500 hotels in 45+ countries and territories, we offer a range of high-quality lodging options in the upper upscale, upper midscale, midscale, extended stay, and economy segments. We’re the hotel company for those who choose to bet on themselves — the striver, the dreamer, the entrepreneur — because that’s who we are, too.

At Choice, we are united by the simple belief that tomorrow will be even better than today — for associates, our company, and our franchisees. At our worldwide corporate headquarters in North Bethesda, Maryland, at our technology center in Scottsdale, Arizona, and through our associates around the globe, every voice is heard and every idea is listened to, no matter what area of the company they come from. We are united in supporting the entrepreneurial dreams of our thousands of franchise owners, which propels us forward — giving our work at Choice a purpose larger than our business.

Our corporate office locations:

North Bethesda, MD — Located at Pike & Rose, our worldwide headquarters is less than 15 miles from Washington, D.C., one block away from the North Bethesda Metro station, with easy access to I-495, complimentary parking, electronic charging stations, restaurants and retail.

Scottsdale, AZ — Located at the northwest corner of Loop 101, the Scottsdale office is home to our technology, eCommerce and customer service organizations, with easy access to complimentary parking, electronic charging stations, restaurants and retail.

Minneapolis, MN — Select roles are based in our Minneapolis office on Highway 394, near the intersection with Highway 100, only five minutes from downtown.

Field/Remote — Select roles designated as field/remote will require associates to work from a home office, connecting virtually with Choice team members and leadership on Zoom, with possible required travel depending on the role.  

Choice’s Cultural Values

Welcome and Respect Everyone | Be Bold | Be Quick | Listen | Be Curious | Show Integrity

Choice’s Leadership Principles

Act with Intention | Lead with Authenticity | Grow & Deliver