Systems Engineer - III (Linux Administrator)

As a Sr Systems Engineer on the Systems Engineering team, you will be responding to and resolving vulnerabilities on VMs and Containers while automating and streamlining process to improve the overall program. Sr Systems Engineer will be an integral part of the System Engineering team and closely partner with the Compliance and Security teams. The role will require a technical understanding of Linux infrastructure and configuration management implementations to improve security. This position will mainly participate in vulnerability troubleshooting, including reviewing scan results, risk analysis and calculations to identify true risk within the environment and influence and drive remediation.

Primary roles and responsibilities are as follows:

• Monitors, tracks, responds, investigates and reports vulnerabilities and works with the responsible parties in System Engineering and Security teams to drive timely results and remediation
• Partners with stakeholders to drive down vulnerabilities and develop mitigation strategies across the organization.
• Assist with writing and deploying Puppet or Ansible playbooks to resolve vulnerabilities
• Assess and remediate container image vulnerabilities across registries and Kubernetes environments; coordinate vulnerability scanning and patching in containerized workloads
• Write knowledge articles as needed
• Assist with defining hardening policies that will improve our security posture
• Review, consult and prepare for planned change introduction to Client''s environment.
• Partner with teams to plan and execute software code upgrades as needed.

Skills:  
To be successful in this role, we need someone who has: 

• A solid foundation in Linux infrastructure and configuration management tools such as Puppet or Ansible.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to work under pressure
• Proficiency with Kubernetes architecture, cluster operations, and container orchestration; ability to assess security posture of containerized environments
• Hands-on experience with container security scanning tools and vulnerability assessment in container registries (e.g., artifact scanning, image analysis)