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Sr. Information Systems Engineer - Vulnerability Management

Assay System
Remediation
Mitigation
Imaging
VM
Virtual Machine
System Engineering
Risk Analysis
VMS
Puppet
JAVA
Linux
ServiceNow
Kubernetes
Docker
Continuous Integration/Delivery
Git
Systems Engineer
Description:

On this job, you will be responding to and resolving vulnerabilities on containers and virtual machines while automating and streamlining process to improve the overall program.

Sr System 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 container and VM best practices 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.
Note: This position also requires passing a ServiceNow background screening called USFedPASS (US Federal Personnel Authorization Screening Standards). This includes a credit check, criminal/misdemeanor check and taking a drug test. Any employment is contingent upon passing the screening. Due to Federal requirements, only US citizens, US naturalized citizens or US Permanent Residents, holding a green card, will be considered.

 

What you get to do in this role: 

  • Partner with stakeholders to drive down vulnerabilities and develop mitigation strategies across the organization.
  • Submit exceptions or extensions and remediate vulns, looking for root cause and process improvements
  • 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 ServiceNow environment.
  • Partner with teams to plan and execute software code upgrades as needed.
In order to qualify for and be successful in this role, you should have:
  • Solid infrastructure support foundation as well as experience with containers and/or VMs
  • Solid understanding of and have experience with most of the following infrastructure services. 
    • Kubernetes or docker, Puppet, Ansible, Imaging, Artifactory, Git 
    • Familiarity with programming language components for java and python
    • Ability to script and analyze large data sets 
    • Solid understanding of Linux
    • Hands-on experience with vulnerability management tools and strong technical understanding and experience assessing vulnerabilities and identifying weaknesses in cloud infrastructure services.
    • Ability to partner with peers who are globally distributed is a key part of this role.
 

- Good to have a degree in IT, but will consider strong candidates without it

 

Managers Note:

  • Based on the job description, what are the must have non-negotiable items that a candidate must have to be successful in this role?
    • Great Linux knowledge
      • Must be able to login, look at versions, investigate problems, etc
      • Apply patches, run commands, etc
    • Container knowledge
  • What backgrounds/skills can we be more flexible with that can be learned on the job?
    • Great to have a security background, but not no need to be an expert on this
  • Does this position require to sit onsite or travel?
    • If yes, which days of the week?
    • No travel, but the person needs to be on the office every Thursday and sometimes one more day of the week if we have an important meeting
  • Does this person have to work in a specific time zone? (e.g. - If a person on the East Coast can work PST, is that ok?)
    • Any timezone is OK, but we need someone who is physically located in the great Seattle, since we want them to come to the office once a week
  • Does this position have the opportunity to extend beyond the initial contract or convert to FTE?
    • Yes, this contract is for 1 years with the plan to convert to FTE if the candidate proves to be a great fit for the team / work 
  • Is there a specific laptop that needs to be used for this role (i.e. - Mac or Windows)?
    • Either one is fine. Most of our people use Mac but some use Windows without any problems
  • Is there anyone else from your team that you'd like to add to support reviewing resumes and setting up interviews?
    • Yes, add these people please.
      • Matthew Sindon
      • Algernon Carpena
      • Ned Horsey
QUALIFICATION/ LICENSURE :
  • Work Authorization : US Citizen
  • Preferred years of experience : 1+ Years
  • Travel Required : No travel required
  • Shift timings: Not specified
Job Location Kirkland, Washington
Contract Duration 12 month(s)