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.
- Good to have a degree in IT, but will consider strong candidates without it
Managers Note:
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Based on the job description, what are the must have non-negotiable items that a candidate must have to be successful in this role?
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Great Linux knowledge
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Must be able to login, look at versions, investigate problems, etc
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Apply patches, run commands, etc
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Container knowledge
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What backgrounds/skills can we be more flexible with that can be learned on the job?
- Does this position require to sit onsite or travel?
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If yes, which days of the week?
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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
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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?)
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Does this position have the opportunity to extend beyond the initial contract or convert to FTE?
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Is there a specific laptop that needs to be used for this role (i.e. - Mac or Windows)?
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Is there anyone else from your team that you'd like to add to support reviewing resumes and setting up interviews?