Senior Linux Security Engineer

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November 7

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ZEN STRATEGICS LLC

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Cybersecurity • Government • Consulting

ZEN STRATEGICS LLC is a minority-owned specialized consulting firm focusing on cybersecurity, cloud migration, and information technology modernization. The company offers comprehensive solutions tailored to individual needs, particularly in the context of government contracting. Zen Strategics provides a range of services, including cybersecurity operations, data management, cloud infrastructure management, and management consulting. Known for its scalability and responsiveness, Zen Strategics partners with major government agencies to deliver sustainable and cost-effective IT solutions, addressing critical security risks and ensuring the continuity of operations.

2 - 10 employees

🔒 Cybersecurity

🏛️ Government

📋 Description

• Manage the implementation and maintenance of the Linux environments to support ongoing, proactive protection of the USCIS enterprise environment, and to facilitate an efficient response to security incidents. • Develop standards, templates, and automated mechanisms to support threat modeling and analysis of individual USCIS information systems and information. • Write system lifecycle documentation for security products or security-relevant system components. • Generate Enterprise Architecture (EA) documentation as necessary. • Schedule and attend meetings, file USCIS forms, tickets, and change requests necessary to facilitate successful deployment of security products/projects for Linux Environment. • Review existing configuration settings to identify potential security vulnerabilities and propose settings or architectural changes to address these vulnerabilities. • Work collaboratively with other teams to improve the use of automated configuration management capabilities to initiate network and environment changes and enforce security-relevant configuration settings. • Perform security hardening, reviewing new and re-evaluating existing configuration settings and rules to verify USCIS’s security posture and eliminate unnecessary risk in Linux environments. • Use Agile tools such as JIRA, Confluence, and MS Teams to provide transparency and allow information to be visible in real time and to create a unified backlog, ensuring visibility into all areas of work and identifying inter-dependencies between teams.

🎯 Requirements

• U.S. Citizen with the ability to obtain Public Trust and complete DHS Security Clearance • Ability to obtain DHS EOD suitability • 10 years’ experience administering large complex Linux applications in a medium to large enterprise • Experience with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Singularity, Podman, Kubernetes, ECS, EKS, Fargate) • Advanced knowledge of clustering services, load balancing, and replication services • Expertise with installing, configuring, operating, and patching Linux servers/managing Linux applications (troubleshooting and recovery included) • Advanced knowledge of one or more of the following configuration management tools: Ansible, Chef, Puppet, and SaltStack. • Experience with shell scripting, including ssh, scp, rsync, and sudo • Experience with authentication subsystems a.k.a PAM, selinux, fips mode and Blancco file eraser • Hands-on experience with automation efforts using more than one language, including Python, and experience with at least one of the frameworks, such as Flask, Django, and FastAPI • Two or more years’ experience deploying applications to AWS, Azure, or GCP is a plus • Bachelor’s in Computer Science/Computer Information Systems/Engineering Degree or other comparable degree or experience, which must be approved in advance by the Government Program Manager. • Must have an active Red Hat Enterprise Linux Certified Engineer certification or other comparable certification or experience, which must be approved in advance by the Government Program Manager.

🏖️ Benefits

• 401K with company match • Comprehensive health and wellness packages • Professional growth opportunities include Tuition Reimbursement. • Cutting-edge technology you can learn from • Rest and recharge with paid time off (PTO) and holidays