Linux Vulnerability Management Engineer

•    Responsible for Vulnerability Analysis and Remediation of OS Level Linux vulnerabilities. 
•    Analysis includes determining vulnerability responsibility and communicating with responsible parties.
•    Remediation includes both applying updates and coordinating with various teams, customers, systems owners to get update applied, answering questions and assisting with remediations as well as filing any needed Waivers.
•    Analyze and remediate various required report, directives and known exploited vulnerability list in the Linux monthly patching cycle.
•    Analyze and remediate security scans to determine responsibility, remediate Linux OS vulnerabilities and confirm scans are delivered back to security for customer vulnerabilities.
•    Attend required Patch and Vulnerability Group (PVG) meetings.
•    Participates in Post-Incident Reviews to document lessons learned to create/update automation/tooling. 
•    Analyze system logs and identify and remediate issues with systems. 
•    Create, maintain, and execute scripts to perform routine maintenance and automate system management tasks and streamline operations.
•    Perform patch/fix research and software upgrades through service packs or other software bundling methodologies following governmental standards and procedures used at the DISC.
•    Utilize automation tools and frameworks following organizational standards. 
•    Support configuration management via Ansible and GitLab to the DISA STIG standard.
•    Support server automation using Ansible/Tower, GitLab, etc.
•    Document and perform changes and resolve incidents and problems using client's Configuration Management Tools and Systems.
•    Provide knowledge transfer documentation to the client as required.
•    Participate in Agile project management and a DevSecOps culture as required.

•Employ ingenuity and creativity to develop new technical solutions to solve difficult and moderately complex problems within the customers environment.

•Participate in cross- functional discussions on projects and processes.

What You Will Need:

•    BA/BS Degree. In lieu of degree Four (4) years additional years of experience will be needed.
•    Minimum of Four (4) years of vulnerability management and Linux administration experience.

•    Demonstrated experience in vulnerability management, including prioritizing risk and implementing remediation strategies.
•    Experience with Ansible and/or Puppet.
•    Proven experience in coding/scripting in Shell.
•    Experience support configuration management via Ansible and GitLab; preferably to the DISA STIG standard.
•    Experience with configuration management and automation tools in a data center environment.

•Demonstrated experience leading or directly supporting streamlining of activities and/or automation.

•Experience integrating cloud platforms such as AWS, and Azure into Linux systems.
•    US. Citizenship is required for the position. Must be able to pass government background check and obtain Public Trust Clearance.
•    Strong written and oral communication skills.
•    Exceptional customer service skills.
•    Strong time-management and prioritization skills.
•    Ability to communicate applicable technical subject matter expertise to management and others.
•    Ability to apply and provide feedback on service operation model and practices.

What Would Be Nice to Have:

•    Experience with Remedy, ServiceNow.
•    Experience with Red Hat Enterprise Linux Operating System hosted in VMWare, AWS, Azure, GCP.
•    Familiarity with Tenable Nessus scan reports.

•Relevant certifications such as RHCE, and CompTIA Linux+.