Platform Engineer x 2 - Contract - Remote - $65.00 - $69.21/hr.
The final salary or hourly wage, as applicable, paid to each candidate/applicant for this position is ultimately dependent on a variety of factors, including, but not limited to, the candidate's/applicant's qualifications, skills, and level of experience as well as the geographical location of the position.
Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Sponsorship not available.
Our client is seeking a Platform Engineer x 2 in for a remote opportunity.
ROLE DESCRIPTION
We are looking for a Mid-level Systems Administrator/Engineer that can come in to take ownership of day-to-day operations. You will partner with additional teams within brand, data, and IT assets from cyber-based threats by deploying, configuring, managing, and maintaining technologies/infrastructure in support our Advanced Cyber Initiatives (ACI) and its associated programs. You will support business strategy by enabling process integration between ACI applications, as well as other target applications as needed. You will serve as technical interface to customers (analysts) for tools in the Cyber Defense product suite, articulating technology, and product positioning to both business and technical users.
Successful candidates will work independently; must be self-starting self-motivated individual, be accountable and timely in their production and status reporting and communicate effectively both in writing and when speaking to groups. You will be expected to work to build and maintain relationships within and outside of the ACI and all team members share that duty. This position will require a high level of attention to detail to the work performed on maintenance/deployments, following process, and updating/creating associated team/tool documentation.
Support in the maintenance of IT and enterprise class security applications and systems
Troubleshooting Linux and/or Windows servers operating systems and predominately the enterprise applications running on those servers
Deploying, optimizing, and maintaining enterprise security applications, on prem, SaaS, and IaaS
Remediate vulnerabilities on Windows and/or Linux systems, ensure the stability and sustainability of supported platforms by monitoring, maintaining, patching, and administering all aspects of those systems
Contribute to and maintain internal engineering documentation (e.g., tool documentation, lessons learned, procedures, status updates, etc.)
Renewing and updating TLS certificates on appliances and enterprise applications
Responding to audit and enterprise hardening requests
Updating stories and subtasks work in flight
Update/speak in Daily Operations briefings
Daily ticket queue monitoring, for incidents and work ingestion and assigning as required
Responsible for quarterly access reviews
On call and after-hours rotation
SKILLS & REQUIREMENTS
3+ years of working in a large enterprise with a change management focused environment
3+ years minimum experience as a System Admin, or similar role required
3+ years of cybersecurity engineering related or similar role required (Understanding of enterprise best practices for security and hardening with a focus on PCI-DSS/NCUA ideal)
Experience working in environments with infrastructure management processes such as change management, problem management, configuration management and project management
Hands on Experience in Agile specifically Kanban workflow.
Experience working in an enterprise environment
Strong understanding and ability to troubleshoot various common Linux operating systems (Centos, Red hat, Ubuntu, and/or Cisco derivative OS's) OR Strong understanding and ability to troubleshoot various Windows server operating systems
Experience patching and upgrading Linux and Windows based operating systems, packages, and applications
Familiarization with cybersecurity principles as they apply to hardening enterprise based systems.
Basic scripting Ansible, Python, Bash, PowerShell, Ruby, etc to automate routine tasks
Experience using/integrating SIEM technology
Experience with large enterprise processes and working a silo'd environment where tickets/coordination/detailed change management and control processes are required
Knowledge of core network, firewall, routing, switching, load balancing, and proxy principles and troubleshooting related issues from a server deployment/maintenance perspective
Experience with Ansible
Experience Managing:
Linux based Java/Tomcat COTS web applications in a clustered environment
Windows .net based IIS COTS applications in a clustered environment
Physical or Virtual appliances with limited linux based OS CLI interfaces
Ability to read/understand a packet capture.
Experience using Jira/Confluence
5+ years Systems Administration
Strong Linux administration
Some Windows administration
Splunk/QRadar/Sentinel exposure
Vulnerability management experience
PowerShell/Python/Bash scripting
Ansible experience
Enterprise change management background
Security-focused infrastructure support
Benefits/Other Compensation
Medical, Dental, Life Insurance, 401K.
Why Hays?
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- Dice Id: 80144310
- Position Id: 1185226
- Posted 16 hours ago
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