Linux Vulnerability Specialist - Remediation - Hybrid in Chicago, IL - Washington DC - Denver, CO - W2 Only Candidate must be able to go onsite to one of the client's locations from day 1 Candidates must be able to work on the client's W2 without a vendor or employer Apex Systems, a World-Class Technology Solutions Provider, is seeking a __ on behalf of one of our largest financial industry clients. Please apply if interested and qualified. Please note that only qualified candidates will be contacted. We cannot support C2C hiring. Position: Linux Vulnerability Specialist Location: Washington DC, Denver CO, Chicago IL Duration: 12 month contract with potential to convert Pay Rate: $65-$70/hr Project Description: Candidate should be comfortable working with development teams to identify potential issues in both development and production environments. This person will join an agile service team focused on daily production service delivery and application deployment, taking a key role in infrastructure planning, engineering, environment design and management for commercial and custom software applications. You will be an individual contributor responsible for researching, implementing, and supporting complex IT engineering tasks as a part of an agile Engineering Services team. Your tasks will include: • Collect information to analyze and evaluate existing or proposed systems. • Research, plan, install, configure, troubleshoot, maintain and upgrade operating systems, hardware and software interfaces. • Apply an understanding of network fundamentals and security best practices with the ability to understand how the infrastructure communicates as a low level and how the system functions at a high level. • Must have a troubleshooting/problem solving mindset. Required Skills • Experience in supporting infrastructure in a large enterprise environment • Production engineering/operations experience (minimum 5-7 years) • Strong experience as a Linux Systems Admin/Engineer with the ability to troubleshoot and perform root-cause analysis • Familiarity with MS-SQL, Oracle and how to perform basic queries if needed. • Good understanding of Change and Incident Management processes • Understanding of Agile projects, roles, and development support • Be able to run and bring to completion multiple competing projects. • Detail oriented work ethic. • Aptitude to independently learn new technologies • Understanding and ability to use Monitoring tools • Strong written & verbal skills combined with a passion for collaboration and teamwork. Desired Skills • A strong understanding and experience with containers and OpenShift or Dockers a real Plus • A good understanding of Windows servers and Web based applications using IIS. • Scripting and automation with Visual Basic, Perl, python or PowerShell in a DevOps environment • Experience with patching of servers and hosted applications. • Good understanding of various protocols such as http/https/tcp/smtp/snmp/dns • Hands on experience using CI/CD tools including Jenkins, Ansible, Subversion, Git, JIRA and Confluence is a major plus • Understanding of encryption technologies using HSM, open SSL etc. • Good understanding of centralized logging tools like Splunk is a plus. Please note that as a contract employee of Apex Systems, benefits include the below with employee contribution Health Dental Vision Life Insurance; Short Term Disability Hospitalization Coverage Direct Deposit Weekly Pay Periods Training and Development Programs 401k Referral Program
