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Senior Linux Security Engineer
Location
Switzerland
Posted
37 days ago
Salary
0
Seniority
Senior
Job Description
Senior Linux Security Engineer
Cisco
• Develop and maintain Tetragon runtime security policies to ensure customers have good visibility of suspicious activity on their infrastructure and are protected against the latest emerging threats • Help design frameworks and architectures that allow customers to easily consume policies and understand their overall security posture • Monitor vulnerability disclosures (CVEs) and the latest threat intelligence to develop Tetragon runtime security policies • Work with software engineers at Isovalent and Cisco to improve and enhance the capabilities of Tetragon security policies • Interact with solution architects and customers as necessary to support and deploy Tetragon security policies in production • Publish content and give talks based on your work
Job Requirements
- 3+ years of experience in threat and/or vulnerability research
- 3+ years of experience in developing security detections at scale, for use in a wide range of environments
- 3+ years of experience working on Linux system security (e.g., capabilities, LSMs, etc.)
- Good communication skills, both written and verbal
- Experience with eBPF (extended Berkeley Packet Filter) and its applications in security.
- Experience with the cloud-native ecosystem (containers, Kubernetes, etc.) and their Linux implementation (e.g., Linux cgroups, namespaces)
Benefits
- Flexible working
- Professional development opportunities
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