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Senior Linux Security Engineer
Location
North Carolina + 2 moreAll locations: North Carolina | Texas | Virginia
Posted
1 day ago
Salary
$118.7K - $160.6K / year
Seniority
Senior
Job Description
Senior Linux Security Engineer
Cisco
• Responsible for security engineering and operations supporting Cisco IT compute and AI infrastructure • Actively participating in the Security cross-functional team of Prime Security Advocates • Collaborates with Security and Trust teams to identify improvement areas and develop engineering solutions • Validates security posture for AI infrastructure including patching, vulnerability scanning, software development, and open-source software management • Serves as a key point of contact for security issues, incident response, vulnerability management, and implementation of security solutions • Contributes to modernizing Linux Operating System build systems through advanced automation • Acts as a technical resource for embedding security practices into all aspects of Cisco IT engineering • Participates in defining strategy and maintaining the roadmap for adoption, expansion, and integration of security monitoring platforms
Job Requirements
- 6+ years of experience with Linux security (Sudoers, SELinux, and other hardening principles)
- 6+ years of experience in large-scale IT infrastructure, including compute, network, or storage systems
- Experience Linux Operating System image / ISO development, hardening, and deployment through CI/CD pipelines
- Experience with security scanning tools and agents covering SAST, DAST, SCA, and secrets detection
- Experience working with DevOps Infrastructure-as-Code (IaaS) tooling including Ansible, GitHub, Python, Docker/Podman
Benefits
- medical, dental and vision insurance
- 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution
- paid parental leave
- short and long-term disability coverage
- basic life insurance
- 10 paid holidays per full calendar year
- 1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees
- 1 paid day off for employee’s birthday
- paid year-end holiday shutdown
- 4 paid days off for personal wellness
- 16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year for non-exempt employees
- flexible vacation time off program for exempt employees
- 80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date and each January 1st thereafter
- up to 80 hours of unused sick time carried forward from one calendar year to the next
- Additional paid time away may be requested for family member emergency issues
- Optional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer
- annual bonuses for non-sales roles
- performance-based incentive pay for sales roles
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