Secure Compute Engineer (Linux Ansible LXD)

New York City, NY - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 30+ days ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Hello There

My name is Himanshu Sharma and I serve as the Recruitment Lead at Kanak-IT INC. I am reaching out to share an excellent career opportunity for the role of Linux Security Engineer with our esteemed client. If you are interested then please share your updated resume at .

Job Description

Position : Linux Security Engineer (Linux / Ansible / LXD)

Location : New York City NY Hybrid

Duration : Long term contract

Interview : Final round could be onsite

Focus:
Design and build a reproducible secure compute lab environment to support future SRHG custody site deployments. Deliver hardened automated Linux builds that can be cloned and deployed consistently across physical custody sites.

Core Skills:

Expert in Linux (Ubuntu) administration and OS-level hardening
Proficient in Ansible (roles playbooks idempotent automation)
Experienced with LXD for containerized lab environments
Strong knowledge of GitLab and GitLab CI/CD pipelines (workflow automation runners artifacts)
Experience building secure reproducible system images (kickstart preseed or similar)

Security Requirements:

Apply CIS Ubuntu benchmarks and OS hardening best practices
Enforce disk encryption (LUKS or equivalent) and secure boot configurations
Implement auditd and centralized logging
Lock down SSH sudo and privileged access paths
Integrate key management secrets handling and package signing validation
Ensure all automation is reproducible testable and version-controlled

Expectations:

Build and document an Ansible-based bootstrap process for secure hosts
Produce versioned base images and container templates ready for custody site use
Set up GitLab pipelines to validate lint and deploy builds automatically

Hello There My name is Himanshu Sharma and I serve as the Recruitment Lead at Kanak-IT INC. I am reaching out to share an excellent career opportunity for the role of Linux Security Engineer with our esteemed client. If you are interested then please share your updated resume at . Job Descriptio...