Secure Compute Engineer

New York City, NY - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 30+ days ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Client Name: StreetID
End Client Name: JPMC

Job Title: Secure Compute Engineer (Linux / Ansible / LXD)
Location: New York City NY (Local to NY and NJ only)
Work Type: Hybrid
Job Type: Contract
Rate: $58/hour on w2

Notes:

Interview: Video (final round may be in person)
Visa: Any except OPT
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Job Description:
We are seeking an experienced Secure Compute Engineer with strong expertise in Linux Ansible and LXD to support secure infrastructure initiatives within a financial environment. The ideal candidate will help design automate and maintain secure compute environments in alignment with organizational standards.

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

Client Name: StreetID End Client Name: JPMC Job Title: Secure Compute Engineer (Linux / Ansible / LXD) Location: New York City NY (Local to NY and NJ only) Work Type: Hybrid Job Type: Contract Rate: $58/hour on w2 Notes: Interview: Video (final round may be in person) Visa: Any except OPT Linkedi...