Linux Security Engineer - New York City, NY Hybrid

Kanak Elite Services Incnew york city, NY, United States

6 days ago

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Temporary

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Job description

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 Himanshu01@kanakits.com .

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

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