Offer summary

Qualifications:

Experience with Rapid7 or similar software, Familiarity with Windows and Linux systems, Ability to assess and implement security solutions, Experience automating patch deployments using Puppet, Proficient in documenting and validating implementations.

Key responsabilities:

Review, plan, and resolve vulnerabilities

Evaluate patch releases and initiate patching cycles

Communicate patch impact to stakeholders

Coordinate production deployment and maintain software

Document processes and obtain customer signoff

Job description

Blackstone Talent Group, an award-winning technology consulting and talent agency is seeking a Senior Security Remediation Engineer to join our Client's team.

We are looking for 2 engineers experienced with Rapid7 (or similar security scanning software) to review, plan, and resolve vulnerabilities in the software listed below.

Ideally, this person is comfortable logging into both Windows and Linux systems. Or one person could be Linux-focused while the other is Windows.
Must understand, interpret, and implement the best solutions to remediate security vulnerabilities while maintaining business functionality.
Must also be able to explain why one solution is better and evaluate/share risk if any.
The solution could be a patch or a configuration change. You must be able to perform both.

An ideal candidate will have experience automating patch deployments and/or configuration changes via Puppet on Linux and/or Windows.

The expected process to understand when a patch is released for the software is below:

Evaluate patch release, identify a security fix, and start a patching cycle immediately.
Communicate to stakeholders
Document and test implementation
Deploy and validate in non-prod environments
Obtain customer signoff
Coordinate production deployment

Responsible for maintaining the below software:

WebSphere 8.5.5 / 9.0.5
FileNet Content Platform Engine 5.5.11
Content Navigator 3.0.14
DataCap 9.1.9
InfoSphere 11.7.1
Java 8.0.8.x

RedHat

JBOSS EAP 7.4.18 / 8.0.2.1
Tomcat 9.0.93 / 10.1.28
Apache HTTP 2.4.62
Java OpenJDK 1.8.x / 17.x / 21.x

Blackstone Talent Group is a wholly owned subsidiary of Blackstone Technology Group, a global IT services and software firm that implements technological solutions across commercial industry verticals and the US Federal Government. Blackstone's global talent augmentation practice was founded in 1998. Blackstone Talent Group has offices in San Francisco, Denver, Houston, Colorado Springs, and Washington, DC. We specialize in providing clients the best talent across a variety of industries and sectors.

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