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Linux Security Engineer SME

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Contract
Remote friendly (Lancashire)
United Kingdom
Initial 6 months contract inside IR35
MDE Linux Security Engineer
  • Building, deployingMicrosoft Defender for Endpoint services and policies across the Linux Estate
  • Driving service-level incidents through to remediation
  • Creating and maintaining high-quality documentation
  • Engaging with stakeholders to ensure requirements are prioritised and expectations are set
  • Working actively with other MDE SMEs to ensure adequate service coverage across MDE tooling
  • Evaluating and implementing technical changes and project deliverables
  • Engaging product vendors where necessary for incident investigation and product enhancements
Requirements
  • Advanced experience of deploying and managing MDE on RedHat Linux platforms (and preferably macOS/Windows)
  • Experience of MDE AV, EDR and TVM
  • Experience of Linux system administration, including package management (rpm/yum), systemd, and troubleshooting
  • Desirable experience with chef management
  • Excellent analytical and troubleshooting skills across complex systems
  • Able to articulate complicated processes to non-technical stakeholders
Skills that will help you in the role
  • Experience with specific tooling such as Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, including AV, EDR and TVM (Threat and Vulnerability Management)
  • Linux Systems Administration & Troubleshooting experience
  • Experience with various other OS types - MacOS & Windows
  • Experience with Chef, including Cookbooks & package creation, deployment and reporting

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