Associate Vice President, Linux Systems Engineer, Patching & Vulnerability Management Greater New York City, NY Area

The Company is seeking an Associate Vice President, Linux Systems Engineer specializing in patching and vulnerability management. The role leads security hardening and lifecycle management across on-premises and cloud Linux environments, designing and automating patch deployments and remediating vulnerabilities identified through security scans. Responsibilities include orchestrating updates at scale, managing kernel, firmware, and driver compatibility, and coordinating production maintenance while protecting service availability. The engineer also maintains audit-ready documentation and reporting to support security and compliance requirements. Candidates should have demonstrated experience administering Linux production environments, including RHEL, CentOS, or Ubuntu, and strong command-line, shell scripting, and package-management skills. The role requires practical knowledge of CVEs, CVSS scoring, Linux exploits, security hardening, and vulnerability remediation, along with experience using vulnerability scanning and configuration-management tools. Strong troubleshooting, change planning, and reliability-focused judgment are essential. Python scripting and Terraform knowledge are preferred; the role also requires participation in on-call support, including nights and weekends, and occasional hands-on datacenter work.

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