Point72 / Cubist
Linux Security Lead
$200K–$300K
New York +1 · Full-time · Posted Mar 9, 2026
- Location
- New York
North America - Experience
- Five or more years.
About the job
Leads Linux security strategy by assessing threats, hardening enterprise systems, and automating security controls across data center and cloud environments.
What you'll do
- Lead adversary-informed assessments and identify Linux system risks and attack paths.
- Design hardened Linux build standards and automated checks and remediation workflows.
- Partner with security and infrastructure teams on investigations, detection, response, and secure deployment guidance.
What they ask for
- Hands-on experience securing and engineering enterprise Linux environments in complex production settings.
- Strong offensive security or red-team background, including exploitation, attack-path analysis, and adversary simulation against Linux systems.
- Knowledge of Linux hardening, privilege management, authentication, access controls, logging, and secure configuration; experience with vulnerability validation, penetration testing, threat modeling, and remediation planning.
- Scripting or automation proficiency and ability to analyze logs, process behavior, network activity, and endpoint telemetry.
Pay
$200,000-$300,000 USD annual base salary
Tools
Linux
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