Information Systems Engineer

Sas Institute Inc.
Cary, NC, United States
2 months ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Experience required
5 years minimum
Working hours
Regular working hours
Job source

Tech stack

Amazon Web Services Microsoft Azure Cyber Security Information Systems Data Systems DevOps Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) Linux System Administration Red Hat Enterprise Linux SAS (Software) Software Vulnerability Management Kubernetes
+2 more
Docker Vmware

Job description

SAS Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) Team is a service organization responsible for providing IT support for our full spectrum of SAS Solutions to Infrastructure & Platform Services. Additionally, the Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) team works with other SAS IT teams to improve our service catalog offerings to our customers including helping to implement next generation technologies. As an Engineer in the SAS Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) team, you will use your communication and technical skills to support internal and external customers in our hosted & internal environment. You will help design, implement, and support a large heterogeneous computing environment. You will be responsible for helping to maintain Service Level Agreements and Operational Level Agreements, and improve the performance, reliability, and standardization of our hosted & internal solutions., * Review vulnerability data from multiple sources to determine the risk rating of vulnerabilities to business assets.

  • Improve and automate the existing vulnerability management lifecycle, including data ingestion & normalization, compliance metrics, and detections on assets.
  • Provide technical support for vulnerability management projects.
  • Perform recurring and on-demand scanning activities of both corporate and cloud environments utilizing an enterprise platform.
  • Ensure that scan results are presented in appropriate dashboards, reports, and forwarded to other data systems as necessary.
  • Nice to have an understanding of or experience with the Tanium product line.
  • Embrace curiosity, passion, authenticity and accountability. These are our values and influence everything we do.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of related experience in Vulnerability management and compliance monitoring.
  • Demonstrated experience in Vulnerability management and analysis.
  • Strong understanding of Tenable IO and Security Center product line.
  • Participation in a 24x7 on-call rotation schedule
  • Red Hat Linux and Satellite
  • Microsoft Azure deployment of linux based systems
  • AWS background is helpful but not required
  • VMWare
  • Equivalent combination of related education, training and experience may be considered in place of the above

Preferred qualifications

  • K8S and Docker experience helpful but not required
  • Collaborative team experience with superior problem-solving skills
  • Ability to triage requests with multiple admin resource groups
  • Understanding best practices around information security and data privacy in relation to system access and availability
  • Experience with DevOps tools will be an added advantage

Benefits & conditions

Highlights include…

  • Comprehensive medical, prescription, dental and vision plans.
  • Medical plan options include:
  • PPO with low annual deductible and copays.
  • HDHP combined with a health savings account with a contribution from SAS (no access to on-site health care center).
  • Onsite Health Care Center (HQ) that’s free to employees and family members enrolled in the PPO plan. There’s a pharmacy too! Not local to HQ? The pharmacy will ship prescriptions for no additional charge!
  • An industry-leading 401k plan.
  • Tuition Assistance Program and programs and resources to support your development
  • Generous time away including vacation time, a variety of paid holidays, and our much-loved U.S. Winter Wellness Break between December 25 and January 1.
  • Volunteer Time Off, parental leave and unlimited paid sick days.
  • Generous childcare benefits for all full-time employees.

You are welcome here.

At SAS, it’s not about fitting into our culture - it’s about adding to it. We believe our people make the difference. Our inclusive workforce brings together unique talents and inspires teams to create amazing software that reflects the diversity of our users and customers.

About the company

We’re a leader in data and AI. Through our software and services, we inspire customers around the world to transform data into intelligence - and questions into answers.

If you’re looking for a dynamic, fulfilling career with flexibility and a world-class employee experience, you’ll find it here. We’re recognized around the world for our inclusive, meaningful culture and innovative technologies by organizations like Fast Company, Forbes, Newsweek and more.

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