Linux Systems Engineer, FedRAMP - Hybrid Contract

Pyramid Consulting, Inc; San Diego (CA); Hybrid; USD 83,000 - 96,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) plan

Paid sick leave

Job summary

Pyramid Consulting, Inc. seeks a Linux Systems Engineer (FedRamp) for a 12‑month contract in hybrid Kirkland, WA / San Diego, CA. The role focuses on vulnerability remediation, container security, and hardening within complex environments.

You will work with Puppet/Ansible, Kubernetes, and container platforms to secure cloud workloads and respond to incidents while coordinating across distributed teams.

Qualifications

• Strong Linux infrastructure foundation with configuration management tooling.
• Experience with Kubernetes architecture and container orchestration.
• Hands-on vulnerability management and security incident handling.
• Ability to work under pressure and communicate effectively.
• Familiarity with container security scanning and image analysis.

Responsibilities

• Monitor, track, and report vulnerabilities with Security teams.
• Develop mitigations across stakeholders to reduce risk.
• Write and deploy Puppet or Ansible playbooks for remediation.
• Assess and remediate container image vulnerabilities in registries.
• Coordinate patching in containerized workloads and plan upgrades.
• Create knowledge articles and refine hardening policies.
• Prepare for planned changes in client environments; coordinate teams.

Skills

Linux

Puppet

Ansible

Kubernetes

Docker/Podman

Vulnerability management

Security posture

Tools

Puppet

Ansible

Git

Artifactory

Helm

Docker

Podman

Kubernetes distributions

Job description

Pyramid Consulting, Inc. seeks a Linux Systems Engineer (FedRamp) for a 12‑month contract in hybrid Kirkland, WA / San Diego, CA. The role focuses on vulnerability remediation, container security, and hardening within complex environments.

You will work with Puppet/Ansible, Kubernetes, and container platforms to secure cloud workloads and respond to incidents while coordinating across distributed teams.