Remote Systems & Security Engineer (AWS/Linux)

AVATAR FLEET LLC; Pennsylvania; Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

AvatarFleet seeks a Systems & Security Engineer to own security administration, vulnerability management, and production reliability. You will partner with the CTO and software teams to maintain SOC 2 Type II readiness, patch Linux hosts, and support AWS ECS, WAF, ALB, S3, and EFS.

This role emphasizes security, compliance, and CI/CD collaboration across a remote US-based team. The ideal candidate demonstrates hands-on Linux and AWS expertise, solid experience with SOC 2 audits, and a proactive

Qualifications

• Hands-on Linux systems administration with security and availability in production.
• Strong AWS administration skills, across EC2, IAM, networking, and storage.
• Experience supporting SOC 2 Type II audits and evidence collection.
• Vulnerability management, patching, and security hardening experience.
• Familiarity with Terraform, Ansible, AWS CLI, Docker, and Docker Compose.
• Experience supporting CI/CD pipelines and secure deployment practices.

Responsibilities

• Own day-to-day security administration and SOC 2 control execution with audit prep.
• Maintain a year-round control calendar and evidence requirements.
• Administer access controls, reviews, and logs for audit readiness.
• Lead vulnerability assessments, patching, and mitigation activities.
• Deploy and maintain AWS resources (EC2, ECS, WAF, ALB, S3, EFS).
• Support Linux hosts, containers, ECS workloads, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Automate provisioning and configuration with Terraform, Ansible, and scripting.
• Document runbooks, controls, and audit evidence for compliance.

Skills

Linux admin

AWS admin

SOC 2

Vulnerability management

CI/CD

Terraform

Ansible

Docker

Incident response

Monitoring

Tools

Docker

Docker Compose

AWS CLI

Terraform

Ansible

Job description

AvatarFleet seeks a Systems & Security Engineer to own security administration, vulnerability management, and production reliability. You will partner with the CTO and software teams to maintain SOC 2 Type II readiness, patch Linux hosts, and support AWS ECS, WAF, ALB, S3, and EFS.

This role emphasizes security, compliance, and CI/CD collaboration across a remote US-based team. The ideal candidate demonstrates hands-on Linux and AWS expertise, solid experience with SOC 2 audits, and a proactive