Site Reliability Engineer - Vulnerability Remediation Consultant

Arctiq; United States; Remote; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Arctiq is seeking an experienced Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) - Vulnerability Remediation Consultant to support a client’s vulnerability management and remediation program. The role focuses on infrastructure, cloud, platform, and configuration vulnerabilities identified through Wiz.

You will partner with engineering, cloud, infrastructure, platform, and security teams to identify, prioritize, remediate, and validate findings across AWS, Kubernetes, VMware, Windows, and Linux environments,

Qualifications

• Strong AWS administration and security experience.
• Strong Kubernetes administration and security experience.
• Container and container-platform security knowledge.
• Windows Server and Linux administration experience.
• VMware infrastructure expertise.
• Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform preferred).
• CI/CD pipelines security, deployment workflows.
• Strong scripting in Python, Bash, PowerShell.
• Experience with vulnerability management programs.
• Experience with Wiz or CNAPP/CSPM platforms preferred.
• Strong root-cause analysis and documentation.

Responsibilities

• Triage, analyze, prioritize, and remediate vulnerabilities identified through Wiz.
• Remediate AWS account, services, IAM, networking, and cloud findings.
• Implement security hardening across Windows and Linux.
• Secure VMware-hosted infrastructure and VMs.
• Apply Kubernetes security best practices across EKS, Rancher, kOps.
• Develop IaC changes to make remediations repeatable and scalable.
• Modify CI/CD pipelines to prevent reintroduction of issues.
• Collaborate with multiple teams to coordinate remediation efforts.
• Validate remediation with Wiz and document findings.

Skills

AWS administration & security

Kubernetes administration & security

Container security

Windows/Linux administration

Infrastructure-as-Code

CI/CD pipelines

Scripting (Python/Bash/PowerShell)

Vulnerability management

CNAPP/CSPM experience (Wiz)

Root-cause analysis

Documentation

Cross-team collaboration

Education

AWS Certified Security - Specialty

CKA/CKAD/CKS (Kubernetes certs)

Tools

Wiz

AWS

Amazon EKS

Kubernetes

Rancher

kOps

VMware

Windows Server

Linux

Terraform

GitHub / GitLab

CI/CD platforms

Python

Bash

PowerShell

Job description

Company Overview

Arctiq is a global, intelligence-driven technology services company delivering professional and managed services across Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure, Networking & Connected Experiences, Cybersecurity, Data & AI, Autonomous Operations & Intelligence, and Enterprise Service Management. We help organizations operate, secure, and modernize complex environments by unifying infrastructure, networking, data, security, automation, and observability under a single, integrated operating model. Our work focuses on helping customers reduce operational friction, improve resilience, and make better, faster decisions as their environments evolve. Arctiq builds on decades of industry expertise and a customer-centric ethos to deliver exceptional value to clients across diverse industries. This is a remote, supporting a project Arctiq is delivering for a client. This is a 3 months contract.

Position Overview

Arctiq is seeking an experienced Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) - Vulnerability Remediation Consultant to support a client's vulnerability management and remediation program. The successful candidate will work as part of a dedicated remediation team focused on infrastructure, cloud, platform, and configuration-related vulnerabilities identified through Wiz. This role will partner closely with engineering, cloud, infrastructure, platform, and security teams to identify, prioritize, remediate, and validate security findings across AWS, Kubernetes, VMware, Windows, and Linux environments. The ideal candidate brings strong hands-on infrastructure and security engineering experience, with a focus on building durable remediation solutions through Infrastructure-as-Code, automation, and secure CI/CD practices.

Responsibilities

• Triage, analyze, prioritize, and remediate infrastructure and configuration vulnerabilities identified through Wiz.
• Remediate AWS account, service, IAM, networking, and cloud configuration findings while implementing cloud-native security best practices.
• Implement security hardening and remediation across Windows Server and Linux environments.
• Configure and secure VMware-hosted infrastructure and virtual machine environments.
• Implement Kubernetes security best practices across Amazon EKS, Rancher, and kOps environments.
• Harden container platforms and workloads across the cluster, node, runtime, and workload layers.
• Develop and implement Infrastructure-as-Code changes to ensure remediations are repeatable, scalable, and sustainable.
• Modify CI/CD pipelines and deployment workflows to prevent vulnerabilities and configuration issues from being reintroduced.
• Partner with application, platform, cloud, infrastructure, and security teams to coordinate remediation activities and resolve complex findings.
• Validate completed remediation activities and ensure findings are accurately resolved and reflected within Wiz.
• Develop scripts, tooling, and automated remediation approaches using Python, Bash, PowerShell, and related technologies.
• Create technical documentation, remediation standards, and reusable patterns for recurring infrastructure and security findings.
• Provide security engineering expertise and technical guidance to client teams throughout the engagement.

Qualifications

• Strong AWS administration and security experience, including IAM, networking, account configuration, and cloud-native security controls.
• Strong Kubernetes administration and security experience, including Amazon EKS and Rancher; experience with kOps is preferred.
• Strong knowledge of container and container-platform security.
• Hands-on Windows Server and Linux administration, configuration, troubleshooting, and operating system hardening experience.
• Experience administering and securing VMware infrastructure and virtual machine environments.
• Strong Infrastructure-as-Code experience; Terraform is preferred.
• Experience developing, maintaining, and securing CI/CD pipelines and deployment workflows.
• Strong scripting and automation skills using Python, Bash, and/or PowerShell.
• Experience supporting vulnerability management programs and remediating Critical and High security findings.
• Experience with Wiz or another CNAPP/CSPM platform is strongly preferred.
• Strong troubleshooting and root-cause analysis skills.
• Strong documentation and stakeholder communication skills.
• Ability to work effectively across infrastructure, cloud, security, application, and platform engineering teams.

Preferred Qualifications

• Hands-on Wiz platform experience.
• AWS Certified Security - Specialty or similar AWS certification.
• Kubernetes certifications such as CKA, CKAD, or CKS.
• Experience implementing CIS Benchmarks and NIST security controls.
• Experience working within healthcare, payment processing, financial services, or other regulated environments.
• Previous experience supporting a large-scale vulnerability remediation engagement.

Tools & Technologies

• Wiz
• AWS
• Amazon EKS
• Kubernetes
• Rancher
• kOps
• VMware
• Windows Server
• Linux
• Terraform
• GitHub / GitLab
• CI/CD platforms
• Python
• Bash
• PowerShell

Equal Opportunity Employer

Arctiq is an equal opportunity employer. If you need any accommodations or adjustments throughout the interview process and beyond, please let us know. We celebrate our inclusive work environment and welcome members of all backgrounds and perspectives to apply.