Systems Support Specialist

Chipton-Ross is seeking a Systems Support Specialist for a contract opportunity in Orlando, FL.

Minimum of 4 years of professional experience securing containerized workloads in production (e.g., OpenShift, Kubernetes) and hardening Linux-based container images.

Minimum of 5 years of hands-on experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS) core services (EC2, IAM, VPC, CloudTrail, GuardDuty) and implementing security controls in an AWS-Foundational context.

Demonstrated ability to analyze, build, and harden container images (including selection of Red Hat Iron Bank base images, creation of custom hardened images, and evaluation of build-from-scratch approaches).

Proven experience applying STIG, NIST, and FIPS compliance frameworks to platform hardening and container image security.

Experience with Apache Opensource stack tools Datahub, Nifi, Airflow, Spark, Trino, OPA based security, storage grid/minio desired.

Strong background in Linux/RHEL and (python, Bash, Powershell) scripting desired. Working background of Gitlab/GitHub CI/CD pipelines highly desired.

Hands-on experience with image-repository scanning tools (e.g., Harbor, Trivy) and remediation of identified vulnerabilities.

Proficiency in scripting languages (Python, Bash, PowerShell) for image-hardening automation and custom security checks.

US  Citizenship is required for this position (facility-specific).

Accredited Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related STEM discipline from an accredited college/university or equivalent combination of education and professional experience.

Full-Time; 4/10-A. RMT

• Employment will be contingent on clearing a drug screen and background check. Both must clear prior to start date.
• Candidates responding to this posting must currently possess the eligibility to work in the United States. No third parties please.