Linux Security Engineer

Akkodis is seeking a Linux Security Engineer fora direct-hire position with a client located in Leesburg, VA (Onsite)

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Salary Range: $150K - $170K/Annum + Benefits; Salary may be negotiable based on experience, education, geographic location, and other factors.

Title: Linux Security Engineer

Location: Leesburg, VA (Onsite)

Type: Full Time

Job description:

• Design, implement, and maintain security monitoring and detection systems
• Develop and tune: Alerting rules, Correlation logic, Anomaly detection models
• Deploy, manage, and optimize Wazuh (or similar EDR platforms)
• Integrate diverse log sources into SIEM platforms and ensure data quality
• Build and enhance log aggregation pipelines (collection, parsing, normalization)
• Perform log analysis and event investigation to validate and improve detections
• Analyze network flow (NetFlow) data and incorporate into detection strategy
• Collaborate with engineering teams to ensure high-quality security telemetry
• Design and build dashboards and visualizations (OpenSearch/Elastic)
• Document: Logging architecture, Detection logic, Platform configurations, Operational procedures

Benefits:

Benefits include but are not limited to:

Medical/Dental/Vision

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