Engineering Manager, Linux Platform Security

Software Guidance & Assistance, Inc., (SGA), is searching for an Engineering Manager, Linux Platform Security for a FULL TIME assignment with one of our premier Investment Firm clients in New York City, NY. Hybrid scheduled T, W, Th


Seeking an accomplished individual to oversee the firm's global platform security within the Information Security team. This role combines management, leadership, and hands-on technical work to drive security improvements across the firm in a complex, fast-paced, and collaborative environment.



Responsibilities :

• Manage and guide a team responsible for advancing the security of the firm's operating systems and infrastructure, with a particular focus on Linux environments.
• Identify areas of weakness, allocate resources, and ensure that security improvements are delivered and integrated into the environment.
• Collaborate with other infrastructure teams to drive projects such as sandboxing AI agents, implementing multifactor authentication for privileged workflows, and modernizing authentication stacks (including OIDC, MTLS, and Kerberos).
• Drive hands-on technical project work, ensuring that changes are successfully designed, shipped, and adopted across the firm.

Required Skills :

• 12 to 15 years of relevant hands-on experience, with a demonstrated ability to drive security projects from conception through implementation in complex Linux environments.
• Deep knowledge of Linux security concepts, including Linux Security Modules (LSM), SELinux, AppArmor, authentication methods (Kerberos, OIDC, TLS, LDAP, spiffe, spire), cryptography primitives, certificates, and network protocols.
• Proficiency in Unix shell scripting and basic Python development; a degree in computer science or a related technical discipline is preferred.
• Familiarity with technologies such as eBPF, sandboxing (bubblewrap, landlock, firecracker), and related security tooling is highly desirable.
• Extensive judgment and decision-making skills, with the ability to navigate ambiguity, make thoughtful trade-offs, and balance security, practicality, and business impact.
• Experience using data to inform decisions and drive measurable improvements.

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