Os Hardening Security Architect - Pune, Maharashtra, India - Zensar Technologies

Zensar Technologies

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Pune, Maharashtra, India

4 days ago

Posted by:

Deepika Kaur

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Description

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Security Architect with system administration expertise in older and potentially unsupported operating systems.

In this role, you will collaborate with various functional teams, including O.S. Engineering, Infrastructure, and Security Architecture, to determine the minimum security requirements for OS configuration hardening.

As the Security Architect, your primary responsibility will be to create comprehensive OS Hardening configuration policies using CIS controls and leveraging Qualys or CIS Suite tooling to scan for baseline configurations on legacy and potentially unsupported OS systems.

You will work closely with the Security Strategy team and take the lead in documenting a repeatable process for developing security baselines across multiple OS types.

A key aspect of this role involves collaborating with other teams to test each configuration and evaluate the results. Based on testing outcomes, you will identify areas where mitigating controls may need to be implemented.

Regular progress reporting is expected from this position, as well as close coordination with the project manager to develop a plan that encompasses the development of OS configuration baselines and testing across various operating systems.

Have an understanding of CIS Controls as well as Hitrust Controls and be able to determine the appropriate level of hardening needed based upon the company's guidelines and risk tolerance
Understand legacy OS systems and conduct a thorough assessment of the unsupported OS systems to understand their current security posture and potential vulnerabilities.
Experience creating & structuring OS configuration policies in CIS Suite and/or Qualys Policy Compliance tooling to scan for baseline results.
Experience analyzing scan results to assess compliance with established policies, identifying areas of noncompliance or vulnerabilities that need remediation.
Experience leading collaborative working sessions with system administrators, OS Engineering team, Orchestration team and other stakeholders as necessary to evaluate and work with system admins who will test the feasibility of implementing the proposed hardening measures on unsupported OS systems without any negative impact to production.
Experience indentifying potential risks and limitations associated with running unsupported OS systems and propose mitigating controls or compensating measures where migration is not possible.
Experience documenting all steps in a process taken, configurations applied, and policies created with all scans conducted for future reference, audit purposes, and knowledge transfer within the organization.
Experiency with regularly reviewing and updating the customized hardening guidelines for unsupported OS systems as new information becomes available or circumstances change.
Experience Ddeveloping a risk scoring methodology to rank systems or configurations unable to be remediated or where suggested mitigating controls cannot be applied.
Experience with creating plans to define activities to reach the objectives of work in a structured "rinse & repeat" format and track all progress utilizing Jira to provide weekly progress update throughout the project.

Understanding of project management
Understanding of Jira
Windows or Linux SME

Primary Location:
India-Maharashtra-Pune

Job Posting:
Mar 18, 2024

Experience Required (In Years):Minimum
- 8 **Maximum
- 12