Systems Security Engineer - Linux Monitoring and Detection

Piper Companies is seeking a Systems Security Engineer for a world leading technology organization within the cybersecurity and enterprise infrastructure industry. The Systems Security Engineer role is a fully remote position supporting a Security Operations Center (SOC). The Systems Security Engineer will focus on designing, building, and maintaining a secure Linux-based monitoring and detection solution that enables SOC visibility, alerting, and incident response. An ideal candidate for the Systems Security Engineer role is a Linux systems engineer with strong security fundamentals and hands-on experience engineering monitoring platforms for SOC environments.

Responsibilities of the Systems Security Engineer:

• Design, build, and maintain a secure monitoring and logging solution to support SOC detection and response operations.
• Engineer and administer Linux-based systems responsible for collecting, processing, and forwarding system, application, and security telemetry.
• Implement robust logging, auditing, and metrics collection to enable real-time monitoring and forensic analysis.
• Harden Linux systems supporting SOC monitoring infrastructure in alignment with security and compliance best practices.
• Develop automation and scripting to improve data ingestion reliability, alert fidelity, and operational efficiency.
• Collaborate closely with SOC analysts and security engineers to tune monitoring, enhance visibility, and reduce false positives.

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• Troubleshoot performance, scalability, availability, and security issues across monitoring and logging pipelines.
  
  

Qualifications of the Systems Security Engineer:

• 4+ years of experience in Linux systems administration or systems engineering roles.
• Strong hands-on experience building, operating, and securing Linux-based monitoring or logging platforms.
• Experience supporting SOC operations or integrating monitoring solutions with SIEM and security detection tools.
• Deep understanding of Linux logging, auditing, system telemetry, and access control concepts.
• Proficiency with scripting and automation using Bash, Python, or similar languages.

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• Strong knowledge of system security, secure configuration standards, and vulnerability remediation.
• Experience operating in distributed, high-availability, or security-sensitive environments preferred.
  
  

Compensation for the Systems Security Engineer includes:

• Salary range: $125,000 - $150,000
• Comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, 401(k), PTO, Sick Leave as required by law
• This job opens for applications on 05/15/2026. Applications for this job will be accepted for at least 30 days from the posting date.