I have partnered with one of the world’s leading hedge funds, who are building a management layer under their security leadership and are hiring a hands-on leader to drive meaningful improvements to their Linux platform security. This is a player/coach role: you’ll lead a team, partner closely with infrastructure engineering, and get hands-on when needed to deliver hardening and security changes into production.
Responsibilities include:
- Lead and develop a team focused on improving Linux OS/platform/infrastructure security.
- Assess the current environment, identify gaps, and prioritise work that materially reduces risk.
- Drive implementation and rollout of platform security improvements (not just designs).
- Partner with engineering teams to ship changes safely and measurably.
- Improve authentication and privileged workflows (e.g., MFA, modern auth patterns such as OIDC alongside legacy dependencies).
- Use data to understand usage patterns and validate that changes are effective.
My client is looking for:
- Prior people management experience (this is not a first-time manager role).
- Deep Linux platform expertise with strong security instincts.
- Practical experience implementing controls such as Linux security modules (e.g., SELinux/AppArmor), hardening, sandboxing concepts, and secure authentication patterns.
- Comfortable with UNIX fundamentals and scripting (shell; basic Python helpful).
- Strong internal communication skills: able to deconstruct problems and align engineers on what/why/how.
This role stands out to me as your impact will be visible. Success is measured by the real security improvements you deliver into the environment.
Hybrid out of NYC with three days onsite.
