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Cybersecurity Research Assistant

Security Engineer • Remote • Full-time • European Union EU/EMEA

Axle is hiring a Cybersecurity Research Assistant to implement and monitor security controls across the on-premises Kubernetes and HPC infrastructure supporting NIH-related AI research. It is an early-career, hands-on role for someone with a systems/IT background moving into security engineering, jointly supervised by an AI technical lead and a lead systems administrator.

Responsibilities

  • ▹Implement security controls as configuration changes across Kubernetes, Linux, database and model-serving environments
  • ▹Build and operate monitoring/detection coverage (metrics, dashboards, log aggregation, alerting)
  • ▹Run vulnerability scanning across container images, hosts and dependencies
  • ▹Write and maintain hardening automation using Ansible and Python
  • ▹Contribute to secrets management, network policy and role-based access control
  • ▹Build deterministic collectors that gather control evidence
  • ▹Help build internal AI tooling to assist with security work
  • ▹Maintain security documentation

Requirements

  • ▹Systems or IT background
  • ▹Self-motivated, eager to build a career in cybersecurity

Soft skills

Self-motivationInitiativeDesire to learn and build a career in cybersecurity

What we offer

  • ▹100% medical, dental and vision coverage
  • ▹Paid time off and paid holidays
  • ▹401K match up to 5%
  • ▹Educational benefits for career growth
  • ▹Employee referral bonus
  • ▹Flexible spending accounts (healthcare, parking, transportation, dependent care)
  • ▹Company sponsorship for security certifications, with study time

About the company

Axle is a bioscience and information technology company providing translational research, biomedical informatics and data science applications to research centers and healthcare organizations, including the NIH.

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