Engineering Manager - Security Standards and Hardening

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Responsibilities

• ▹Lead and develop a team of engineers, ranging from graduate to senior
• ▹Coach, mentor, and offer career development feedback
• ▹Identify and measure team health indicators
• ▹Implement disciplined engineering processes
• ▹Represent your team and product to stakeholders, partners and customers
• ▹Develop and evangelise great engineering and organisational practices
• ▹Plan and manage progress on agreed goals and projects
• ▹Support products and customers in meeting strict security requirements such as FIPS, CIS, STIG, FedRAMP and the new CRA
• ▹Support work on cryptography modules (FIPS 140) and system hardening with industry partners, including CIS and DISA

Requirements

• ▹An exceptional academic track record from both high school and university
• ▹Undergraduate degree in Computer Science or STEM, or a compelling narrative about your alternative path
• ▹Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English
• ▹Prior experience working on FIPS/Common Criteria certified products and in-depth knowledge of the underlying standards
• ▹Prior experience working directly with DISA-STIG or CIS benchmarks, including audit and remediation tooling (e.g. Compliance as Code)
• ▹Knowledgeable and passionate about software and application security
• ▹Solid experience working in an agile development environment
• ▹Ability to travel twice a year, for company events up to two weeks each

Nice to have

• ▹Hands-on domain knowledge of Linux cryptography libraries (OpenSSL, GnuTLS)

Soft skills

What we offer

• ▹Distributed work environment with twice-yearly in-person team sprints
• ▹Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year
• ▹Annual compensation review
• ▹Performance-driven annual bonus
• ▹Recognition rewards
• ▹Annual holiday leave
• ▹Maternity and paternity leave
• ▹Employee Assistance Programme
• ▹Opportunity to travel to meet colleagues
• ▹Priority Pass and travel upgrades for long-haul company events

About the company

Canonical publishes Ubuntu and is a pioneer of the global move to open source. It recruits worldwide, has been remote-first since 2004, and is an equal opportunity employer.