Linux Cryptography and Security Engineer

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Responsibilities

• ▹Collaborate with other engineers in the Security Hardening team to achieve and retain various security certifications
• ▹Extend and enhance Linux cryptographic components (OpenSSL, Libgcrypt, GnuTLS and others) with the features required for FIPS and CC certification
• ▹Collaborate with external security consultants to test and validate kernel and crypto module components
• ▹Work with external partners to develop security hardening benchmarks and audit and remediation automation for Ubuntu
• ▹Contribute to Ubuntu mainline and upstream projects
• ▹Communicate and collaborate within and outside Canonical to identify opportunities to improve security posture and rapidly resolve issues
• ▹Develop automation tooling to audit deployed systems for DISA-STIG and CIS benchmark compliance
• ▹Identify gaps in frameworks and develop new solutions

Requirements

• ▹Hands-on experience with low-level Linux cryptography APIs and debugging
• ▹Excellent software engineering fundamentals, including prior experience with C development
• ▹Hands-on experience with Linux system administration and shell scripting
• ▹Demonstrated knowledge of security and cryptography fundamentals, and direct experience writing secure code and implementing best practices
• ▹Significant development experience working with open source libraries

Nice to have

• ▹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)
• ▹Experience working directly with the Linux kernel
• ▹Prior experience with Python, OVAL (Open Vulnerability Assessment Language) and Ansible
• ▹History of contributions to open source projects

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 new locations to meet colleagues
• ▹Priority Pass and travel upgrades for long-haul company events

About the company

Canonical publishes Ubuntu, one of the most important open source projects and the platform for AI, IoT and the cloud. The company has worked remotely since 2004, recruits globally and has teams in every time zone.