Vacancies at Canonical

Vacancies at Canonical

Vacancies at Canonical

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Linux Cryptography and Security Engineer

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What You’ll Do

  • Support the Security Certifications engineers to achieve and retain various Security certifications
  • Extend and enhance Linux cryptographic components – specifically with modules such as OpenSSL/Libgcrypt – with the features and functionality required for FIPS and CC certification
  • Collaborate with external security consultants to test and validate kernel and crypto components, achieve and retain FIPS and CC certification
  • Work with external partners to develop CIS benchmarks and hardening automation for Ubuntu
  • Contribute to Ubuntu mainline and upstream projects to land solutions and benefit the community
  • Communication and collaboration within and outside Canonical to rapidly resolve issues and keep the project on track
  • Required Skills and Experience
  • Significant experience working with open source libraries
  • Development experience of Linux Security and Cryptography
  • Hands on experience working with public key cryptography
  • Experience with patching and associated tooling: identifying, isolating, applying and testing patches, and resolving any resulting issues
  • General Linux development skills (C proficiency, git experience)

Who You Are

  • Knowledge of and familiarity with low-level Linux cryptography APIs and debugging
  • Experience working with Linux Kernel
  • Knowledge of security benchmarks such as STIG and CIS benchmarks.
  • Security Certification experience and knowledge in FIPS and/or CC
  • Experience with OVAL (Open Vulnerability Assessment Language) and Go

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Engineering Manager, Sustaining Software Engineering, Worldwide

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What Your Day Will Look Like

  • Manage and lead a distributed team of engineers
  • Hire, coach, mentor, provide feedback and career development guidance to your team
  • Manage shift scheduling, measuring key performance indicators (KPIs), and training
  • Support timely delivery of bug fixes, patches, and other technical solutions to address business needs in a variety of technology fields, including but not limited to Ubuntu, OpenStack, Ceph, Kubernetes, Juju & MAAS
  • Demonstrate the very best of Canonical in customer interactions
  • Set and manage expectations with other engineering teams, senior management, and external stakeholders
  • Advocate and advance modern software development practices
  • Grow a healthy, collaborative engineering culture in line with the company value
  • Collaborate with other teams in the organisation
  • Work from home with global travel up to 10% for internal and external events

What We Are Looking For In You

  • Professional software delivery experience using C, C++, Go, Java, Python, or similar
  • You are knowledgeable and passionate about software development
  • Leadership experience displaying ability to organise and prioritise complex problem resolution and bug fixes
  • Experience with version control systems such as git
  • Experience with debugging tools such as gdb, crash or other
  • Demonstrated strong commitment to testing methodologies and maintainable code quality
  • Excellent communication skills in the English language, both verbal and written
  • Experience with Linux, with a preference towards Ubuntu
  • Experience with Open Source and Open Source Business Models
  • People management experience in a support organisation is a strong plus
  • You have interest and deep experience with three or more of the following: Ubuntu Linux – kernel or userspace, Kubernetes, OpenStack, Ceph, QEMU/KVM, LXC/LXD, Python, Go, C, Postgresql, Mongo, Debian packaging

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