Key skills
AnsibleLinuxOpen SourcePythonShell ScriptingCShellCommunicationCollaboration
About this role
Role Overview
- 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 and functionality 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 + remediation 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 identify opportunities to improve our security posture, rapidly resolve issues, and deliver high-quality solutions on schedule
Requirements
- Hands-on experience with low-level Linux cryptography APIs and debugging
- Excellent software engineering fundamentals, including prior experience with C development, and the ability to demonstrate such
- Hands-on experience with Linux system administration and shell scripting
- Demonstrated knowledge of security and cryptography fundamentals + direct experience writing secure code and implementing best practices
- Significant development experience working with open source libraries
- Excellent verbal and written communications to enable efficient collaboration with internal and external partners in a remote-first environment
- 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 related audit + remediation tooling (e.g. Compliance as Code)
- Experience working directly with Linux Kernel
- Prior experience with Python, OVAL (Open Vulnerability Assessment Language), and Ansible
- History of contributions to open source projects
Tech Stack
- Ansible
- Linux
- Open Source
- Python
- Shell Scripting
Benefits
- Distributed work environment with twice-yearly team sprints in person
- we’ve been working remotely since 2004!
- Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year
- Annual compensation review
- Recognition rewards
- Annual holiday leave
- Maternity and paternity leave
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues from your team and others
- Priority Pass for travel and travel upgrades for long haul company events