Job Title:
Cybersecurity Professional - Linux Cryptography Specialist
This is an exceptional opportunity to leverage your expertise in low-level Linux cryptography APIs, debugging, and software engineering fundamentals to build a secure foundation for Ubuntu users.
Key Responsibilities:
• Collaborate with the Security Hardening team to achieve and retain various security certifications.
• Extend and enhance Linux cryptographic components (OpenSSL, Libgcrypt, GnuTLS) with features and functionality required for FIPS and CC certification.
• Work with external security consultants to test and validate kernel and crypto module components.
• Contribute to Ubuntu mainline and upstream projects to land solutions and benefit the community.
• Communicate and collaborate within and outside Canonical to identify opportunities to improve our security posture, rapidly resolve issues, and deliver high-quality solutions on schedule.
Required Skills and Qualifications:
• 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.
• Experience working directly with DISA-STIG or CIS benchmarks, including related audit + remediation tooling (e.g. Compliance as Code).
Benefits:
• We offer a performance-driven annual bonus.
• We provide all team members with additional benefits that reflect our values and ideals.
• We balance our programs to meet local needs and ensure fairness globally.
• Distributed work environment with twice-yearly team sprints in person.
• 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.