Linux Cryptography and Security Engineer

Day-to-day 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 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

What we are looking for in you

• 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

Additional skills that you might also bring

• 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