Security Software Engineer
Canonical
πRemote - United States
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Job highlights
Summary
Join Canonical's security-focused engineering team as a software engineer to improve security through state-of-the-art practices, contribute to product development, and interact with other teams, customers, and partners.
Requirements
- An exceptional academic track record from both high school and university
- Undergraduate degree in Computer Science or STEM, or a compelling narrative about your alternative path
- Drive and a track record of going above-and-beyond expectations
- A thorough understanding of the common categories of security vulnerabilities
- Modern engineering techniques to find and fix them
- Familiarity with open source development tools and methodologies
- Skill in one or more of C, Python, Go, Rust, Java, Ruby or PHP
- Experience as a security champion
- Experience driving security within a wider SDLC process
- Professional written and spoken English
- Experience with Linux (Debian or Ubuntu preferred)
- Excellent interpersonal skills, curiosity, flexibility, and accountability
- Passion, thoughtfulness, and self-motivation
- Excellent communication and presentation skills
- Result-oriented, with a personal drive to meet commitments
Responsibilities
- Define, implement and document new security features
- Lead security-oriented thinking in a product engineering team
- Analyze, fix, and test vulnerabilities in Canonical and open source Software
- Contribute to Ubuntu and upstream projects to benefit the community
- Audit and analyze source code for vulnerabilities
- Integrate new tools in our security infrastructure, pipelines and processes
- 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 country-specific compliance such as FIPS and CC certification
- Work with external partners to develop CIS benchmarks
- Design and develop hardening automation for Ubuntu
- Monitor the security industry for new developments
- Develop, test and maintain new software capabilities
- Provide guidance and support to other engineering teams
Benefits
- 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
- Priority Pass, and travel upgrades for long haul company events
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