Senior Cyber Security Engineer

4 days ago

Manama, Manama, Bahrain beBeeCybersecurity Full time 60,000 - 120,000
Job Overview

Our team is seeking an exceptional software engineer to focus on security engineering in every team at Canonical, across all levels of seniority.

This role involves challenging the entire team to think more deeply about security, contributing to the product as engineers too, and improving security through state-of-the-art practices.

Our team builds a number of products that are entirely motivated by security technology and requirements, such as our AppArmor kernel investments and hardening, compliance, and certification toolkits for Ubuntu.

As the publisher of Ubuntu, we handle long-term security response and hardening for the entire operating system and open-source universe. We need to be fluent in every major programming language and design, build, and adopt sophisticated tools that enable us to work at scale and speed with confidence.

Key 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
Requirements
  • 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
  • Thorough understanding of 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
Optional Skills
  • Clear and effective communication with the team and Ubuntu community members
  • Experience working with Linux Kernel
  • Security Certification experience and knowledge in FIPS and/or CC
  • Experience with OVAL (Open Vulnerability Assessment Language)
  • Knowledge of and familiarity with low-level Linux cryptography APIs
  • Demonstrated high learning ability
  • Performance engineering experience
What We Offer
  • Distributed work environment with twice-yearly team sprints in person
  • Personal learning and development budget of USD 2000 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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