Linux Cryptography and Security Engineer at Canonical Nigeria

Canonical is inviting credible applicants who are willing to partake in its ongoing recruitment to fill the position below:

Job Title: Linux Cryptography and Security Engineer

Location: Lagos

 About Canonical: We deliver open source to the world faster, more securely, and more cost-effectively than any other company. We develop Ubuntu, the world’s most popular enterprise Linux from cloud to edge, together with a passionate global community of 200,000 contributors. Ubuntu means ‘humanity to others. We chose it because it embodies the generosity at the heart of open source, the new normal for platforms and innovation. Together with a community of 200,000, we publish an operating system that runs from the tiny connected devices up to the world’s biggest mainframes, the platform that everybody uses on the public cloud, and the workstation experience of the world’s most productive developers. Secure and reliable, elegant and intuitive, and open for innovation – Ubuntu is the future of open source, which is why it’s the fastest-growing Linux in the world despite already being the most widely deployed.

Job Requirements

• Support the Security Certifications engineers to 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 FIPS and CC certification
• Collaborate with external security consultants to test and validate kernel and crypto components, achieve and retain FIPS and CC certification
• Work with external partners to develop CIS benchmarks and hardening 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 rapidly resolve issues and keep the project on track
• Required Skills and Experience
• Significant experience working with open source libraries
• Development experience of Linux Security and Cryptography
• Hands on experience working with public key cryptography
• Experience with patching and associated tooling: identifying, isolating, applying and testing patches, and resolving any resulting issues
• General Linux development skills (C proficiency, git experience)

 How to Submit Your Application

Interested and qualified candidates should Click here to apply online

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