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: Canonical 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.

Job Requirements

• Significant experience working with open source libraries.
• Knowledge of Linux Security and 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, debugging with gdb).
• Experience with bash scripting.

• Software packaging and maintenance experience, especially using Debian packaging.
• Knowledge of and familiarity with low-level Linux cryptography APIs and debugging.
• Experience working with Linux Kernel.
• Familiarity with open source development tools and methodologies, especially those in common-use for development of the Linux ecosystem such as: Launchpad, IRC, and mailing-lists.
• Knowledge of security benchmarks such as STIG and CIS benchmarks. 
• Security Certification experience and knowledge in FIPS and/or CC.
• Experience with OVAL (Open Vulnerability Assessment Language) and Go.

 How to Submit Your Application

Interested and qualified candidates should: Click here to apply online

Application Closing Date
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