Engineering Manager - Security Standards and Hardening

March 16

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Canonical

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Open Source • Cloud • AI

Canonical is the company behind Ubuntu, the world's most popular open-source operating system, which provides fast, modern, and secure Linux solutions for desktops, servers, and cloud environments. They offer a comprehensive set of products and services, including Ubuntu Desktop, Ubuntu Server, cloud solutions such as OpenStack, and tools for managing containerized applications with Kubernetes. Canonical focuses on making open-source technology reliable and accessible across various industries, from IoT and AI to enterprise infrastructure.

501 - 1000 employees

Founded 2004

📋 Description

• Lead and develop a team of engineers, ranging from graduate to senior • Coach, mentor, and offer career development feedback • Identify and measure team health indicators • Implement disciplined engineering processes • Represent your team and product to stakeholders, partners, and customers • Develop and evangelise great engineering and organisational practices • Plan and manage progress on agreed goals and projects • Support our products and customers to meet strict product security requirements such as FIPS, CIS, STIG, FedRAMP and the new CRA • Support the work addressing specific cryptography modules (FIPS 140) and system hardening efforts with industry partners, including CIS and DISA

🎯 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 • Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English • A love of developing and growing people and a track record of it • Organised and able to ensure your team delivers timely, high quality results • Professional manner interacting with colleagues, partners, and community • 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) • Knowledgeable and passionate about software and application security • Solid experience working in an agile development environment • A demonstrated drive for continual learning • Builds trust, relationships and confidence • Result-oriented, with a personal drive to meet commitments • Ability to travel twice a year, for company events up to two weeks each

🏖️ 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