Engineering Manager - Security Standards and Hardening

Canonical
Anywhere
Workplace: RemoteFull timeFunction: Solutions Engineering & Sales EngineeringEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Leadership","Coaching","Mentorship","Communication","Organisation","Collaboration","Trust building","Result orientation","Continual learning"]

Lead a security-focused engineering team that sets and certifies security standards for open source software across the Ubuntu ecosystem. Drive disciplined engineering practices, coach engineers, and ensure progress toward goals. Partner with industry to address cryptographic modules (FIPS 140) and system hardening, supporting requirements like FIPS, CIS, STIG, FedRAMP, and CRA across desktops, servers, edge, Kubernetes, and OpenStack.

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2 years ago

Engineering Manager - Security Standards and Hardening

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Job Summary

Lead a security-focused engineering team that sets and certifies security standards for open source software across the Ubuntu ecosystem. Drive disciplined engineering practices, coach engineers, and ensure progress toward goals. Partner with industry to address cryptographic modules (FIPS 140) and system hardening, supporting requirements like FIPS, CIS, STIG, FedRAMP, and CRA across desktops, servers, edge, Kubernetes, and OpenStack.
Location: Anywhere
Workplace: Remote
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Solutions Engineering & Sales Engineering
Seniority: Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Line manage and provide career guidance to a team of engineers, from graduate to senior.
  • •Coach and mentor engineers, offering career development feedback to grow talent.
  • •Identify and measure team health indicators and implement disciplined engineering processes.
  • •Represent the team and product to stakeholders, partners, and customers, evangelising engineering and organisational practices.
  • •Support products and customers to meet security requirements (FIPS, CIS, STIG, FedRAMP, CRA) and advance cryptography module (FIPS 140) and system hardening efforts with partners like CIS and DISA.
Travel: Low travel

Pay and Benefits

Perks:Annual BonusLearning BudgetAnnual HolidayMaternity LeavePaternity LeaveEmployee AssistancePriority PassTravel AllowanceRemote Work

Key Requirements

  • •Undergraduate degree in Computer Science or STEM, or a compelling narrative about an alternative path.
  • •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 and remediation tooling (e.g. Compliance as Code).
  • •Knowledgeable and passionate about software and application security, with solid experience in an agile development environment.
  • •Proven people leadership experience with a track record of developing and growing engineers, plus excellent English communication skills.
Experience:Open sourceLinuxCybersecurityComplianceCloudKubernetesOpenStack
Education:Bachelor's in Computer Science or STEM
Skills:LeadershipCoachingMentorshipCommunicationOrganisationCollaborationTrust buildingResult orientationContinual learning
Languages:English
Tech Stack:UbuntuLinuxFIPSCommon CriteriaFIPS 140System hardeningCISDISA-STIGFedRAMPCRAKubernetesOpenStackOpenSSLGnuTLSCompliance as CodeCryptographic modulesSTIG benchmarks

Company Brief

Canonical
Develops and maintains Ubuntu, a leading open-source Linux distribution, and provides cloud, IoT, and enterprise support, tooling, and services to enable deployment, management, and security of infrastructure and applications.
Industry: Enterprise Software
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Growth: Established Company
Funding: Bootstrapped
Headquarters: London, United Kingdom
Founded: 2004
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