Canonical
Ubuntu Security Engineer
Remote Excellence Engineering role with clear candidate location fit.
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Eligible countriesWorldwide
Seniority signalOpen level
Work settingRemote
Accepted candidate locations
Worldwide
Role overview
Ubuntu Security Engineer
Requirements and responsibilities
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The role entails
- Analyzing, fixing, and testing vulnerabilities in open source packages
- Keeping track of vulnerabilities in the Ubuntu ecosystem as they are discovered, researched, and fixed, leveraging internal tools
- Collaborating with other teams in the Ubuntu community and upstream developers, as needed, to exchange or develop vulnerability patches and ensure that Ubuntu includes the most robust security features
- Auditing source code for vulnerabilities
- Building features and tools to help teams strengthen the security of their products and contribute to the overall security of Ubuntu
What we are looking for in you
- You have a thorough understanding of the common categories of security vulnerabilities and techniques for fixing them
- You are familiar with coordinated disclosure practices
- You are familiar with open source development tools and methodologies
- You are skilled in one or more of C, Python, Go, Rust, Java, Ruby, PHP or JavaScript/TypeScript
- You have excellent logic, problem-solving, troubleshooting, and decision-making skills
- You can clearly and effectively communicate with the team and Ubuntu community members
- Experience with Linux (Debian or Ubuntu preferred)
- Excellent interpersonal skills, curiosity, flexibility, and accountability
- Appreciative of diversity, polite, and effective in a multi-cultural, multi-national organization
- Thoughtfulness and self-motivation
- Result-oriented, with a personal drive to meet commitments
What we offer colleagues
- 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
- Team Member Assistance Program & Wellness Platform
- Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues
- Priority Pass and travel upgrades for long-haul company events
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