Engineering Manager - Ubuntu Security
Job description
Security Engineering Manager at Canonical responsible for leading and developing a team of security engineers and improving the security of Ubuntu and the open-source ecosystem. The role combines line management and career guidance with technical leadership on vulnerability remediation and security engineering projects.
At a glance
- Work mode
- Remote
- Languages
- English – fluent
What you'll do
- Lead and develop a team of engineers, ranging from graduate to senior
- Provide technical guidance on vulnerability remediation
- Drive the development of new security engineering projects
- Work with upstream open source projects on vulnerability lifecycle handling
- 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
- Be an active part of the security engineering leadership team, collaborating with other leaders
What we're looking for
- 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
- Solid background in software development, including expertise in support and maintenance
- Mastery in any programming language (Go, Java, C, Python, ...)
- 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
Nice to have
- Strong technical understanding of the inner-workings of Linux distributions (ideally Ubuntu or Debian)
Your team
Security Engineering
The security engineering team's first responsibility is to respond to emerging threats and aim to secure the open source ecosystem for community and enterprise use.
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
- Performance-driven annual bonus
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About Canonical
The company that publishes Ubuntu
Canonical is a pioneering tech firm at the forefront of the global move to open source. As the company that publishes Ubuntu, one of the most important open source projects and the platform for AI, IoT and the cloud, we are changing the world on a daily basis. Canonical has been a remote-first company since its inception in 2004.
Mission
To be at the forefront of the global move to open source
Key facts
- 2004
- Open source software
- Publishes Ubuntu, the most widely used Linux distribution
- Remote-first company since its inception in 2004
- Recruits on a global basis
What they value
- Excellence
- Diversity
- Fair consideration