Engineering Manager - Security Standards and Hardening
CanonicalRemote
Full Time
Posted January 20, 2026
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Job Description
The Security Engineering Manager leads and develops a team of engineers focused on enhancing the security of the Ubuntu platform by implementing industry standards, certifying core components, and collaborating with industry partners to ensure compliance with strict security requirements across various environments.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and develop a team of engineers, providing coaching, mentorship, and career guidance
- Implement disciplined engineering processes and measure team health indicators
- Represent the team and product to stakeholders, partners, and customers
- Develop and promote engineering and organizational best practices
- Plan and manage progress on security-related goals and projects
- Support products and customers in meeting strict security standards such as FIPS, CIS, STIG, FedRAMP, and CRA
- Collaborate with industry partners on cryptography modules FIPS 140 and system hardening efforts
Requirements
- Lead and develop a team of engineers, ranging from graduate to senior, including coaching, mentoring, and offering 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 products and customers to meet strict product security requirements such as FIPS, CIS, STIG, FedRAMP, and the new CRA.
- Support work addressing cryptography modules FIPS 140 and system hardening efforts with industry partners including CIS and DISA.
- Hold an exceptional academic track record from both high school and university.
- Possess an undergraduate degree in Computer Science or STEM, or demonstrate a compelling narrative about an alternative path.
- Demonstrate drive and a track record of going above-and-beyond expectations.
- Have excellent verbal and written communication skills in English.
- Have a love of developing and growing people, with a proven track record of doing so.
- Be organized and able to ensure your team delivers timely, high-quality results.
- Maintain a professional manner when interacting with colleagues, partners, and the community.
- Have prior experience working on FIPS Common Criteria certified products and in-depth knowledge of the underlying standards.
- Have prior experience working directly with DISA-STIG or CIS benchmarks, including related audit remediation tooling such as Compliance as Code.
- Be knowledgeable and passionate about software and application security.
- Have solid experience working in an agile development environment.
- Demonstrate a drive for continual learning.
- Build trust, relationships, and confidence.
- Be result-oriented, with a personal drive to meet commitments.
- Be able to travel twice a year, for company events up to two weeks each.
Benefits & Perks
Compensation range based on experience, performance, and location, with annual reviews and performance bonuses
Distributed work environment with in-person team sprints twice a year
Annual holiday leave
Maternity and paternity leave
Employee Assistance Programme
Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year
Recognition rewards
Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues
Travel upgrades for long haul company events
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