Canonical – We deliver open source to the world faster, more securely, and more cost-effectively than any other company. We develop Ubuntu, the world’s most popular enterprise Linux from cloud to edge, together with a passionate global community of 200,000 contributors. Ubuntu means ‘humanity to others. We chose it because it embodies the generosity at the heart of open source, the new normal for platforms and innovation. Together with a community of 200,000, we publish an operating system that runs from the tiny connected devices up to the world’s biggest mainframes, the platform that everybody uses on the public cloud, and the workstation experience of the world’s most productive developers. Secure and reliable, elegant and intuitive, and open for innovation – Ubuntu is the future of open source, which is why it’s the fastest-growing Linux in the world despite already being the most widely deployed.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Ubuntu Security Technology Manager

Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Description

• As an engineering manager at Canonical your primary responsibility is to the people you support: ensuring that they are growing as engineers, doing valuable work, and generally having a great time at Canonical.
• As a lead for strong engineers, technical leadership and a solid background in software security is a must, so that you’re able to challenge and grow your team members.
• You will have the opportunity to influence the culture, facilitate technical delivery, and work with your team on strategy and execution.

Key Responsibilities

• Build and lead a globally distributed team of engineers through hiring, coaching, mentoring, feedback and hands-on career development
• Support timely delivery of technical solutions to address business needs
• Provide technical thought leadership for your team and others around Canonical
• Advocate and advance modern, agile software development practices
• Grow a healthy, collaborative engineering culture in line with the company values

What we are looking for

• Exceptional software engineering skills – design, document, plan, execute
• Demonstrated experience in managing or leading software engineering teams
• Demonstrated understanding in one or more of the following areas:
• Secureboot or other UEFI capabilities
• Code integrity primitives such as dm-verity
• AppArmor, SELinux or other MAC modules
• Confidential computing TEEs (Intel SGX, AMD SEV, arm TrustZone or similar)
• WIllingness to travel up to 4 times a year for internal events.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.