Software Engineer - Security Technologies (Brno Office, Czech Republic)

The Security Technologies crypto team is seeking a Software Engineer who is creative and committed to delivering quality software. Our team is focused on cryptographic back-end components such as OpenSSL, GnuTLS and NSS as well as cryptographic protocols like TLS, SSH and IPsec. As a Software Engineer, your main focus will be on designing, developing, testing and collaborating with other contributors over the world to bring features on existing components. This is an ideal position for engineers interested in contributing to open source projects, and developing cryptographic software to be used by millions of users and applications.

What you will do

• Contribute to Fedora and Red Hat Enterprise Linux development

• Participate in the whole development cycle from requirements gathering, scoping, source code development to testing and verification

• Design and implement new features and APIs  in cryptographic back-ends

• Communicate and collaborate with developers and teams inside and outside Red Hat

What you will bring

• C programming experience; professional or academic experience is required, Python and/or Rust language is a plus

• Knowledge of Linux operating system and its development tools; any distribution is OK

• Academic or engineering background in security engineering or cryptography

• Familiarity with TLS/SSL, IPsec/IKE or SSH protocol.

• Knowledge of PKCS#11 or PKIX technologies

• Familiarity with the use of crypto libraries like OpenSSL, GnuTLS or NSS is a plus

• Knowledge and proven experience in crypto algorithm or protocol implementations is a plus

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