Full Job Description
Job Title: Principal Engineer, Linux Authentication & Security
Location: New York, Hybrid working.
Compensation: Highly competitive compensation including generous bonus and benefits.
What you'll do:
• Architect, design, and drive the end-to-end implementation of the firm's most critical Linux authentication and security services.
• Take ownership of our identity and access platforms, ensuring they are performant, highly reliable, and secure by design.
• Engineer the seamless and secure integration of new Linux OS distributions into a complex, fast-paced global infrastructure.
• Automate security and infrastructure processes by developing robust, elegant tooling in Python.
• Serve as a subject matter expert, collaborating with brilliant engineers across the firm to solve deep and challenging technical problems.
What you'll bring:
• A seasoned engineer with 15+ years of experience in systems engineering and infrastructure security.
• Deep, authoritative knowledge of Linux-based operating systems, from the kernel up.
• Proven, hands-on experience in the design and end-to-end implementation of complex authentication and security services. We need builders, not just administrators.
• Expert-level proficiency in the theory and practical application of X.509 PKI, Kerberos, and OAuth/OpenID Connect.
• Demonstrable development experience in Python for the purpose of infrastructure automation and tooling.
• Exceptional troubleshooting capabilities, with the ability to diagnose complex issues at both the host and network level.
• Outstanding communication skills and a collaborative, team-oriented mindset.
