Security Certification Engineer

Position:
Security Certification Engineer

Company:
SUSE

Compensation:
€52,000.00 - €73,000.00

Location:
Italy, EMEA

Employment type:
Full time

Work Arrangement:
Not specified

Short Summary:
Driving the technical execution of end-to-end security certification projects, ensuring high-assurance compliance for SUSE's enterprise portfolio.

Responsibilities:
- Build and rigorously test certified product configurations, focusing on KVM virtualization based architectures.
- Develop and maintain robust frameworks and AI-assisted automation tools for continuous security certifications and testing requirements.
- Maintain and translate complex technical requirements defined by certification bodies into actionable engineering parameters.
- Maintain certification testing requirements and execution workflows, integrating them into automated environments and CI/CD pipelines.
- Coordinate closely with production engineering teams to implement architectural recommendations and security findings from external certification labs.

Requirement:
- 5+ years of total computing experience in software product development, academia, or FOSS communities.
- Excellent technical knowledge of Linux operating systems, hypervisor technology stacks (e.g., KVM), and containerized virtualization.
- Proficiency in scripting languages (Bash, Python) and configuration management (Ansible).
- Experience with standard tracking systems (Jira, Bugzilla) and AI-assisted productivity workflows.
- Familiarity with security hardening, cryptographic standards, and compliance frameworks (OVAL, XCCDF, SCAP, STIGs).
- Good command of spoken and written English, with strong skills in maintaining meticulous technical compliance documentation.

Benefits:
- Competitive compensation and an attractive benefits package.
- A dynamic environment that fosters agility, strong entrepreneurship, and an open mind.
- A global community that values diversity and encourages individuals to reach their full potential.