Senior Linux Engineer, Privileged Access

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and maintain Linux endpoint privilege management capabilities across Rust, C and .NET components
• Build and enhance kernel-facing agent functionality using Linux interfaces such as fanotify, the proc filesystem, namespaces, capabilities and process identity
• Develop and maintain native PAM modules and Linux privilege-elevation workflows
• Build long-running privileged Linux services using Rust, Tokio, MQTT, TLS and asynchronous programming patterns
• Develop Linux-specific orchestration and session-management capabilities in .NET 8, including process authentication, access controls, ephemeral accounts and session monitoring
• Diagnose complex Linux execution and security issues involving blocked processes, authentication races, permissions, SELinux, AppArmor and system service behavior
• Design secure privilege-enforcement mechanisms based on least privilege, process trust and protection against time-of-check/time-of-use (TOCTOU) and authorization race conditions
• Build and maintain systemd services, RPM and DEB packages, installation workflows, service hardening and operational diagnostics
• Collaborate with PAM, endpoint, QA and platform engineers on architecture, testing, cross-platform functionality and production troubleshooting
• Use AI-assisted development tools such as Claude, ChatGPT, GitHub Copilot or similar platforms to improve systems research, debugging, code development, testing and technical documentation

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