Principal Applied Cryptographer
Cloud Engineering Infrastructure Development

At Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), we build the future of the cloud for Enterprises as a diverse team of fellow creators and inventors. We act with the speed and attitude of a small company, but with the scale and customer-focus of the leading enterprise software company in the world.

Values are OCI’s foundation and how we deliver excellence. We strive for equity, inclusion, and respect for all. We are committed to the greater good in our products and our actions. We are constantly learning and taking opportunities to grow our careers and ourselves. We challenge each other to stretch beyond our past to build our future.

You are the builder here. You will be part of a team of really smart, motivated, and diverse people and given the autonomy and support to do your best work.

 

Who are we looking for?

We are looking for experienced Applied Cryptographers who understand cryptographic primitives and how to use crypto toolkits securely in the software stack. You should understand symmetric encryption, public key encryption, digital signatures, and message authentication codes. You should understand protocols like TLS and IPSec.  You should have a basic understanding of cryptanalytic techniques such as side-channel attacks.

You have the option of working remotely from home or in the company of other engineers at one of Oracle’s development offices.

 

What will you be working on?

• Own the software development life-cycle; define, prioritize, design, test, and implement features for encryption in-transit and at-rest, and cloud-specific cryptographic problems at scale
• Build and maintain secure cryptographic libraries for internal and external customers, in alignment with regulatory compliance
• Collaborate on development of open-source, client-side cryptographic libraries
• Enhance the use of cryptography across cloud services for the highest level of protection for customer data
• Analyse the architecture and operation of cloud-based services that generate and protect keys and other cryptographic artifacts for customers

Qualifications

• Expert knowledge of cryptography and data transport security protocols
• 5+ Years of experience
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or related field
• Excellent software development skills and experience with languages such as Java, C, Python, Go, C++, C#, Ruby, Rust
• Demonstrated success architecting and implementing software systems
• Strong collaboration and communication skills
• Excellent team player

 

Preferred

• Experience with cryptographic toolkits like OpenSSL, BSAFE, Java JCE, BoringSSL, LibreSSL, Bouncy Castle
• Experience with FIPS-140 and other regulatory compliance regimes
• Experience with Hardware Security Modules, Trusted Platform Modules (TPMs), or other cryptographic hardware
• Experience with REST architecture and RESTFUL APIs
• Experience with distributed systems and micro-service architecture

Design, develop, troubleshoot and debug software programs for databases, applications, tools, networks etc.

As a member of the software engineering division, you will take an active role in the definition and evolution of standard practices and procedures. You will be responsible for defining and developing software for tasks associated with the developing, designing and debugging of software applications or operating systems.

Work is non-routine and very complex, involving the application of advanced technical/business skills in area of specialization. Leading contributor individually and as a team member, providing direction and mentoring to others. BS or MS degree or equivalent experience relevant to functional area. 7 years of software engineering or related experience.