Principal Product Security Engineer

As part of the Oracle Linux Product Security team (OLPS), you will be responsible for tracking vulnerabilities in userspace components, with occasional participation in kernel security processes. Most significant and complex vulnerabilities would need to be promptly reproduced and analyzed for impact, demanding good coding and analytical skills. Given a wide variety of applications shipped with Oracle Linux and associated programming languages, you will never be bored!

The OLPS team dedicates significant effort to automating vulnerability monitoring and reporting processes, and you will be expected to contribute to this effort on the ongoing basis. Additionally, team members are asked to take part in monitoring for and reporting on security events in the environments belonging to the Oracle Linux organization.

Career Level - IC4

Responsibilities:

• Monitoring a broad variety of internal and public sources, such as private and public lists, major distros, and vulnerability databases (e.g. - NVD) for new vulnerability reports applicable to Oracle Linux
• Analysis of static and dynamic scan reports of Oracle Linux components
• Ongoing monitoring of internal bugs for security implications
• Impact analysis of reported vulnerabilities, both internal and external
• Assisting development teams with reproducing and analyzing vulnerabilities
• Prototyping new vulnerabilities and review remediations 

Must-have skills:

• Prior product development experience with one or more programming languages (e.g. - C/C++/Java,Python,Rust,Go) on any Linux platform
• SAST/DAST scanning experience and report analysis
• Detailed knowledge of CVE processes and CVSS scoring
• Detailed knowledge of Linux OS components (kernel and userspace)
• Detailed knowledge of Linux security management and subsystems

Desired skills:

• Experience with scripting languages and automation
• Open source development experience
• Understanding of cloud architecture
• Understanding of DevSecOps processes

Disclaimer:

Certain US customer or client-facing roles may be required to comply with applicable requirements, such as immunization and occupational health mandates.

Range and benefit information provided in this posting are specific to the stated locations only

US: Hiring Range: from $94,200 to $223,500 per annum. May be eligible for bonus and equity.

Oracle maintains broad salary ranges for its roles in order to account for variations in knowledge, skills, experience, market conditions and locations, as well as reflect Oracle’s differing products, industries and lines of business.
Candidates are typically placed into the range based on the preceding factors as well as internal peer equity.

Oracle US offers a comprehensive benefits package which includes the following:
1. Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including expert medical opinion
2. Short term disability and long term disability
3. Life insurance and AD&D
4. Supplemental life insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child)
5. Health care and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts
6. Pre-tax commuter and parking benefits
7. 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company match
8. Paid time off: Flexible Vacation is provided to all eligible employees assigned to a salaried (non-overtime eligible) position. Accrued Vacation is provided to all other employees eligible for vacation benefits. For employees working at least 35 hours per week, the vacation accrual rate is 13 days annually for the first three years of employment and 18 days annually for subsequent years of employment. Vacation accrual is prorated for employees working between 20 and 34 hours per week. Employees working fewer than 20 hours per week are not eligible for vacation.
9. 11 paid holidays
10. Paid sick leave: 72 hours of paid sick leave upon date of hire. Refreshes each calendar year. Unused balance will carry over each year up to a maximum cap of 112 hours.
11. Paid parental leave
12. Adoption assistance
13. Employee Stock Purchase Plan
14. Financial planning and group legal
15. Voluntary benefits including auto, homeowner and pet insurance

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