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This is a 100% remote position, with an opportunity to work a hybrid schedule for candidates based in the Chicago, IL or El Dorado Hills, CA metro areas.\nKeeper’s cybersecurity software is trusted by millions of people and thousands of organizations globally. Keeper is published in 23 languages and sold in over 150 countries. Join one of the fastest-growing cybersecurity companies and help build low-level Linux security capabilities that enforce least privilege, secure process execution and privileged access across enterprise endpoints.\nAbout Keeper\nKeeper Security is one of the fastest-growing cybersecurity software companies that protects thousands of organizations and millions of people in over 150 countries. Keeper is a pioneer of zero-knowledge and zero-trust security built for any IT environment. Its core offering, KeeperPAM®, is an AI-enabled, cloud-native platform that protects all users, devices and infrastructure from cyber attacks. Recognized for its innovation in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Privileged Access Management (PAM), Keeper secures passwords and passkeys, infrastructure secrets, remote connections and endpoints with role-based enforcement policies, least privilege and just-in-time access. Learn why Keeper is trusted by leading organizations to defend against modern adversaries at KeeperSecurity.com.\nAbout the Job\nAs a Senior Linux Systems Engineer on Keeper’s PAM team, you will design and build security-sensitive components that control privileged execution and elevation on Linux endpoints. This is a systems engineering role focused on endpoint privilege management, process authorization, Linux security boundaries and long-running privileged services. You will work across a Rust-based Linux agent, native C PAM modules and .NET services running on Linux. The role requires strong knowledge of Linux internals and the ability to reason carefully about process identity, permissions, authentication, kernel-facing APIs and secure failure behavior. This is not a traditional application development role; the work operates close to the Linux operating system and directly influences how privileged processes are authorized and executed.\nResponsibilities\nDesign, develop and maintain Linux endpoint privilege management capabilities across Rust, C and .NET components\nBuild and enhance kernel-facing agent functionality using Linux interfaces such as fanotify, the proc filesystem, namespaces, capabilities and process identity\nDevelop and maintain native PAM modules and Linux privilege-elevation workflows\nBuild long-running privileged Linux services using Rust, Tokio, MQTT, TLS and asynchronous programming patterns\nDevelop Linux-specific orchestration and session-management capabilities in .NET 8, including process authentication, access controls, ephemeral accounts and session monitoring\nDiagnose complex Linux execution and security issues involving blocked processes, authentication races, permissions, SELinux, AppArmor and system service behavior\nDesign secure privilege-enforcement mechanisms based on least privilege, process trust and protection against time-of-check/time-of-use (TOCTOU) and authorization race conditions\nBuild and maintain systemd services, RPM and DEB packages, installation workflows, service hardening and operational diagnostics\nCollaborate with PAM, endpoint, QA and platform engineers on architecture, testing, cross-platform functionality and production troubleshooting\nUse AI-assisted development tools such as Claude, ChatGPT, GitHub Copilot or similar platforms to improve systems research, debugging, code development, testing and technical documentation\nRequirements\n7+ years of professional software or systems engineering experience, with significant hands-on Linux systems programming experience\nDeep understanding of Linux process and security concepts, including the proc filesystem, user and group IDs, Linux capabilities, namespaces and process execution\nStrong C programming experience, including native Linux development, memory management, GCC and Make-based build workflows and defensive error handling\nExperience developing or integrating with Linux PAM and PAM configuration\nStrong Rust experience, including ownership, concurrency, asynchronous development and long-running service or daemon design\nExperience with Tokio or similar asynchronous Rust frameworks\nWorking proficiency with C# and .NET in Linux environments\nExperience developing security-sensitive software involving authentication, authorization, privilege elevation, process trust or least-privilege controls\nStrong understanding of Linux service management and operations, including systemd, journalctl, SELinux and/or AppArmor, and RPM/DEB packaging\nExperience troubleshooting low-level Linux behavior using system logs, process inspection, tracing and reproducible test tools\nAbility to read Linux kernel and subsystem documentation and translate system behavior into secure production implementations\nAbility and willingness to use AI-assisted tools effectively to support systems programming, debugging, technical analysis, testing and documentation\nBachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related field, or equivalent practical experience\nPreferred Qualifications\nExperience with MQTT or other event-driven messaging technologies used for agent, plugin or job execution\nExperience with Linux desktop session technologies, including X11, Wayland, GDM and D-Bus\nFamiliarity with TLS, PKI, code signing and certificate-based process or plugin authentication\nExperience supporting multiple Linux distributions, particularly RHEL and Ubuntu, including differences between SELinux and AppArmor\nExperience with endpoint privilege management, privileged access management or endpoint security products\nFamiliarity with Avalonia or another cross-platform Linux desktop UI framework\nExperience building Linux software for x86 and ARM architectures, including packaging and signing pipelines\nFamiliarity with endpoint security architectures on Windows or macOS\nStrong understanding of authorization models such as allow, deny, approval and just-in-time elevation workflows\nBenefits\nMedical, Dental & Vision (inclusive of domestic partnerships)\nEmployer Paid Life Insurance & Employee/Spouse/Child Supplemental Life\nVoluntary Short/Long Term Disability Insurance\n401K (Roth/Traditional)\nA generous PTO plan that celebrates your commitment and seniority (including paid Bereavement/Jury Duty, etc.)\nAbove-market annual bonuses\nKeeper Security, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer and participant in the U.S. Federal E-Verify program. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.\nClassification: Exempt\nKeeper Candidate Privacy Notice\nThis notice explains how Keeper Security processes your personal data during recruitment. Depending on the role and location, the Controller of personal data (the organization responsible for determining why and how personal data is processed) will be Keeper Security Inc. (US), Keeper Security EMEA Ltd. (Ireland), or Keeper Security APAC K.K (Japan).\n1. Data We Collect\nInformation You provide:\nContact details, CV/resume, cover letter\nEmployment history, qualifications, work eligibility\nApplication responses and uploaded documents\nInformation We generate:\nInterview notes, assessments, communications\nScheduling information\nInformation From Others:\nRecruiter/referral information who submit your profile\nReferences (with your consent, before final offer)\nPublic professional profiles\nBackground verification (post offer)\nVoluntary Diversity and Equal Opportunity Information\nWe may ask you to voluntarily provide diversity information including race/ethnicity, gender, disability status and veteran status (US). Providing this information is optional and Keeper collects this data in order to comply with EEOC and similar requirements\n2. How We Use Your Data\nAssess your application and suitability\nManage interviews and recruitment workflow\nConsider you for other/future roles (we may seek your consent to keep your information on our systems beyond the retention period specified)\nComply with employment law obligations\n3. Legal Basis\nLegitimate Interests (recruitment management, security and integrity of the hiring process)\nContracting steps (for progressed candidates)\nLegal and regulatory compliance obligations; explicit consent where required\n4. Who We Share Information With\nInternal:\nHR, hiring managers, interviewers*, IT support for system administration\n*Note - diversity and equal opportunity data is not shared with hiring managers.\nThird Parties:\nService providers who assist with:\nApplicant tracking, recruitment systems and assessment providers\nBackground verification vendors (post offer)\nRecruitment agencies (where applicable)\nTools to support communication, collaboration and to securely store your data\nKeeper ensures that all our third parties are contractually bound to protect your personal data with adequate safeguards in place.\n5. International Transfers\nYour data may be accessed by Keeper entities globally as needed for the purposes of hiring and decision making. We protect any such data transfer between Keeper entities using appropriate safeguards under applicable data protection laws.\n6. Security\nWe implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your data, consistent with our industry leading security standards.\n7. Retention\nWe keep your data for 24 months from your last application activity, then delete or anonymize it.\nExceptions:\nYou opt into our talent database for further retention by providing consent (extended retention)\nYou're hired (transfers to employee records)\n8. Your Rights\nYou have the following rights and can contact us at the email below to exercise them:\nAccess, correct, or delete your data, subject to applicable law and retention requirements\nObject to or restrict processing\nWithdraw consent (where applicable)\nRequest data portability\nLodge a complaint with your data protection authority\nIf you become an employee, your rights regarding your employee record are governed by our internal Employee Privacy Notice and certain data will be retained as required under relevant laws such as employment or tax law. \nWhen you request access to your personal data, some information may be redacted if it includes the personal data of other individuals or information that we must protect in order to preserve their privacy rights.\n9. Automated Decisions\nKeeper does not make hiring decisions using solely automated processing.\n10. 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