The OpenSSL Management Committee are looking to hire a full time Administrator
and Manager. Details of the role follow.
To apply please send your cover letter and resume to jobs@openssl.org by 20th
September 2020.
Job Title
OpenSSL Administrator and Manager
Reports To
The OpenSSL Administrator and Manager will report to the OpenSSL Management
Committee (OMC).
About OpenSSL
The OpenSSL Project develops and maintains the OpenSSL software - a robust,
commercial-grade, and full-featured toolkit for the Transport Layer Security
(TLS) and Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocols. It is also a general-purpose
cryptography library. The software is widely used around the globe by thousands
of organisations, including many major household name corporations. The OpenSSL
software is released under an open source licence and is available for free to
anyone that wants to use it.
The software is developed by a distributed team, mostly consisting of
volunteers with some paid developers. Development is managed by the OMC.
Job Overview
This full time role will assist the OMC in administering and managing the
OpenSSL Project and its associated companies - the OpenSSL Software Foundation
(OSF), and OpenSSL Software Services (OSS). This will cover a broad range of
responsibilities and duties. You must be be a self motivated and self directed
individual comfortable with working by yourself for protracted periods of time
whilst fitting into a small globally distributed team mostly consisting of
volunteers.
You will be primarily based from home with occasional business trips and
you may reside anywhere in the world. Since the project has members from
around the world, virtual meetings are often held outside of normal business
hours to accommodate different timezones and so you will be expected to be
flexible about when you will be available.
Responsibilities and Duties
- Assisting the part time directors in their duties
- Assisting with the secretarial & treasurer duties (such as following up on
payments, answering supplier questionnaires etc)
- Be a business contact point for support customers and take responsibility for
the support contract renewal process, new support contract negotiations and
customer on-boarding (including creation of user accounts and repositories)
- Take responsibility for status tracking/admin during technical meetings (for
example regular meetings with our FIPS sponsors, and developer team meetings)
- Project Management, tracking and reporting of large pieces of work
- Ongoing tracking and reporting on github issues and pull requests
- Outbound communications such as writing newsletters, blogs, press releases
- Tracking and management of incoming security reports - ensuring that all
incoming reports are responded to in a timely manner, and appropriate
technical resources are assigned to: triage and analyse the reports, produce
fixes, write security advisories, etc
- Manage the security pre-notification process where necessary
- Organise face-2-face and/or virtual meetings
- Review and register incoming Contributor Licence Agreements (CLAs)
- Wiki user account creation
- When required, writing job descriptions and handling the hiring and
negotiation process
- Other similar duties as they may arise, and as directed by the OMC
Qualifications and Experience
You must have excellent spoken and written English. While not a technical role
you will be interacting with highly technical people on a daily basis so a broad
background and understanding of software development is essential. You may need
to interact with command line tools to perform or aid your duties. An
understanding of Cryptography and/or TLS concepts is an advantage but not
required. You will have a proven track record in a Project or Technical
Management role in a software development environment. An interest or background
in Open Source development is also an advantage.
You must be able to travel to meeting locations around the globe on an
occasional basis including Europe, North America, and Australia.
Salary
Commensurate with experience and location.
https://www.openssl.org/blog/blog/2020/09/05/OpenSSL.ProjectAdminRole/
