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OpenSSL is looking to contract a full-time Community Engagement Leader / Evangelist

UPDATE: Please note this position has been filled.

Job Description

We are seeking a passionate, tech-savvy individual to act as a Community Engagement Leader for the OpenSSL project. The ideal candidate will be responsible for fostering and enhancing connections between various communities around OpenSSL, facilitating fruitful discussions, spreading awareness about the project, and driving engagement and contributions. An essential aspect of this role is alignment with our core values and mission, as we expect these principles to be reflected in your day-to-day professional activities. Beyond community engagement, this role also involves collecting and contributing valuable insights to the project’s roadmap, making it an integral part of the project’s continuous growth and improvement.

This is a remote position with travel required, approximately up to 15% of working time. Given the global nature of the project, we require flexibility in accommodating various time zones outside of conventional business hours. We are seeking candidates located specifically within the Europe and North America.

To apply please send your resume to jobs@openssl.org by 17th August 2023.

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. Only candidates selected for interviews will be contacted.

OpenSSL is looking to contract a full-time DevOps engineer

UPDATE: Please note this position has been filled.

Job Description

We are seeking a dynamic and innovative DevOps Engineer to join our team. This role demands a high level of technical knowledge, leadership skills, and the ability to communicate the state of our infrastructure externally. Furthermore, it’s crucial that you share and uphold our core values and mission in your everyday professional activities. As a critical member of our team, you will drive our continuous integration and deployment efforts, while ensuring that our infrastructure status is transparent and effectively conveyed externally.

This is a remote position. Given the global nature of the project, we require flexibility in accommodating various time zones outside of conventional business hours. In particular, our weekly and daily meetings are generally scheduled within the core hours of 7-11am UTC.

To apply please send your resume to jobs@openssl.org by 17th August 2023.

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. Only candidates selected for interviews will be contacted.

OpenSSL is looking to contract a full-time software engineer

UPDATE: Please note this position has been filled.

Job Description

We are seeking a Software Engineer to join our team. As a Software Engineer at OpenSSL, you will play a vital role in sustaining and evolving the core cryptography and network protocol functionality that enables secure communication across the internet. In addition to your technical contributions, it’s essential that you align with and uphold our core values and mission in your everyday professional activities. Your responsibilities will include resolving issues of support customers, as well as working on the OpenSSL toolkit, contributing to the development, debugging, and maintenance of this crucial open-source resource. Your day-to-day tasks will include analyzing and solving complex software problems, collaborating on the design and implementation of secure solutions, and writing and maintaining detailed technical documentation. Our ideal candidate is someone who is interested in secure communication, has a deep understanding of C programming, and possesses a strong sense of ownership.

This is a remote position. Given the global nature of the project, we require flexibility in accommodating various time zones outside of conventional business hours. In particular, our weekly and daily meetings are generally scheduled within the core hours of 7-11am UTC.

To apply please send your resume to jobs@openssl.org by 17th August 2023.

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. Only candidates selected for interviews will be contacted.

Who writes OpenSSL?

For a meeting last week I wanted to show how much of OpenSSL is being written by people paid to do so by their employers, and how much was from individuals in their own time. And it turns out most of OpenSSL is written by people paid to do so. This is crucial to understanding the critical role that corporations provide to Open Source projects such as OpenSSL.

OpenSSL adopts Mission & Values Statement

After extensive feedback from our communities, OpenSSL is pleased to announce that we have formally adopted the Mission and Values Statement, and will now be aligning our activities to support these.

You can view our new Mission and Values Statment here.

We would like to extend our sincere thanks to all those who provided feedback to us. We have reviewed all the comments and responses, which showed that a clear majority (around 70%) agreed on OpenSSL adopting the Mission and Values Statement. It was really beneficial to hear from our various communities and we will continue to seek out your feedback in the future.

OpenSSL 1.1.1 End Of Life Approaching

OpenSSL 1.1.1 series will reach End of Life (EOL) on 11th September 2023. Users of OpenSSL 1.1.1 should consider their options and plan any actions they might need to take.

Rebranded OpenSSL FIPS certificates issued

The OpenSSL project is pleased to announce that the first of the rebranded FIPS 140-2 certificates, available exclusively to our Premium Support Customers, have been officially issued by the CMVP. With this significant milestone achieved, we anticipate a smooth and ongoing rollout of the remaining and future rebrandings. If your company desires a rebranded FIPS 140-2 validation certificate bearing your organisation’s name, obtaining one is a straightforward task: simply secure a premium support contract with the project and ask for a rebranded certificate.

OpenSSL extends feedback on draft mission & values statement

OpenSSL would like to thank everyone who has provided feedback on our draft mission & values statement. The response has been great, and the feedback is really important to us. We are working through those responses.

We’d like to get even more feedback so we are extending the response period until 19th May 2023. If you haven’t already provided feedback to us, please do so by:

As a small incentive we will be randomly selecting 10 responders out of everyone who has provided feedback and the lucky ones will receive an OpenSSL T-shirt. (Yes this includes those who have already responded to us).

Meet Anton Arapov: The Latest Addition to the OpenSSL Team

We are thrilled to announce that Anton Arapov has joined the OpenSSL team! Anton brings a wealth of experience to the project, having previously worked on the Linux kernel, telecom core services, and cloud infrastructure management software as an engineering and project manager. He’s deeply committed to open-source software and will undoubtedly propel the OpenSSL project forward with his expertise and knowledge.

OpenSSL seeks feedback on draft mission & values statement

Following the successful OpenSSL 2023 face-to-face conference, OpenSSL has produced a draft mission & values statement. Once finalised, we intend to realign all activities of the project to ensure they reflect our agreed mission and values. Before doing so however, we would like to obtain feedback on this statement from the public, to ensure it represents all of our communities. By offering us your feedback, you will help us to ensure the OpenSSL project is run in a way that reflects the values of all of our users.