Senior Software Developer C and Linux

Job DescriptionA leading tech company specialising in data management have an immediate requirement for an experienced C/Linux Software Developer for an initial 6 month contractKey Skills: Software Developer, Software Engineer, C, Linux, Autotools, LDAP, Active Directory, Terraform, OpenTofu, APILocation: Hybrid but must be able to reach the office near Lymington - SO41 9AZRate: NegotiableEssential SkillsExperience developing application code in C on LinuxWorking with Linux build systems, (mainly Autotools)Identity & Authentication knowledge:LDAP / Active Directory integration (e.g. via OpenLDAP's libldap)OpenID Connect / OAuth 2.0 (e.g. via liboauth2)Understanding of credential handling, token validation, and session managementAwareness of identity-related security concerns (trust boundaries, configuration errors, credential leakage)Automated Deployment:Experience with automated provisioning (e.g. Terraform/OpenTofu)Familiarity with common cloud platforms and virtualisation environments (e.g. AWS, Azure, OpenStack, VMware)Exposure to cloud-init or equitant system initialisation frameworks and how they operate at a low levelUnderstanding of secure configuration delivery and deployment auditability of newly provisioned systemsAPI Design & Implementation (maybe):Experience / Familiarity with:Working with OpenAPI (Swagger) specifications to define service interfacesImplementing APIs in C or similarly low-level environments, without reliance on full-stack frameworksDesigning for defensive input handling and error managementJBRP1_UKTJ