A leading tech company specialising in data management have an immediate requirement for an experienced C/Linux Software Developer for an initial 6 month contract Key Skills: Software Developer, Software Engineer, C, Linux, Autotools, LDAP, Active Directory, Terraform, OpenTofu, API Location: Hybrid but must be able to reach the office near Lymington - SO41 9AZ Rate: Negotiable Essential Skills Experience developing application code in C on Linux Working with Linux build systems, (mainly Autotools) Identity & Authentication knowledge: LDAP / Active Directory integration (e.g. via OpenLDAPs libldap) OpenID Connect / OAuth 2.0 (e.g. via liboauth2) Understanding of credential handling, token validation, and session management Awareness 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 level Understanding of secure configuration delivery and deployment auditability of newly provisioned systems API Design & Implementation (maybe): Experience / Familiarity with: Working with OpenAPI (Swagger) specifications to define service interfaces Implementing APIs in C or similarly low-level environments, without reliance on full-stack frameworks Designing for defensive input handling and error management