Senior Security Operations Engineer

Role overview

Role responsibilities

• Provide operational and engineering leadership and implement and evolve the Security Operations Center.
• Design and develop security software and platforms; monitor, identify, respond to, and remediate security incidents.
• Assess and improve security controls; mentor early-career Security Operations engineers.
• Plan and deliver work within the agile engineering framework and contribute to open-source security.
• Publish blog posts, whitepapers, and conference presentations; team members may share threat intelligence and present at industry conferences.

Candidate requirements

• At least 10 years of relevant professional experience.
• Professional cybersecurity experience, preferably working in or leading a Security Operations Center, and professional engineering experience.
• Undergraduate degree in Computer Science or STEM, or a compelling narrative about an alternative path; exceptional academic track record.
• Proficiency in common scripting languages such as Python and Bash.
• Knowledge of Git, GitOps, infrastructure as code, and common orchestration platforms such as Kubernetes.

Optional experience and knowledge

• Familiarity with NIST CSF, CIS CSC, or ISO 27001 is valued but optional.
• Knowledge of security architecture and leading security tools, security operations teams, offensive or defensive security, or advanced persistent threats is valued but optional.
• Additional programming languages such as Golang are valued but optional.

Compensation

• Compensation varies by geographic location, experience, and performance and is reviewed annually, or more often for graduates and associates.
• Compensation includes base pay and a performance-driven annual bonus.

Benefits

• Benefits include a learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year, recognition rewards, holiday leave, parental leave, and an Employee Assistance Programme.
• The distributed team holds in-person sprints twice a year; employees may travel to meet colleagues and receive travel benefits for company events.

Workplace

• Canonical describes itself as a remote-first company with a distributed work environment and twice-yearly in-person team sprints.

About Canonical

Equal opportunity