Senior Security Operations Engineer

Role overview

Role responsibilities

• Provide operational and engineering leadership, and implement and evolve Canonical’s 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 engineers, and deliver work within the agile engineering framework.
• Contribute to open-source security and share work through blog posts, whitepapers, threat intelligence, or conference presentations.

Required qualifications

• At least 10 years of relevant professional experience, with professional cybersecurity and engineering experience.
• Cybersecurity experience preferably includes working in or leading a Security Operations Center.
• Proficiency in common scripting languages such as Python and Bash; knowledge of Git, GitOps, Infrastructure as Code, and orchestration platforms such as Kubernetes.
• An undergraduate degree in Computer Science or STEM, or a compelling account of an alternative path; an exceptional academic track record is sought.
• Eagerness to contribute to open-source security.

Optional experience

• Familiarity with NIST CSF, CIS CSC, or ISO 27001; knowledge of security architecture and leading security tools.
• Experience in security operations, hands-on offensive or defensive security, or advanced persistent threats; additional programming languages such as Golang.

Compensation

• Compensation is shaped by location, experience, and performance and is reviewed annually; the role also offers a performance-driven annual bonus.

Benefits

• Distributed work environment with twice-yearly in-person team sprints.
• USD 2,000 annual learning and development budget, recognition rewards, annual holiday leave, parental leave, and an Employee Assistance Programme.
• The role may involve travel to meet colleagues; travel benefits include Priority Pass and long-haul upgrades for company events.

Workplace

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

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