Senior Security Operations Engineer

Senior Security Operations Engineer – Canonical

The Canonical Security Operations team is hiring for a Senior or Staff engineer. The team is responsible for designing, building, and operating a world‑class Security Operations Center. The successful candidate will provide leadership, mentorship, expertise, and outstanding individual contributions towards those ends. The role involves traditional SOC duties, security engineering, custom software development, and site reliability engineering.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Provide operational and engineering leadership.
• Implement and evolve Canonical’s Security Operations Center.
• Design and develop security software and platforms.
• Monitor for, identify, respond to, and remediate security incidents.
• Assess and improve Canonical’s security controls.
• Mentor early‑career Security Operations engineers.
• Plan and deliver work within Canonical’s agile engineering framework.
• Contribute to open‑source security.
• Publish blog posts, whitepapers and conference presentations.

Qualifications

• Exceptional academic track record.
• Undergraduate degree in Computer Science or STEM, or a compelling alternative path.
• 10+ years of relevant professional experience.
• Professional cybersecurity experience, preferably working or leading a Security Operations Center.
• Professional engineering experience.
• Eagerness to contribute to open‑source security.
• Proficiency in Python and Bash.
• Knowledge of Git, GitOps, Infrastructure‑as‑Code, and Kubernetes.

Preferred (Optional)

• Familiarity with NIST CSF, CIS CSC, ISO 27001.
• Knowledge of security architecture and market‑leading security tools.
• Experience in a security operations team or center.
• Experience in offensive or defensive security teams with hands‑on ability.
• Experience with advanced persistent threats.
• Proficiency in additional languages such as Go.

Benefits

• Distributed work environment with twice‑yearly team sprints in person.
• Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year.
• Annual compensation review.
• Recognition rewards.
• Annual holiday leave.
• Maternity and paternity leave.
• Employee Assistance Programme.
• Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues.
• Priority Pass and travel upgrades for long‑haul company events.

About Canonical

Canonical is a pioneering tech firm at the forefront of the global move to open source. As the company that publishes Ubuntu, one of the most important open‑source projects and the platform for AI, IoT and the cloud, we are changing the world on a daily basis. We recruit on a global basis and set a very high standard for people joining the company, expecting excellence in everything we do. Canonical has been a remote‑first company since its inception in 2004.

Canonical is an equal opportunity employer. We are proud to foster a workplace free from discrimination. Diversity of experience, perspectives, and background create a better work environment and better products. Whatever your identity, we will give your application fair consideration.