Remote Senior Security Operations Leader

Canonical Ltd.; Manama; Remote; BHD 53,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Distributed work environment with team

Learning budget USD 2,000/year

Annual compensation review

Recognition rewards

Annual holiday leave

Maternity and paternity leave

Employee Assistance Programme

Travel to meet colleagues

Priority Pass and travel upgrades

Job summary

Canonical is seeking a Senior or Staff engineer to lead and shape an world-class Security Operations Center. The role spans security monitoring, threat hunting, and incident response, with security engineering and software development to build tools and platforms.

The successful candidate will mentor engineers and contribute to open source security programs. Expect opportunities to publish security research, present at industry events, and influence Canonical’s security posture across products

Qualifications

• An exceptional academic track record.
• Undergraduate degree in Computer Science or STEM, or a compelling narrative about an alternative path.
• 10+ years of relevant professional experience
• Professional cybersecurity experience, preferably working or leading a Security Operations Center.
• Professional engineering experience.
• An eagerness to contribute to open source security.
• Proficiency in common scripting languages, such as Python and Bash.
• Knowledge of Git, GitOps, Infrastructure-as-Code, and common orchestration platforms (e.g., Kubernetes)

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.

Skills

Python

Bash

Open source contribution

Security leadership

Education

Undergraduate degree in Computer Science or STEM

Tools

Git

GitOps

Infrastructure-as-Code

Kubernetes

Job description

Canonical is seeking a Senior or Staff engineer to lead and shape an world-class Security Operations Center. The role spans security monitoring, threat hunting, and incident response, with security engineering and software development to build tools and platforms.

The successful candidate will mentor engineers and contribute to open source security programs. Expect opportunities to publish security research, present at industry events, and influence Canonical’s security posture across products