Head of Security Operations

Canonical; Emea; On-site; IDR 1,334,222,815 - 1,667,778,519; Full time

Job summary

A global cybersecurity firm is seeking a Mid-Senior level professional to manage its Security Operations (SecOps) team in Indonesia. This role involves leading security initiatives, mentoring staff, and contributing to the security of the open source ecosystem. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in SOC architecture, incident response, and Linux security practices, along with proven leadership skills.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in security risk management frameworks such as NIST CSF.
• Strong understanding of SOC architecture including logging and network segmentation.
• Drive to be at the forefront of technology security.

Responsibilities

• Hire and mentor a team of outstanding technical security professionals.
• Define Canonical's SecOps security standards and playbooks.
• Evaluate, select, and implement new security tools and practices.
• Identify, contain, and guide the remediation of security threats.

Skills

Expert technical understanding of SOCs from the ground up

Ability to define, implement, automate and measure effective incident response playbooks

Proven track record of mitigating advanced threats

Excellent business English writing and presentation skills

Education

Undergraduate degree in Computer Science or STEM

Tools

Linux security

Security tools

Job description

Overview

This global leadership role in cyber security manages the Security Operations (SecOps) team responsible for design, implementation and evolution of Canonical security practices, techniques, tools, systems and policies. The team is the primary owner of strategy and practices that determine how Canonical secures its data, internal infrastructure and build processes. They are responsible for assuring the security and integrity of our own infrastructure and product deployments. They design and implement technical security controls that ensure security threats are automatically identified, contained and remediated. The team contributes ideas and requirements for Canonical product security, improving the resilience and robustness of all Ubuntu customers and users subject to cyber attack. This role reports to the CISO.

As a leader on cyber security in the company, the SecOps team manager collaborates with the Organisational Learning and Development team to develop playbooks and facilitate SecOps training across Canonical. They operate in a wider security organisation, run a high performing security team, and improve Canonical\'s security posture. They lead initiatives to integrate the team\'s insights into Canonical\'s broader software development process.

The SecOps mission extends to contributing to the security of the wider open source ecosystem, sharing knowledge through public presentations and industry events, and sharing threat intelligence with the wider community or representing Canonical in sector-specific governance bodies.

What you will do in this role

• Hire and mentor a team of outstanding technical security professionals
• Define Canonical\'s SecOps security standards and playbooks
• Own and drive the architecture and design of the SOC
• Analyse and improve Canonical\'s security architecture
• Evaluate, select and implement new security tools and practices
• Identify, contain and guide the remediation of security threats and cyber attacks
• Grow the presence and thought leadership of Canonical SecOps practice
• Contribute to open source threat intelligence initiatives
• Drive threat modelling, table top exercises and other SecOps practices across Engineering, IS and Canonical
• Develop Canonical SecOps learning and development materials
• Publish blog posts, whitepapers and conference presentations
• Identify, implement and track SecOps KPIs
• Plan and deliver SecOps work in the framework of Canonical\'s agile engineering practice
• Work with Security leadership to present information and influence change

What we are looking for

• Proven track record of mitigating advanced threats from threat actors and nation states
• Expert technical understanding of SOCs from the ground up
• In-depth knowledge of SOC architecture and design including logging, firewalls, network segmentation, honeypots
• Understanding of how the SOC works, not just how to use it
• Expertise in Linux security
• Ability to define, implement, automate and measure effective incident response playbooks
• Knowledge of security architecture and market-leading security tools
• Experience contributing to, and consuming, threat intelligence feeds
• Experience in security risk management frameworks such as NIST CSF
• Strong academic track record
• Undergraduate degree in Computer Science or STEM, or a compelling narrative about an alternative path
• Drive and a track record of going above-and-beyond expectations
• Deep personal motivation to be at the forefront of technology security
• Leadership and management ability
• Excellent business English writing and presentation skills
• Confidence to report security performance metrics with accountability for accuracy and completeness

Optional things we value

• Experience in offensive or defensive security teams with hands-on ability
• Experience with open source security tools
• Experience with security standards such as ISO 27001
• Experience with security posture management of corporate endpoints

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Other, Information Technology, and Management
• Industries

Industries: Software Development