Senior Security Operations Engineer — Lead SOC

Canonical Ltd.; Lombardia; Remote; EUR 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Distributed work environment

Learning budget USD 2,000 per year

Annual compensation review

Holiday leave

Maternity and paternity leave

Employee Assistance Programme

Travel to new locations

Priority Pass, travel upgrades

Job summary

Canonical is seeking a Senior or Staff Engineer to join its Security Operations Center. You will help design, build, and operate a world-class SOC while mentoring engineers and contributing to open source security software.

The role emphasizes threat monitoring, incident response, and security tooling, with collaboration across teams. A minimum of 10+ years in security/engineering and strong scripting experience are required. Remote-friendly with travel as needed.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of professional experience in security or engineering.
• Proven track record leading SOC or security-focused teams.
• Strong programming and scripting skills in Python/Bash.

Responsibilities

• Provide operational and engineering leadership for Canonical's SOC.
• Design, build and operate a world-class security operations center.
• Monitor, detect, respond to and remediate security incidents.
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to open source security.
• Publish security content and present at industry events.

Skills

Scripting (Python, Bash)

Security operations

Leadership

Mentoring

Threat hunting

Incident response

GitOps

Kubernetes

Cloud tooling

Education

Undergraduate CS or STEM degree

Tools

Git

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

Job description

Canonical is seeking a Senior or Staff Engineer to join its Security Operations Center. You will help design, build, and operate a world-class SOC while mentoring engineers and contributing to open source security software.

The role emphasizes threat monitoring, incident response, and security tooling, with collaboration across teams. A minimum of 10+ years in security/engineering and strong scripting experience are required. Remote-friendly with travel as needed.