Head of Security Operations

Canonical Group Ltd; México; A distancia; MXN 800,000 - 1,200,000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

A leading technology company in Mexico is seeking a SecOps leader to hire and mentor a team, define security standards, and manage the SOC's architecture. The ideal candidate will have experience mitigating threats, strong leadership skills, and an undergraduate degree in a technical field. This role emphasizes advanced security practices and thought leadership in the field.

Formación

• Proven track record of mitigating with advanced threat actors.
• Ability to define, implement, automate incident response playbooks.
• Exceptional academic track record from both high school and university.

Responsabilidades

• Hire and mentor a team of technical security professionals.
• Define security standards and playbooks.
• Drive the architecture and design of the SOC.

Conocimientos

Mitigating advanced threat actors

Leadership and management

Excellent business English writing

Knowledge of security architecture

Educación

Undergraduate degree in Computer Science or STEM

Herramientas

Security tools

Threat intelligence feeds

Descripción del empleo

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 with advanced threat actors and nation state threats
• Expert technical understanding of SOCs from the ground up
• In depth knowledge of SOC architecture and design including strategies for logging, firewalls, network segmentation, honeypots etc
• Someone who understands how the SOC works not just how to use it
• 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
• An exceptional academic track record from both high school and university
• Undergraduate degree in Computer Science or STEM, or a compelling narrative about your 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

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