Senior Security Operations & Open Source Engineer

Canonical Ltd.; Amsterdam; Remote; EUR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Distributed, remote-first team

Learning budget

Annual compensation review

Travel opportunities

Job summary

Canonical is hiring for a Senior or Staff engineer to lead and contribute across Canonical’s Security Operations Center. The role blends security engineering, software development, and site reliability engineering to protect Canonical’s digital estate.

You will mentor engineers, design security software, and contribute to open source security, while delivering in an agile framework and sharing threat intelligence with the community.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of relevant professional experience.
• Undergraduate degree in Computer Science or STEM, or a compelling narrative about your alternative path.
• Professional cybersecurity experience, preferably working or leading a Security Operations Center.
• Professional engineering experience.
• 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

Mentorship

Operational leadership

Threat hunting mindset

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or STEM

Tools

Kubernetes

Git

Infrastructure as Code

GitOps

Go (Golang)

Job description

Canonical is hiring for a Senior or Staff engineer to lead and contribute across Canonical’s Security Operations Center. The role blends security engineering, software development, and site reliability engineering to protect Canonical’s digital estate.

You will mentor engineers, design security software, and contribute to open source security, while delivering in an agile framework and sharing threat intelligence with the community.