Senior Security Ops Engineer - Open Source

Canonical Ltd.; Karachi Division; Remote; PKR 38,781,000 - 58,172,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Distributed work environment with in‑p

Learning budget USD 2,000 per year

Annual compensation review

Recognition rewards

Annual holiday leave

Maternity and paternity leave

Employee Assistance Programme

Travel opportunities to meet Colleagu​

Priority Pass and travel upgrades

Job summary

Canonical Ltd. is seeking a Senior or Staff Engineer for its Security Operations Center. The role combines operational leadership, security engineering, and software development to protect Canonical’s digital estate while contributing to the open-source ecosystem.

You will mentor junior engineers, publish security content, and participate in an agile development process. This is a remote-first role with global opportunities and travel for partner events.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of relevant professional experience.
• Professional cybersecurity experience, preferably leading a Security Operations Center.
• Proficiency in Python and Bash.
• Knowledge of Git, GitOps, Infrastructure-as-Code, and orchestration platforms like 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

Git

GitOps

Kubernetes

Open source security

Education

Undergraduate degree in Computer Science or STEM

Tools

GitOps

Infrastructure as Code

Job description

Canonical Ltd. is seeking a Senior or Staff Engineer for its Security Operations Center. The role combines operational leadership, security engineering, and software development to protect Canonical’s digital estate while contributing to the open-source ecosystem.

You will mentor junior engineers, publish security content, and participate in an agile development process. This is a remote-first role with global opportunities and travel for partner events.