Senior Security Operations Engineer: Lead SOC & Open Source

Canonical Ltd.; Stockholms kommun; Remote; SEK 1,400,000 - 2,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Personal learning & development budget

Annual compensation review

Travel opportunities

Maternity and paternity leave

Employee Assistance Programme

Twice-yearly team sprints in person

Job summary

Canonical Ltd. is seeking a Senior or Staff Security Operations Engineer to lead, mentor, and contribute to the design, build, and operation of a world-class Security Operations Center.

The role blends security engineering, software development, and site reliability practices, with opportunities to publish open source security software and present at industry events. We value engineers with a strong academic record, extensive cybersecurity and engineering experience, and a passion for open

Qualifications

• An exceptional academic track record.
• Undergraduate degree in Computer Science or STEM, or a compelling narrative about your alternative path.
• 10+ years of relevant professional experience
• Professional cybersecurity experience, preferably working or leading a Security Operations Center.
• Professional engineering experience.
• An eagerness to contribute to open source security.
• 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

Git

GitOps

IaC

Kubernetes

Security operations

Leadership

Education

Undergraduate degree in Computer Science or STEM

Tools

Git

GitOps

Kubernetes

Infrastructure as Code

Python

Bash

Job description

Canonical Ltd. is seeking a Senior or Staff Security Operations Engineer to lead, mentor, and contribute to the design, build, and operation of a world-class Security Operations Center.

The role blends security engineering, software development, and site reliability practices, with opportunities to publish open source security software and present at industry events. We value engineers with a strong academic record, extensive cybersecurity and engineering experience, and a passion for open