Senior Security Operations Engineer — Lead SOC & Open Source

Canonical Ltd.; Singapore; Remote; SGD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Distributed work environment with in‑t

Learning budget USD 2000 per year

Annual compensation review

Annual holiday leave

Maternity and paternity leave

Employee Assistance Programme

Travel opportunities

Travel upgrades for company events

Job summary

Canonical Ltd. is seeking a Senior or Staff Security Operations Engineer in Singapore to lead and evolve a world-class SOC. You will design, build, and operate security tooling, mentor engineers, and contribute to open source security while engaging with the wider security community.

Ideal candidates have 10+ years of cybersecurity and engineering experience, strong scripting skills, and familiarity with Git, GitOps, IaC, and Kubernetes. This role supports Canonical’s remote-first philosophy.

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

Leadership

Open source contribution

Security operations experience

Engineering experience

Mentorship

Willingness to collaborate across orgs

Education

Undergraduate degree in Computer Science or STEM

Tools

Python

Bash

Git

GitOps

Infrastructure-as-Code

Kubernetes

Job description

Canonical Ltd. is seeking a Senior or Staff Security Operations Engineer in Singapore to lead and evolve a world-class SOC. You will design, build, and operate security tooling, mentor engineers, and contribute to open source security while engaging with the wider security community.

Ideal candidates have 10+ years of cybersecurity and engineering experience, strong scripting skills, and familiarity with Git, GitOps, IaC, and Kubernetes. This role supports Canonical’s remote-first philosophy.