Senior Security Operations Engineer — Lead SOC

Canonical Ltd.; Charlotte Amalie (United States Virgin Islands); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Distributed work environment

Learning budget USD 2,000 per year

Annual compensation review

Holiday leave

Maternity and paternity leave

Employee Assistance Programme

Travel opportunities to meet teammates

Company travel upgrades for events

Job summary

Canonical Ltd. is seeking a Senior or Staff engineer to lead and scale the Security Operations Center. The role blends security operations, engineering, and software development to protect Canonical’s digital estate and contribute to open source security.

You will mentor engineers, design security tools, and drive security initiatives across the team while engaging with the broader community through blogs, talks, and publications.

Qualifications

• Undergraduate degree in Computer Science or STEM.
• 10+ years of relevant professional experience.
• Professional cybersecurity experience, preferably leading a SOC.

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.
• Publish blog posts, whitepapers and conference presentations.

Skills

Python

Bash

Git

GitOps

Infrastructure-as-Code

Kubernetes

Open source security

Security leadership

Education

Undergraduate degree in Computer Science or STEM

Tools

Git

GitOps

Kubernetes

Job description

Canonical Ltd. is seeking a Senior or Staff engineer to lead and scale the Security Operations Center. The role blends security operations, engineering, and software development to protect Canonical’s digital estate and contribute to open source security.

You will mentor engineers, design security tools, and drive security initiatives across the team while engaging with the broader community through blogs, talks, and publications.