Senior Security Operations Engineer - Remote & Open Source Impact

Canonical Ltd.; San Juan (PR); Remote; USD 170,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Distributed work environment with in‑p

Learning budget USD 2,000 per year

Annual compensation review

Annual holiday leave

Maternity and paternity leave

Employee Assistance Programme

Travel to new locations

Priority Pass and travel upgrades

Job summary

Canonical Ltd. is seeking a Senior or Staff engineer to lead and contribute across the Security Operations Center. You will guide security monitoring, threat hunting, and incident response, while shaping security tooling and open source contributions.

The role welcomes engineers with security or traditional software backgrounds, including junior candidates for growth. Remote-first policies enable global collaboration with periodic in-person sprints.

Qualifications

• Undergraduate degree in Computer Science or STEM or a compelling narrative about an alternative path.
• Proficient in programming/scripting languages used in security tooling (e.g., Python, Bash).
• Experience rooted in security operations or engineering leadership is highly valued.

Responsibilities

• Provide operational and engineering leadership.
• Design and evolve Canonical’s Security Operations Center.
• Develop security software and platforms.
• Monitor, identify, respond to, and remediate security incidents.
• Mentor early-career Security Operations engineers.
• Plan and deliver work within Canonical's agile engineering framework.
• Contribute to open source security and publish content.

Skills

Python

Bash

Education

Undergraduate degree in Computer Science or STEM

Tools

Git

GitOps

Kubernetes

Infrastructure-as-Code

Job description

Canonical Ltd. is seeking a Senior or Staff engineer to lead and contribute across the Security Operations Center. You will guide security monitoring, threat hunting, and incident response, while shaping security tooling and open source contributions.

The role welcomes engineers with security or traditional software backgrounds, including junior candidates for growth. Remote-first policies enable global collaboration with periodic in-person sprints.