Senior SOC Engineer - Lead Security & Open Source

Canonical Ltd.; United States; Remote; MXN 1,200,000 - 2,800,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Learning budget USD 2,000 per year

Annual compensation review

Employee Assistance Program

Maternity and paternity leave

Travel opportunities for team events

Job summary

Canonical is seeking a Senior or Staff Security Operations Engineer to lead and mentor the SOC team, design and build security tooling, and operate world-class security programs.

You will drive incident response, threat detection, and security controls across Canonical's platforms, while contributing to open source security and publishing research and talks.

This role offers a remote-friendly, globally distributed team with a strong focus on professional growth and open source collaboration.

Qualifications

• Proficiency in scripting languages (Python, Bash).
• Experience with Git, GitOps, IaC and orchestration platforms (Kubernetes).
• Undergraduate degree in CS or STEM or compelling alternative path.

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

Infrastructure-as-Code

Kubernetes

Education

Undergraduate degree in Computer Science or STEM

Tools

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Job description

Canonical is seeking a Senior or Staff Security Operations Engineer to lead and mentor the SOC team, design and build security tooling, and operate world-class security programs.

You will drive incident response, threat detection, and security controls across Canonical's platforms, while contributing to open source security and publishing research and talks.

This role offers a remote-friendly, globally distributed team with a strong focus on professional growth and open source collaboration.