Staff Security Operations Engineer - SecOps Lead (Remote)

Higlobe, Inc.; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

In-person team sprints

Learning budget

Annual review

Recognition rewards

Paid holidays

Parental leave

Employee assistance

Travel opportunities

Travel upgrades

Job summary

Canonical is expanding its Security Operations (SecOps) team and seeking senior to staff-level specialists to defend the Ubuntu estate and critical assets. The role emphasizes threat modelling, risk management, and security tooling across a global, remote-first organization.

You will contribute to open source threat intelligence, publish technical content, and collaborate with Engineering, IS, and leadership to improve security posture and measurable KPIs.

Qualifications

• Exceptional academic track record.
• Undergraduate degree in Computer Science or STEM or compelling alternative path.
• Drive and a track record of going above and beyond expectations.
• Deep personal motivation to be at the forefront of technology security.
• Expertise in threat modelling and risk management frameworks.
• Knowledge of security architecture and market-leading security tools.
• Experience contributing to, and consuming, threat intelligence feeds.
• Experience in security risk management frameworks such as NIST CSF.
• Experience with security standards such as ISO 27001

Responsibilities

• Implement and evolve Canonical's SecOps security standards and playbooks
• Analyse and improve Canonical's security architecture
• Evaluate, select and implement new security tools and practices
• Identify, contain and guide the remediation of security threats and cyber attacks
• Grow the presence and thought leadership of Canonical SecOps practice
• Contribute to open source threat intelligence initiatives
• Drive threat modelling, tabletop exercises and other SecOps practices across Engineering, IS and Canonical
• Develop Canonical SecOps learning and development materials
• Publish blog posts, whitepapers and conference presentations
• Identify, implement and track SecOps KPIs
• Plan and deliver SecOps work in the framework of Canonical's agile engineering practice
• Work with Security leadership to present information and influence change

Skills

Threat modelling

Risk management

Security architecture

Threat intelligence

Security standards

Education

Undergraduate degree in Computer Science or STEM

Job description

Canonical is expanding its Security Operations (SecOps) team and seeking senior to staff-level specialists to defend the Ubuntu estate and critical assets. The role emphasizes threat modelling, risk management, and security tooling across a global, remote-first organization.

You will contribute to open source threat intelligence, publish technical content, and collaborate with Engineering, IS, and leadership to improve security posture and measurable KPIs.