Senior SOC Engineer with Open Source Impact

Canonical Ltd.; Johannesburg; Remote; ZAR 2,322,000 - 3,483,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Distributed team sprints

Learning budget USD 2000 per year

Annual compensation review

Annual leave

Parental leave

Employee Assistance Programme

Travel opportunities

Priority Pass travel upgrades

Job summary

Canonical is seeking a Senior or Staff Security Engineer to lead and contribute across the Security Operations Center, security software and tooling, and incident response. You will mentor engineers, publish security content, and help advance open source security initiatives.

The role emphasizes leadership within an agile, security-focused engineering environment, with opportunities to influence Canonical's security posture and open source contributions.

Qualifications

• Exceptional academic track record
• Undergraduate degree in CS or STEM or equivalent
• 10+ years of relevant professional experience
• Professional cybersecurity experience, preferably leading an SOC
• Professional engineering experience
• Eagerness to contribute to open source security
• Proficiency in Python and Bash
• Knowledge of Git, GitOps, IaC, and orchestration platforms like 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

Python

Bash

Git

GitOps

Kubernetes

Security operations

Leadership

Security engineering

Education

Undergraduate degree in Computer Science or STEM

Tools

GitOps

IaC

Kubernetes tooling

Job description

Canonical is seeking a Senior or Staff Security Engineer to lead and contribute across the Security Operations Center, security software and tooling, and incident response. You will mentor engineers, publish security content, and help advance open source security initiatives.

The role emphasizes leadership within an agile, security-focused engineering environment, with opportunities to influence Canonical's security posture and open source contributions.