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Head of Security Operations

Canonical
Location not specified
Full Time
Posted September 18, 2025
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Job Description

This is a leadership role in cybersecurity responsible for managing the Security Operations team, developing security strategies, implementing technical controls, and contributing to the broader security ecosystem to protect Canonical's infrastructure, products, and open source community.

Key Responsibilities

  • Manage and lead the Security Operations (SecOps) team responsible for security strategy, practices, tools, systems, and policies.
  • Design, implement, and evolve technical security controls to automatically identify, contain, and remediate threats.
  • Develop security standards, playbooks, and training materials; facilitate SecOps training across the organization.
  • Analyze and improve Canonical's security architecture and infrastructure.
  • Evaluate, select, and implement security tools and practices.
  • Identify, contain, and guide the remediation of security threats and cyber attacks.
  • Contribute to threat intelligence initiatives, threat modeling, and security exercises.
  • Publish security-related content and represent Canonical in industry events and governance bodies.
  • Drive security initiatives aligned with agile engineering practices and measure SecOps KPIs.
  • Collaborate with security leadership to influence security policies and practices.

Requirements

  • Proven track record of mitigating with advanced threat actors and nation state threats
  • Expert technical understanding of Security Operations Centers (SOCs) from the ground up
  • In-depth knowledge of SOC architecture and design including strategies for logging, firewalls, network segmentation, honeypots etc.
  • Someone who understands how the SOC works, not just how to use it
  • Expertise in Linux security
  • Ability to define, implement, automate, and measure effective incident response playbooks
  • 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
  • An exceptional academic track record from both high school and university
  • Undergraduate degree in Computer Science or STEM, or a compelling narrative about an alternative educational or career path
  • Drive and a track record of going above-and-beyond expectations
  • Deep personal motivation to be at the forefront of technology security
  • Leadership and management ability
  • Excellent business English writing and presentation skills
  • Confidence to report security performance metrics with accountability for accuracy and completeness

Benefits & Perks

Work in a global leadership role in cyber security
Opportunity to develop and implement security standards and playbooks
Contribute to open source threat intelligence initiatives
Engage in industry presentations, whitepapers, and conference speaking
Participate in threat modeling, tabletop exercises, and SecOps practices
Grow the presence and thought leadership of Canonical SecOps practice
Plan and deliver SecOps work within an agile engineering framework
Work with security leadership to influence organizational change

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