Staff Security Operations Engineer
CanonicalRemote
Full Time
Posted September 18, 2025
Not Specified
Remote
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Job Description
A senior security operations engineer responsible for developing and implementing security practices, analyzing threats, and enhancing the security infrastructure of Canonical and the open source ecosystem, with opportunities for leadership, knowledge sharing, and contributing to threat intelligence initiatives.
Key Responsibilities
- Implement and evolve Canonical's SecOps security standards and playbooks
- Analyze 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
- Contribute to open source threat intelligence initiatives
- Drive threat modeling, tabletop exercises, and other SecOps practices
- Develop SecOps learning and development materials
- Publish blog posts, whitepapers, and conference presentations on security topics
- Identify, implement, and track SecOps KPIs
- Plan and deliver SecOps work within agile engineering frameworks
- Work with security leadership to present information and influence security strategies
Requirements
- An undergraduate degree in Computer Science or STEM, or a compelling narrative about an alternative path demonstrating equivalent knowledge and skills.
- 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.
- Drive and a track record of going above-and-beyond expectations.
- Experience in a security operations team or a security operations centre (SOC).
- Experience in offensive or defensive security teams with hands-on ability.
- Experience with state-actor and other advanced persistent threats.
Benefits & Perks
Annual compensation review
Performance-driven annual bonus
Recognition rewards
Annual holiday leave
Maternity and paternity leave
Employee Assistance Programme
Distributed work environment with twice-yearly team sprints in person
Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year
Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues
Priority Pass, and travel upgrades for long haul company events
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