This role involves designing, implementing, and evolving security practices and tools to protect Canonical's infrastructure and open source ecosystem, with a focus on threat analysis, risk management, and security architecture to ensure robust cybersecurity defenses.
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 relevant 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 in-person team sprints
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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