Senior Security Operations Engineer

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Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

The Canonical Security Operations team is hiring for a Senior or Staff engineer who will lead, mentor, and contribute to the design, building, and operation of a world-class Security Operations Center. The successful candidate will provide leadership, mentorship, expertise, and outstanding individual contributions towards those ends.

Role Aspects

• Traditional SOC duties – security monitoring, threat hunting, and response.
• Security engineering – assessing and protecting Canonical platforms and products.
• Software engineering – building custom tools and platforms.
• Site reliability engineering – deploying, maintaining, and automating security tools.

Beyond securing Canonical's digital estate, this position represents a unique opportunity to contribute to the open source ecosystem. Team members may present at industry conferences, share threat intelligence with the wider community, or publish open source security software.

Responsibilities

Qualifications

Preferred Skills and Experience

Benefits

We consider geographical location, experience, and performance in shaping compensation worldwide. We revisit compensation annually (and more often for graduates and associates) to ensure we recognise outstanding performance. In addition to base pay, we offer a performance‑driven annual bonus. We provide all team members with additional benefits, which reflect our values and ideals. We balance our programs to meet local needs and ensure fairness globally.

About Canonical

Canonical is a pioneering tech firm at the forefront of the global move to open source. As the company that publishes Ubuntu – one of the most important open source projects and the platform for AI, IoT and the cloud – we are changing the world on a daily basis. We recruit on a global basis and set a very high standard for people joining the company. We expect excellence – in order to succeed, we need to be the best at what we do. Canonical has been a remote‑first company since its inception in 2004. Working here is a step into the future, and will challenge you to think differently, work smarter, learn new skills, and raise your game.

Canonical is an equal opportunity employer. We are proud to foster a workplace free from discrimination. Diversity of experience, perspectives, and background create a better work environment and better products. Whatever your identity, we will give your application fair consideration.

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