Staff Security Operations Engineer

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We have opened several senior / staff Security Operations Engineer (SOC) positions, creating a new team reporting to the CISO. At the high end, we are looking for deep experience defending highly contested critical assets and high-value cyber targets against advanced persistent threats and state‑level actors. We also have more junior roles for exceptional individuals with a proven personal interest in cyber‑attack and defence, outstanding academic and career performance even if experience is limited.

Our goal is to build an entirely new level of assurance and observable rigour into the open source supply chain. While we monitor our own estate, we also aim to raise the robustness of the entire global Ubuntu estate through this team's work. The Security Operations (SecOps) team is responsible for designing, implementing and evolving Canonical security practices, techniques, tools, systems and policies. They are the primary owner of strategy and practices that determine how Canonical secures its data, internal infrastructure and build processes, and ensure the security and integrity of our infrastructure and product deployments. They design and implement technical security controls that automatically identify, contain and remediate threats, and contribute ideas and requirements for Canonical product security to improve resilience for all Ubuntu customers.

The SecOps team's mission is not only to secure Canonical, but also to contribute to the security of the wider open source ecosystem. They may share knowledge through public presentations and industry events, share threat intelligence with the community, or represent Canonical in sector‑specific governance bodies.

What you will do in this role

• Implement and evolve Canonical's SecOps security standards and playbooks
• Analyse and improve Canonical's security architecture
• Evaluate, select and implement new security tools and practices
• Identify, contain and guide remediation of security threats and cyber attacks
• Grow the presence and thought leadership of Canonical SecOps practice
• Contribute to open source threat intelligence initiatives
• Drive threat modelling, tabletop exercises and other SecOps practices across Engineering, IS and Canonical
• Develop Canonical SecOps learning and development materials
• Publish blog posts, whitepapers and conference presentations
• Identify, implement and track SecOps KPIs
• Plan and deliver SecOps work within Canonical's agile engineering practice
• Work with Security leadership to present information and influence change

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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.

Equal Opportunity Employer

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

Seniority level : Mid‑Senior level. Employment type : Full‑time.

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