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Head of Security Operations
Canonical
Contract type
Ongoing
Work mode
Remote
Experience
Lead / principal · Not stated
Level inferred from job title
Job description
A global leadership role managing Canonical's Security Operations (SecOps) team, responsible for designing, implementing and evolving Canonical's security practices, tools, systems and policies. The manager leads a high-performing team securing Canonical's data, infrastructure and build processes, and contributes to the security of the wider open source ecosystem.
At a glance
- Work mode
- Remote
- Languages
- English
What you'll do
- Hire and mentor a team of outstanding technical security professionals
- Define Canonical's SecOps security standards and playbooks
- Own and drive the architecture and design of the SOC
- Analyse 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
- Grow the presence and thought leadership of Canonical SecOps practice
- Contribute to open source threat intelligence initiatives
- Drive threat modelling, table top 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 in the framework of Canonical's agile engineering practice
- Work with Security leadership to present information and influence change
What we're looking for
- Proven track record of mitigating with advanced threat actors and nation state threats
- Expert technical understanding of 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
- Expert 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 your alternative 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
Nice to have
- Experience in offensive or defensive security teams with hands-on ability
- Experience with open source security tools
- Experience with security standards such as ISO 27001
- Experience with security posture management of corporate endpoints
Your team
Security Operations (SecOps) team
Responsible for design, implementation and evolution of Canonical security practices, techniques, tools, systems and policies; primary owner of strategy and practices that determine how Canonical secures its data, internal infrastructure and build processes.