Staff Security Operations Engineer
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Job description
Security Operations (SecOps) role at Canonical, ranging from junior to deeply experienced, focused on securing Canonical's own infrastructure and raising the security of the wider Ubuntu and open source ecosystem. The team designs and implements security practices, tools and controls, and handles threat identification and remediation.
At a glance
- Work mode
- Remote
What you'll do
- 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 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
- An exceptional academic track record
- 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
- 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
Nice to have
- 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
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.
Benefits
- Distributed work environment with twice-yearly team sprints in person
- Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year
- Annual compensation review
- Recognition rewards
- Annual holiday leave
- Maternity and paternity leave
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues
- Priority Pass, and travel upgrades for long haul company events
- Performance-driven annual bonus
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About Canonical
A pioneering tech firm at the forefront of the global move to open source
Canonical is the company that publishes Ubuntu, one of the most important open source projects and the platform for AI, IoT and the cloud. Canonical has been a remote-first company since its inception in 2004 and recruits on a global basis.
Mission
To be at the forefront of the global move to open source and to raise the robustness of the entire global Ubuntu estate
Key facts
- 2004
- Open source software
- Publishes Ubuntu
- Remote-first company since its inception in 2004
- Recruits on a global basis
What they value
- Excellence
- Fairness globally
- Diversity of experience, perspectives, and background