Security Operations Engineer

Position: Staff Security Operations Engineer

Location: Victoria

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We have opened several senior‑staff Security Operations Engineer (SOC) positions, creating a new team reporting to the CISO. We are looking for a range of experience – from deep, high‑end expertise defending highly contested critical assets against state‑level actors to exceptional junior individuals with a strong interest in cyber attack and defence.

Our goal is to build an entirely new level of assurance and observable rigor into the open source supply chain, raising the robustness of the entire global Ubuntu estate through the work of this team.

The Security Operations (Sec Ops) team is responsible for designing, implementing and evolving Canonical security practices, techniques, tools, systems and policies. The team owns the strategy and practices that determine how Canonical secures its data, internal infrastructure and build processes, ensuring the security and integrity of our own infrastructure and product deployments. They design and implement technical security controls that automatically identify, contain and remediate security threats and contribute ideas and requirements for Canonical product security, improving resilience for all Ubuntu customers and users.

What you will do in this role:

Implement and evolve Canonical's Sec Ops 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 Sec Ops practice

Contribute to open source threat intelligence initiatives

Drive threat modelling, tabletop exercises and other Sec Ops practices across Engineering, IS and Canonical

Develop Canonical Sec Ops learning and development materials

Publish blog posts, whitepapers and conference presentations

Identify, implement and track Sec Ops KPIs

Plan and deliver Sec Ops work within Canonical's agile engineering practice

Work with Security leadership to present information and influence change

What we are looking for

Exceptional academic track record

Undergraduate degree in Computer Science or STEM, or a compelling narrative about an 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 with security risk management frameworks such as NIST CSF

Experience with security standards such as ISO 27001

Optional things we value

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

What we offer you

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

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.

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.

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