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The role
Canonical, publisher of Ubuntu, is opening several senior and staff Security Operations Engineer roles in a new team reporting to the CISO. The team secures Canonical's own systems and build processes and aims to raise assurance across the open source supply chain. Remote-first company.
What you will do
- Implement and evolve Canonical's SecOps security standards and playbooks
- Analyse and improve security architecture, and evaluate and implement new security tools
- Identify, contain and guide remediation of security threats and cyber attacks
- Drive threat modelling and tabletop exercises across engineering and information systems
- Contribute to open source threat intelligence and publish posts, whitepapers and talks
- Define and track SecOps KPIs, and plan work in an agile framework
What they ask for
- Expertise in threat modelling and risk management frameworks
- Knowledge of security architecture and leading security tools
- Experience contributing to and consuming threat intelligence feeds
- Experience with frameworks such as NIST CSF and standards such as ISO 27001
- Undergraduate degree in Computer Science or STEM, or a compelling alternative path
- Strong academic track record; at the senior end, experience defending critical assets against advanced threats
- Preferred: SOC experience or offensive/defensive security work
What they offer
- Performance-driven annual bonus
- Learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year
- Annual compensation review and recognition rewards
- Holiday, maternity and paternity leave, and an Employee Assistance Programme
- Twice-yearly in-person team sprints with company-funded travel
- Priority Pass and travel upgrades for long-haul events
This is our own short reading of the posting. The full description, and anything that has changed since, is on Canonical's careers page behind the apply button.
