Head of Security Operations
Canonical · Engineering · Lead · 20d ago
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“Home based - Worldwide”
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- Contractor / B2B
- No mention of hiring international contractors or invoicing.
- Global stipend
- No home office or equipment budget mentioned.
- Annual retreat
- No company-paid get-togethers mentioned.
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About the role
As Head of Security Operations reporting to the CISO, you will manage the SecOps team responsible for designing, implementing, and evolving Canonical's security practices, internal infrastructure security, and build processes. You will lead technical security controls to identify, contain, and remediate threats, collaborate on SecOps training, and drive architecture and tooling for the Security Operations Center. Managers are expected to be hands-on expert practitioners who can lead by example and contribute to broader open source ecosystem security.
What you'll do
- Hire, mentor, and lead a high-performing technical security operations team
- Own and drive the architecture, design, and continuous improvement of the SOC and security standards
- Identify, contain, and guide the automated remediation of security threats and cyber attacks
- Drive threat modelling, tabletop exercises, and SecOps practices across Engineering and IS
- Define, implement, and track SecOps KPIs and incident response playbooks
- Publish thought leadership content and contribute to open source threat intelligence initiatives
What you bring
- Proven track record mitigating advanced threat actors and nation-state threats
- Expert technical understanding of SOC architecture, design, logging, firewalls, and network segmentation
- Expert hands-on knowledge of Linux security and incident response automation
- Experience with security risk management frameworks (such as NIST CSF) and threat intelligence feeds
- Undergraduate degree in Computer Science/STEM or equivalent compelling background
- Excellent business English writing and presentation skills
About Canonical
Canonical is the publisher of Ubuntu, providing open source software platforms, enterprise support, and services to developers and organizations worldwide.
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