Key skills
Cyber SecurityKubernetesOpen SourcePythonBashGitGitOpsAgileLeadership
About this role
Role Overview
- Provide operational and engineering leadership.
- Implement and evolve Canonical’s Security Operations Center.
- Design and develop security software and platforms.
- Monitor for, identify, respond to, and remediate security incidents.
- Assess and improve Canonical’s security controls.
- Mentor early-career Security Operations engineers.
- Plan and deliver work within Canonical's agile engineering framework.
- Contribute to open source security.
- Publish blog posts, whitepapers and conference presentations.
Requirements
- An exceptional academic track record.
- Undergraduate degree in Computer Science or STEM, or a compelling narrative about your alternative path.
- 10+ years of relevant professional experience
- Professional cybersecurity experience, preferably working or leading a Security Operations Center.
- Professional engineering experience.
- An eagerness to contribute to open source security.
- Proficiency in common scripting languages, such as Python and Bash.
- Knowledge of Git, GitOps, Infrastructure-as-Code, and common orchestration platforms (e.g., Kubernetes)
Tech Stack
- Cyber Security
- Kubernetes
- Open Source
- Python
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