What you will do in this role :
- Hire and mentor a team of outstanding technical security professionals
- Define Canonical's SecOps security standards and playbooks
- Own and drive the architecture and design of the SOC
- 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 are looking for
Proven track record of mitigating with advanced threat actors and nation state threatsExpert technical understanding of SOCs from the ground upIn depth knowledge of SOC architecture and design including strategies for logging, firewalls, network segmentation, honeypots etcSomeone who understands how the SOC works not just how to use itAbility to define, implement, automate and measure effective incident response playbooksKnowledge of security architecture and market-leading security toolsExperience contributing to, and consuming, threat intelligence feedsExperience in security risk management frameworks such as NIST CSFAn exceptional academic track record from both high school and universityUndergraduate degree in Computer Science or STEM, or a compelling narrative about your alternative pathDrive and a track record of going above-and-beyond expectationsDeep personal motivation to be at the forefront of technology securityLeadership and management abilityExcellent business English writing and presentation skillsConfidence to report security performance metrics with accountability for accuracy and completenessOptional things we value
Experience in offensive or defensive security teams with hands-on abilityExperience with open source security toolsExperience with security standards such as ISO 27001Experience with security posture management of corporate endpointsApply for this job
For application, please use Canonical's official careers portal.
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