Head Of Security Operations

Canonical UK Ltd

Home Based
Home based
Manage security operations (secops) team
Design, implementation and evolution of canonical security practices
Assuring the security and integrity of infrastructure
Canonical UK Ltd is seeking a Head of Security Operations to lead their SecOps team, focusing on the design and implementation of security practices to safeguard the company’s infrastructure and data. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in cybersecurity, particularly in managing security operations and threat intelligence, while also contributing to the broader open-source community

Job Summary

  • This global leadership role in cyber security is to manage the Security Operations (SecOps) team responsible for design, implementation and evolution of Canonical security practices, techniques, tools, systems and policies.
  • As a leader on cyber security in the company, the SecOps team manager will collaborate with our Organisational Learning and Development team to develop playbooks and facilitate SecOps training across Canonical.
  • The SecOps team's mission is not only to secure Canonical, but also to contribute to the security of the wider open source ecosystem.

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Canonical UK Ltd is seeking a Head of Security Operations to lead their SecOps team, focusing on the design and implementation of security practices to safeguard the company’s infrastructure and data. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in cybersecurity, particularly in managing security operations and threat intelligence, while also contributing to the broader open-source community.

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • manage Security Operations (SecOps) team
  • design, implementation and evolution of Canonical security practices
  • assuring the security and integrity of infrastructure
  • design and implement technical security controls
  • identify, contain and remediate security threats
  • develop playbooks and facilitate SecOps training
  • improve Canonical's security posture
  • integrate team's insights into software development
  • expert practitioners, able to lead by example
  • deep, hands-on expertise with security tooling
  • contribute to open source threat intelligence
  • mitigating with advanced threat actors
  • expert technical understanding of SOCs
  • in depth knowledge of SOC architecture and design
  • expert in Linux security
  • define, implement, automate and measure incident response
  • knowledge of security architecture and market-leading tools
  • experience contributing to threat intelligence feeds
  • experience in security risk management frameworks
  • leadership and management ability
  • excellent business English writing and presentation skills
  • report security performance metrics with accountability

Nice-to-have

  • grow the presence and thought leadership
  • drive threat modelling and table top exercises
  • publish blog posts, whitepapers and conference presentations
  • experience in offensive or defensive security teams
  • experience with open source security tools
  • experience with security standards such as ISO 27001
  • experience with security posture management of corporate endpoints

Key Requirements

  • Proven track record of mitigating with advanced threat actors
  • Expert technical understanding of SOCs from the ground up
  • In depth knowledge of SOC architecture and design
  • Expert in Linux security
  • Ability to define, implement, automate and measure effective incident response playbooks
  • Knowledge of security architecture and market-leading security tools
  • Experience contributing to, and consuming, threat intelligence feeds
  • Experience in security risk management frameworks such as NIST CSF
  • An exceptional academic track record
  • Undergraduate degree in Computer Science or STEM, or a compelling narrative about your alternative path
  • Drive and a track record of going above-and-beyond expectations
  • Deep personal motivation to be at the forefront of technology security
  • Leadership and management ability
  • Excellent business English writing and presentation skills
  • Confidence to report security performance metrics with accountability for accuracy and completeness

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