Senior Security Operations Engineer at Canonical
The Canonical Security Operations team is hiring for a Senior or Staff engineer. The Security Operations team is responsible for designing, building, and operating a world-class Security Operations Center. In this role you will provide leadership, mentorship, expertise, and outstanding individual contributions to these ends.
In this role, you will:
- 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.

Qualifications
- 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 leading a Security Operations Center.
- Professional engineering experience.
- Proficiency in common scripting languages such as Python and Bash.
- Knowledge of Git, GitOps, Infrastructure‑as‑Code, and common orchestration platforms (e.g., Kubernetes).

Optional
- Familiarity with security frameworks such as NIST CSF, CIS CSC, ISO 27001.
- Knowledge of security architecture and market‑leading security tools.
- Experience in a security operations team or center.
- Experience in offensive or defensive security with hands‑on ability.
- Experience with advanced persistent threats.
- Proficiency in additional programming languages such as Golang.

What we offer you
- Distributed work environment with twice‑yearly team sprints in person.
- Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year.
- Annual co

📌 Senior Security Operations Engineer (Ciudad de México)
🏢 Canonical
📍 Ciudad de México