About the Job: This global leadership role in cyber security is to manage the Security Operations (SecOps) team responsible for the design, implementation, and evolution of Canonical's security practices, techniques, tools, systems, and policies. The SecOps team is the primary owner of strategy and practices that determine how Canonical secures its data, internal infrastructure, and build processes. They ensure the security and integrity of infrastructure and product deployments by implementing technical security controls that auto-identify, contain, and remediate security threats.
As a leader in cyber security, the SecOps team manager will collaborate with the Organizational Learning and Development team to develop playbooks and facilitate SecOps training across Canonical. This role involves running a high-performing security team and improving Canonical's overall security posture, integrating the team's insights into Canonical's broader software development process.
While this is a management position, leaders are expected to be expert practitioners, contributing at the highest level and assessing work based on their professional experience and skills. The SecOps team's mission includes not only securing Canonical but also contributing to the wider open-source ecosystem by sharing knowledge through public presentations and industry events.
Key Responsibilities:
- Hire and mentor a team of technical security professionals.
- Define SecOps security standards and playbooks.
- Drive the architecture and design of the Security Operations Center (SOC).
- Analyze and improve Canonical's security architecture.
- Evaluate, select, and implement new security tools and practices.
- Identify, contain, and guide the remediation of security threats.
- Grow the presence and thought leadership of Canonical’s SecOps practice.
- Contribute to open source threat intelligence initiatives.
- Drive threat modeling and SecOps practices across the organization.
- Develop SecOps learning and development materials.
- Publish blog posts, whitepapers, and conference presentations.
- Identify, implement, and track SecOps Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).
- Plan and deliver SecOps work within Canonical's agile engineering practice.
Qualifications:
- Proven track record with advanced threat actors and nation-state threats.
- Expert technical understanding of SOCs and their architecture, including strategies for logging and network segmentation.
- Proficient in Linux security.
- Ability to define, implement, automate, and measure effective incident response playbooks.
- Knowledgeable about security architecture, market-leading security tools, and risk management frameworks such as NIST CSF.
- Exceptional academic track record and an undergraduate degree in Computer Science or a STEM field.
- Strong leadership and management ability.
- Excellent business English writing and presentation skills.
Location: Jiddah, Makkah, Saudi Arabia (Remote)
Job Type: Full-time
Language Requirements: Excellent business English proficiency is required.
