Senior Security Operations Engineer at Canonical – Lagos

Canonical is recruiting a Senior Security Operations Engineer in Lagos to lead security operations engineering, strengthen its Security Operations Centre and improve the organisation’s response to security threats.

Key responsibilities

• Provide operational and engineering leadership for security operations.
• Implement and continually develop Canonical’s Security Operations Centre, its tools and supporting platforms.
• Design security software and platforms, and monitor, investigate, respond to and remediate security incidents.
• Evaluate security controls and deliver improvements.
• Mentor early-career security operations engineers and deliver work within Canonical’s agile engineering framework.
• Contribute to open-source security and share expertise through articles, whitepapers and conference presentations.

Requirements

• At least 10 years of relevant professional experience, with experience in cybersecurity and engineering.
• Experience working in or leading a Security Operations Centre is preferred.
• A strong academic record and a degree in Computer Science or another STEM discipline, or a compelling alternative career pathway.
• Proficiency in scripting languages such as Python and Bash.
• Knowledge of Git, GitOps, Infrastructure as Code and orchestration platforms such as Kubernetes.
• Enthusiasm for contributing to open-source security.

Additional advantages

• Familiarity with NIST CSF, CIS Controls or ISO 27001.
• Security architecture and leading security products.
• Hands-on offensive or defensive security experience, including advanced persistent threats.
• Additional programming languages such as Go.