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Security Risk Management Specialist
Canonical USA INC · 🇺🇸 Home based - Worldwide
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The US Department of Labor certified 1 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Feb 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 1 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
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About the role
In security risk management we’re looking to harness the power of industry best practice combined with driving new innovation on how we do security risk assessments and modelling. Our security risk management team is the primary owner of the strategy and practices of how we identify, track and reduce our security risk across everything we do. To support this we need to use industry best practices paired with emerging threat information to to promote risk identification, quantification, impact analysis, and modelling to ultimately drive decision making. In this role, you will help establish and execute a broad strategic vision for the security risk program at Canonical. You will not only work within the team but also cross-functionally with various teams across the organisation. The team contributes ideas and requirements for Canonical product security, improving the resilience and robustness of all Ubuntu customers and users subject to cyber attacks. Additionally, the team collaborates with our Organisational Learning and Development team to develop playbooks and facilitate security training across Canonical. The security risk management team’s mission is not only to secure Canonical, but also to contribute to the security of the wider open source ecosystem. They might share knowledge through public presentations and industry events, and share threat intelligence with the wider community or represent Canonical in sector-specific governance bodies. What you will do in this role: • Define Canonical's security risk management standards and playbooks • Analyse and improve Canonical's security risk practices • Evaluate, select and implement new security requirements, tools and practices • Grow the presence and thought leadership of Canonical security risk management practice • Develop Canonical security risk learning and development materials • Work with Security leadership to present information and influence change • Participate in developing key risk indicators, provide inputs to the development of key control indicators, and key performance indicators for various programs • Apply statistical models to risk frameworks (such as FAIR, sensitivity analysis, and others) • Participate in risk management, decision-making, and collaborative discussions • Lead quantified risk assessments and understand the value of qualitative data for improvements to quality and engineering processes • Interpret internal or external cyber security risk analyses in business terms and recommend a responsible course of action • Develop templates and materials to help with self-service risk management actions • Monitor and identify opportunities to improve the effectiveness of risk management processes • Launch campaigns to perform security assessments and help mitigate security risks across the company • Build evaluation methods and performance indicators to measure efficiency of security functions and capabilities. What we are looking for • 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 • Problem-solver with excellent communication skills, a deep technical understanding of security assessments and risk management • Expertise in threat modelling and risk management frameworks • Broad knowledge of how to operationalize the management of security risk • Experience in Secure Development Lifecycle and Security by Design methodology What we offer you We consider geographical location, experience, and perform