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Canonical
About Canonical
Canonical maintains Ubuntu and sells long-term security maintenance, support and cloud and Kubernetes tooling to enterprises running it. Its openings mix product security, with Ubuntu security engineers, a Linux cryptography engineer and managers for Ubuntu security and for standards and hardening, with internal roles: a head of security operations, SecOps engineers, a threat intelligence lead, a security risk specialist and an IAM engineering manager. The company works home-based, worldwide.
Platform-stated
, CyberJobs.cc shows 11 security openings at Canonical, 10 of which name a salary range.
Canonical security openings
Read 11 Nov 2026, 15:57 UTC- $2,000/yr
Engineering Manager - Security Standards and Hardening (opens the job details)
Leadership · Remote· 1y+ agoDetails
$2,000/yrEngineering Manager for IAM (Identity and Access Management) (opens the job details)
IAM · Home Based - Americas; Home based - EMEA· 1y+ agoDetails
$2,000/yr- $2,000/yr
- $2,000/yr
- $2,000/yr
Head of Security Operations (opens the job details)
Leadership · Remote· 1y+ agoDetails
- $2,000/yr
Linux Cryptography and Security Engineer (opens the job details)
Security Engineering · Remote· 1y+ agoDetails
$2,000/yr- $2,000/yr
- $2,000/yr
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Working at Canonical
Founded by Mark Shuttleworth in 2004 and headquartered in London, Canonical is privately held. Its security postings state Not stated in its postings (platform-stated).
11 security roles open at the last read11 open roles at Canonical, confirmed on its careers system 11 Nov 2026.
Home-based salaried roles at a founder-owned private company.
Nearly every security role is home-based and open worldwide, with one limited to the Americas and one to EMEA.
Honest catches
- The salary note here is platform-stated rather than read from current postings, so use it as a guide, not as an offer.
Salaries at Canonical
Platform-stated · as of 2026-11-11Recorded salary note, platform-stated, dated 2026-11-11
Canonical's postings carry no salary; because they are open to applicants in many countries, pay is set by location after hiring.
10 of its 11 open roles give a salary, not enough to call any figure typical of Canonical, so the note above stands. By specialty:
| Kind of work | Open roles | Rates stated | Highest rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leadership | 3 | No rate stated | None stated |
| Security Engineering | 3 | No rate stated | None stated |
| SecOps & IR | 2 | No rate stated | None stated |
| GRC | 1 | No rate stated | None stated |
| IAM | 1 | No rate stated | None stated |
| Threat Intel & Research | 1 | No rate stated | None stated |
Specialties Canonical hires in
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Canonical: common questions
What salary does Canonical offer security staff?
Not stated in its postings. Canonical's postings carry no salary; because they are open to applicants in many countries, pay is set by location after hiring.
What sort of company is Canonical?
Founded by Mark Shuttleworth in 2004 and headquartered in London, Canonical is privately held.
What is it like to work in security at Canonical?
Its security postings state Not stated in its postings (platform-stated). As a cloud and data company, its security work runs at infrastructure scale, with heavy cloud and identity focus.
What kind of employment are Canonical's security roles?
Home-based salaried roles at a founder-owned private company.
Where are Canonical's security jobs based?
Nearly every security role is home-based and open worldwide, with one limited to the Americas and one to EMEA.
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