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Security Engineer
- Toronto, ON, Canada
- North York, ON, Canada
Full-time
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Job details
- Job type
- Full-time
- Closing date
- Experience
- 5+ years of experience in cybersecurity engineering, security research, security architecture, or a related technical role.
- Posting language
- English
- Posted
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Key Responsibilities
- Research emerging cybersecurity technologies, attack techniques, and defensive capabilities.
- Design, build, and validate proof-of-concepts (PoCs) to assess the feasibility of new security solutions.
- Develop prototypes, tools, scripts, and automation to support security research initiatives.
- Evaluate commercial and open-source security products and provide technical recommendations.
- Conduct security testing, threat modeling, and capability assessments across enterprise environments.
- Analyze emerging threats, vulnerabilities, and attacker tactics to identify security improvement opportunities.
- Collaborate with engineering, security operations, architecture, and product teams to operationalize successful research outcomes.
- Create technical documentation, research findings, architecture recommendations, and implementation guidance.
- Support technology selection decisions through benchmarking, testing, and technical due diligence.
- Stay current with cybersecurity trends, threat intelligence, AI-driven security advancements, and industry best practices.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Information Security, or a related field.
- 5+ years of experience in cybersecurity engineering, security research, security architecture, or a related technical role.
- Strong programming experience in one or more languages such as Python, Go, C/C++, Java, or Rust.
- Hands-on experience developing prototypes, automation tools, or security-focused applications.
- Strong understanding of:
- Network Security
- Application Security
- Cloud Security
- Identity & Access Management
- Threat Detection and Response
- Security Architecture Principles
- Experience performing technical evaluations of security technologies and products.
- Ability to communicate complex technical findings to both technical and business stakeholders.
More about this job
Responsibilities
The role involves researching emerging cybersecurity threats and designing proof-of-concepts to validate new security solutions. The engineer will develop automation tools and collaborate with cross-functional teams to operationalize research findings.
Requirements
Candidates need a Bachelor's or Master's degree in a relevant field and over 5 years of experience in security engineering or research. Proficiency in programming languages like Python or Go and a deep understanding of security architecture are required.
Skills
- Cybersecurity Research
- Proof-of-Concept Development
- Python
- Go
- C/C++
- Java
- Rust
- Network Security
- Application Security
- Cloud Security
- Identity & Access Management
- Threat Detection and Response
- Security Architecture
- Threat Modeling
- Technical Documentation
- Security Testing
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Categories
- Security & Safety
- Technology
- Software
- Engineering
- Consulting
Keywords
- Cybersecurity
- PoC
- Automation
- Threat Intelligence
- AI-driven Security
- Network Security
- Application Security
- Cloud Security
- IAM
- Threat Modeling
- Python
- Go
- C/C++
- Java
- Rust
- Security Architecture
- Vulnerability Analysis
- Benchmarking
- Technical Due Diligence
- IT Services
- IT Consulting