Role: CyberSecurity Specialist
Location: Toronto, ON (Hybrid)
Duration: Contract
- AI Security & Agentic AI Development
- Experience with LLMs, AI agents, tool calling, orchestration frameworks, APIs, and security automation
- Ability to build agentic AI security harnesses, prototypes, and proof-of-concepts
- Knowledge of AI Security and emerging AI-native security technologies
- Security Research & Emerging Technology Evaluation
- Research experience in Application Security, AI Security, Quantum/PQC, Blockchain, and other emerging technologies
- Ability to design experiments, build prototypes, benchmark products, and perform technical due diligence
- Experience validating vendor claims and assessing enterprise applicability
- Software Engineering & Security Architecture
- Strong development skills in Python (most important), along with Java, Node.js, Go, and C/C++
- Hands-on experience integrating APIs, cloud platforms, containers, and automation frameworks
- Deep understanding of Application Security, Threat Modeling, Secure Development, Network Security, Infrastructure Security, and Security Architecture
Technical Security Research Engineer to research, prototype, evaluate, and operationalize emerging • Master’s degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, AI, Computer Engineering, or related field; PhD welcomed.
- Strong hands-on software development skills, particularly Python, Java, Node, Go, C/C++ with experience in additional modern programming languages.
- Experience with LLMs, AI agents, tool calling, orchestration frameworks, APIs, cloud, containers, and security automation.
- Strong knowledge of Application Security, AI Security, vulnerability research, threat modeling, Secure development, Network security, infrastructure Security, Security Architecture and other security domains.
- Demonstrated ability to design experiments, build prototypes, and evaluate emerging technologies.
Highly Valued
- Research papers or presentations at recognized cybersecurity, AI, or systems forums.
- Experience with AI red teaming, autonomous penetration testing, agent security, or AI-native security tooling.
- Cybersecurity startup, founder, or early-stage product experience.
• Experience pitching to venture capital, corporate venture teams, accelerators, or investment stakeholders.
- Patents, open-source security projects, vulnerability research, or other demonstrated technical innovation.
Certifications : CISSP, OSCP, CSSLP or equivalent
Ideal Candidate
- The ideal candidate combines the mindset of a security researcher, software engineer, and emerging-technology evaluator and is comfortable turning new ideas into measurable, working cybersecurity capabilities.
Thank you
Praveen
praveen.s@themesoft.com
