Top Cyber Security Jobs in Ottawa

Conduct AI-driven security assessments across software, hardware, and firmware; develop AI-enabled offensive and defensive security tooling; identify and remediate vulnerabilities; test LLMs, agentic workflows, and cloud environments; and guide organization-wide AI security strategy. Partner with engineering and leadership, lead threat-modeling sessions, and communicate security findings and recommendations to senior stakeholders.

Triage bug bounty and vulnerability management reports, validate findings, assess severity, identify duplicates, and coordinate remediation through closure. Collaborate with PSIRT, engineering, legal, communications, customer success, and security teams. Support CVE assignments as a CNA representative, communicate with researchers and customers, maintain accurate records, monitor operational metrics, and improve vulnerability-handling procedures, runbooks, and documentation.

Monitor and analyze security events, lead incident response and employee investigations, conduct digital forensics, communicate findings to stakeholders, build investigation tools and automated workflows, and improve security operations processes. The role requires Python scripting, SIEM experience, cloud security knowledge across AWS and GCP, and forensic analysis across macOS, Windows, and Linux.

Build and operate MITRE ATT&CK-aligned threat detections across cloud, endpoint, identity, email, and application telemetry. Own the detection lifecycle, advance detection-as-code with Git, testing, CI/CD, and observability, and improve data ingestion and enrichment. Evaluate AI-assisted security capabilities, translate threat intelligence into detections, and partner with Security Operations during investigations and incident exercises. The role requires strong Python and SQL skills, SIEM expertise, AWS and Linux knowledge, and independent project leadership.

Lead Affirm’s enterprise AI security review program, threat-model AI and LLM applications, assess agentic systems and tool permissions, and design automated guardrails, controls, monitoring, and policy-as-code. Review code, prompts, configurations, vendors, and SaaS AI capabilities; develop testing and red-team scenarios; identify emerging vulnerabilities; support incident response; and lead cross-functional initiatives across Security, Engineering, Legal, Privacy, and Compliance.

Lead radio security engineering and system-level verification across lab and field environments. Design and validate software mitigations, run vulnerability analysis and protocol testing, reproduce and debug field issues, build and operate verification labs, and develop AI-enabled automation and CI/CD integrations to orchestrate security tools and produce structured reports.

Leads secure enterprise architecture design and GitLab Professional Services implementations across application security, cloud security, DevSecOps, identity, vulnerability management, and compliance. Guides SaaS, Self-Managed, and Dedicated deployment decisions; leads CI/CD, source control, and security-tool migrations; conducts risk assessments and threat modeling; supports pre-sales scoping and statements of work; coordinates cross-functional delivery; mentors consultants; and develops security enablement materials.

Conduct red team operations, adversary simulations, and offensive security assessments across cloud environments. Evaluate cloud infrastructure, identity architectures, CI/CD pipelines, containerized workloads, and cloud-native services. Identify attack paths involving IAM, secrets, metadata, automation, and configuration weaknesses. Validate detection and response capabilities with blue teams, track emerging attacker techniques, and drive remediation through concise reporting and stakeholder communication.

Provides expert leadership for integrating cybersecurity into enterprise architecture, modernization, and transformation initiatives. Defines security principles, reference architectures, design patterns, standards, controls, and guardrails across IT, operational technology, cloud, and application environments. Reviews solution designs, applies threat and risk intelligence, supports architecture governance, and promotes interoperability across cybersecurity platforms. The role collaborates with enterprise architecture, technology teams, and business stakeholders in a regulated, safety-critical environment.

Threat model and secure Snyk’s GCP and AWS cloud infrastructure by creating Terraform, Kubernetes, CI/CD, and GitOps fixes. Use AI coding agents and MCP-connected cloud data to automate security remediation across repositories. Harden IAM, Kubernetes, containers, and deployment pipelines; implement CSPM and security testing; benchmark against CIS, ISO 27001, and NIST 800-53; review AI-generated changes; and consult with platform teams to drive secure implementations.

Conduct advanced application security research across GitLab’s DevSecOps and AI-powered platforms. Identify and exploit novel, systemic, and chained vulnerabilities; develop proof-of-concept exploits, testing methodologies, and research automation; assess AI attack vectors and open-source dependencies; drive remediation and security improvements; advise engineering teams, contribute to roadmaps, mentor researchers, and share findings with the security community.

Conducts advanced application security research across GitLab’s DevSecOps and AI-powered platforms. Responsibilities include discovering and exploiting systemic vulnerabilities, penetration testing, developing proof-of-concept exploits, researching AI and agentic security threats, building automated research tooling, coordinating remediation, mentoring security professionals, and communicating findings to engineering and security communities.

Lead Appfire’s Platform and Innovation portfolios, defining strategy, roadmaps, platform capabilities, AI services, and 0-to-1 product development. Own the technical relationship with Atlassian, including platform, API, Forge, Marketplace, security, and ecosystem changes. Build and coach product leadership teams, manage investment decisions, drive platform adoption, and oversee commercial outcomes including revenue, customer adoption, and product launches.

Own and evolve GitLab’s authorization systems across its Ruby on Rails monolith and next-generation Rust policy engine. Design fine-grained permissions for users, tokens, roles, and AI agents; secure GraphQL and REST APIs; lead feature-flagged rollouts and migrations; improve performance and reliability; and collaborate across authentication, platform, AI, and modular-service teams in a distributed asynchronous environment.

Owns GitLab’s global security awareness and human-risk program, including training, phishing simulations, behavior-change initiatives, security culture campaigns, multimedia content, platform administration, reporting, vendor management, policy support, audit evidence, and remediation tracking. The role requires measurable risk reduction across a globally distributed enterprise and strategic influence across technical and non-technical teams.

Conduct manual penetration testing, secure code reviews, and SAST triage across web applications, APIs, and AWS infrastructure. Develop AI-assisted security tooling, define testing approaches for LLM applications and agentic systems, and review AI-generated software before production. Communicate vulnerabilities, risks, and remediation priorities to engineering teams while improving secure SDLC practices.

Manages IT security and application initiatives, including project planning, business case development, risk analysis, process design, stakeholder coordination, vendor liaison, and change management. Leads cross-functional teams, evaluates technology solutions, supports operational applications, and oversees implementation, maintenance, and communication strategies. Requires expertise in IT project management, information security practices, business process analysis, and bilingual communication in English and French.

Build AI-driven security scanners and automation for vulnerability discovery, triage, validation, and remediation. Red team internal AI systems through jailbreak, prompt injection, and tool abuse testing. Partner with engineering teams to remediate vulnerabilities, verify fixes, and improve bug bounty and incident response workflows. Mentor junior security engineers on AI-augmented offensive security practices.

Maintains a safe, secure, and welcoming casino environment by monitoring operations, patrolling gaming and public areas, responding to incidents, enforcing regulations, supporting emergency coordination, protecting money transfers, preparing reports, assisting guests, and promoting responsible gaming and alcohol service.

Coordinates cybersecurity procedures, monitoring, reporting, incident and vulnerability follow-up, audits, documentation, and continuous improvement. Oversees managed security providers, evaluates their findings and recommendations, coordinates internal remediation, and presents risks and strategies to leadership, customers, and staff. Supports security investigations, control assessments, regulatory inspections, audit responses, and security technology or compliance projects within a regulated life sciences environment.

Build and operate infrastructure security platforms centered on workload identity, service-to-service authentication, authorization, and short-lived credentials. Replace static secrets with identity-based systems, develop identity-authenticated proxies and APIs, and unify authorization policy management. Partner with platform and application teams to drive adoption, migrate legacy systems, and ensure reliable production infrastructure with strong developer experience.

Lead secure design and code reviews, conduct penetration testing and code audits, build secure-by-default systems, improve security tooling and vulnerability management, operate responsible disclosure programs, remediate production vulnerabilities, and address customer security concerns. The role partners closely with engineering teams and requires strong coding, risk assessment, offensive security, and security communication skills.

Leads global and site security programs across facilities, offices, and laboratories. Responsibilities include security operations, risk and vulnerability assessments, crisis response, investigations, threat awareness training, vendor and contract coordination, governance, technology roadmaps, reporting, and continuous improvement. The role manages security budgets, supports law-enforcement relationships, advises executive leadership, and maintains 24/7 readiness for security incidents and emergencies.

Lead corporate endpoint security architecture with a focus on macOS, designing secure-by-default controls, automation, patching, software distribution, and security baselines across macOS, iOS, Windows, and Linux. Manage configurations through Terraform, GitOps, version control, CI pipelines, and automated rollouts. Partner with IT and security teams to improve telemetry, detection, response, auditability, and operational efficiency. Mentor engineers and serve as a senior escalation point for complex endpoint security issues in a fully remote environment.

Assess web, API, identity, AWS, and integration security controls for a bilingual nonprofit platform. Identify and report security and privacy risks, conduct threat modeling, scope and coordinate security testing, and verify remediation. Evaluate least-privilege access, encryption, secrets management, logging, consent, retention, data residency, and youth-data protections under Canadian privacy requirements. Collaborate with delivery teams and client stakeholders while documenting findings and recommendations. Canadian or U.S.-based contractors must work during Eastern Time business hours.