CareerPlan

Staff Security Engineer (Security Operations)

TorontoFull-timeCA$199k–CA$249k2026-11-10 → 2026-11-11
Based in Canada

Core

Lead detection, investigation, and response to security incidents across endpoint and cloud environments, while mentoring the security team.

Role type

Staff Security Operations Engineer (Individual Contributor)

Builds

Security incident response capabilities, detection rules, and team expertise

Domain

Cybersecurity (Endpoint Detection & Response, Cloud Security, Threat Hunting)

Required skills

Incident response leadership, Threat hunting, Endpoint detection and response (EDR), Cloud security, Identity security, Application security, Risk assessment, Threat modeling, Vulnerability remediation, Security testing, Coaching and mentoring

Preferred skills

AI tool fluency, Open-source contributions, Technical writing

Technologies

EDR platforms, Cloud environments, Identity systems, Detection and response platforms

Responsibilities

Lead incidents and investigations from scope to completion, Hunt for threats and build/tune detections, Contribute to security development lifecycle (risk assessments, threat modeling), Coach and mentor engineers across teams

Seniority

Staff, high-impact Individual Contributor