Senior Security Engineer (Cybersecurity)

Location: On-site in Ottawa or Toronto, Canada

Company

hirify.global builds defence capability for the Canadian Armed Forces and its allies, with systems already deployed in the field.

What you will do

• Design and operate the security platform across identity, endpoints, detection, automation, and compliance.
• Build a Terraform-managed identity platform with SSO, SCIM, WebAuthn/FIDO2 authentication, and device-trust enforcement.
• Deploy and tune EDR and maintain secure MDM baselines for managed macOS endpoints.
• Integrate HRIS and IT asset-management systems to automate joiner, mover, leaver, and asset-lifecycle workflows.
• Build SIEM log-ingestion pipelines, detection-as-code capabilities, and CI/CD-deployed detections.
• Design SOAR automation integrating identity, secrets management, collaboration tools, security platforms, and GenAI/LLM models.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in security engineering, infrastructure security, or a closely related discipline.
• Hands-on experience with identity and access management, modern IdPs, SSO/SCIM, phishing-resistant MFA, and device trust.
• Strong Terraform and security-tooling infrastructure-as-code experience.
• Expertise in EDR, MDM, SIEM, log pipelines, detection-as-code, security automation, SOAR, APIs, and Python or similar scripting.
• Working knowledge of NIST SP 800-171, CMMC/CPCSC, and ITSP.10.171, including translating controls into engineering work.
• Must work on-site in Ottawa or Toronto, Canada. Canadian data-residency requirements apply, and eligibility to obtain a Canadian Reliability or Secret security clearance is an asset.

Nice to have

• Experience in defence, government, critical infrastructure, or other regulated environments.
• Experience securing GenAI/LLM systems and building AI-driven security automation.
• Exposure to OT, embedded, robotics, or autonomous-systems security.
• OSCP, GIAC, or other relevant certifications.
• Defence background is not required.

Culture & Benefits

• High-ownership role with direct access to leadership and short feedback loops.
• Opportunity to build defence capability for the Canadian Armed Forces and allies.
• Competitive base salary and company equity.
• Comprehensive health benefits.
• Additional equity based on impact; equity is available to full-time employees.

Hiring process

• AI tools may support screening and response review.
• Final hiring decisions are made by people in accordance with Canadian privacy and employment laws.