Senior Security Operations Engineer

The role

You will harden cloud-native environments and manage IAM/RBAC for cloud infrastructure. You will also deploy security platforms, respond to security incidents, and support compliance initiatives.

What you will do

• Serve as trusted advisor to leadership and partner teams regarding business risks
• Harden cloud-native environments (AWS, OCI, GCP) with secure by default cloud controls
• Drive resolutions for secure infrastructure design using infrastructure-as-code and reusable code libraries
• Manage IAM / RBAC for cloud infrastructure
• Partner with IT on streamlining authentication/authorization
• Deploy, integrate and operationalize security platforms including SIEM, SOAR, domain monitoring, endpoint tooling, and cloud security tooling
• Respond to security incidents and harden environments post-incidents
• Support control monitoring and remediation for compliance initiatives
• Gather and analyze security metrics
• Partner with engineering teams to deliver practical, scalable security solutions

Required qualifications

• 5+ years previous experience in SecOps, DevSecOps, Cloud Security, Threat Detection & Response or software development with a strong focus on security engineering
• Experience in managing cloud platforms (GCP, AWS, Azure, OCI) and Kubernetes environments
• Familiarity with CI/CD systems and SecOps workflows (Git, Terraform) in cloud environments (GCP, AWS, Azure, OCI)
• Practical experience with infrastructure automation, network segmentation, system hardening, container and cloud security concepts, and security observability
• Experience with multiple languages such as Golang and/or Python
• Ability to make informed decisions with incomplete information
• Ability to make trade-offs between build vs. buy decisions
• Understanding of secure engineering best practices

Benefits

• Weekly lunch stipend of $75/£75 or equivalent
• Full health and dental benefits
• Separate budget for mental health
• RRSP matching, 401K, Pension Scheme
• 100% Parental Leave top-up for up to 6 months
• Annual enrichment benefits for arts & culture, fitness/wellness, quality time, and workspace improvement
• Education & learning stipend for conferences, courses, and coaching
• 6 weeks of paid vacation
• Budget for traveling to other offices if remote
• Annual company offsite
• Daily lunch program and snacks for those in office
• $500 home office stipend

About the company

Cohere is a security-first enterprise AI company that builds foundation AI models and end-to-end products. It is a global technology company headquartered in Toronto.