Application Security Intern securing Kinaxis’s AI - powered supply - chain orchestration platform. Testing applications, managing vulnerabilities, and improving DevSecOps controls in Ottawa.
About the role
- Cyber Security Analyst II managing cybersecurity for complex telecommunications systems. Responsible for vulnerability assessment, system design, and collaboration with various technical teams.
Responsibilities
- Review vulnerability assessment results and penetration test reports; assist in prioritizing findings based on risk.
- Support the development, validation, and maintenance of deployment scripts used for applying patches, configuration updates, and mitigation steps.
- Execute repeatable test procedures to confirm that mitigations, patches, and system changes are functioning as expected.
- Participate in system architecture discussions by contributing security focused observations and implementation considerations.
- Analyze system specifications to identify potential security gaps, misconfigurations, or integration issues.
- Assist in defining system requirements, integration steps, and qualification tests with a focus on security.
- Evaluate and integrate third party components (hardware, software, or cloud tools) under the guidance of senior engineers.
- Follow secure configuration baselines and support the development of system hardening templates or guidelines.
- Ensure system designs and configuration approaches adhere to recognized industry standards and frameworks, including secure by design principles and best practices for hardening and risk reduction.
- Conduct system integration tasks and run functional and security related test cases.
- Help create and update technical documents, deployment procedures, and operational playbooks.
- Work with Engineering, Cybersecurity, and Operations teams to implement solutions, resolve issues, and respond to emerging vulnerabilities or incidents.
- Assist in troubleshooting customer impacting problems by analyzing logs, configurations, and behavior across systems and networks.
- Stay informed on new vulnerabilities, CVEs, patches, and vendor advisories to support proactive mitigation activities.
Requirements
- Ability to understand and assess vulnerabilities, system risks, and remediation steps.
- Experience working with Windows 10/11 and Windows Server 2016+ in an operational or engineering context.
- Basic to intermediate experience with Active Directory concepts and management.
- Experience writing or modifying automation scripts (PowerShell, Python, Bash) to support deployment or testing tasks.
- Familiarity with containerization and virtualization platforms (Docker, Kubernetes, VMware, KVM).
- Experience with database systems such as MySQL/MariaDB or PostgreSQL.
- Hands on experience administering or supporting Linux systems (RHEL, Debian or equivalents).
- Ability to configure and troubleshoot basic networking devices (switches, routers, firewalls).
- Solid understanding of networking concepts (OSI Layer 2 & 3, VLANs, routing basics).
- Experience or interest in VoIP technologies (SIP/RTP) is an asset.
- Ability to use debugging tools and apply structured troubleshooting methods.
- Familiarity with vulnerability management tools (Nessus, Qualys, OpenVAS) is an asset.
- Knowledge of secure configuration frameworks (CIS Benchmarks, NIST guidance).
- Strong communication skills and ability to work collaboratively within multidisciplinary technical teams.
Benefits
- Compliance with Comtech’s Drug-Free Workplace Program
- Pre-employment drug screening
- Random, reasonable suspicion, and post-incident testing
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