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About the role

  • Staff AI Security Engineer securing EQ Bank’s enterprise AI, machine learning, and cloud platforms. Building guardrails, controls, automation, and detection capabilities for Canada’s Challenger Bank.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the design, implementation, and operation of security controls for AI, generative AI, machine learning, AI agents, copilots, automation platforms, orchestration frameworks, model providers, and supporting cloud services
  • Report to the Senior Director, Cyber Security Engineering & Operations
  • Work as a fully dedicated, embedded security partner to the AI Centre of Enablement and Enterprise Technology, Data & AI organization
  • Develop reusable security patterns, guardrails, control implementations, automation, and detection capabilities for enterprise AI adoption
  • Partner with AI Centre of Enablement, AI Engineering, Data Engineering, Technology, Cyber, Architecture, Data, Engineering, and business teams
  • Implement data protection, identity, access, model access, monitoring, and detection controls
  • Review solution designs and provide guidance on risks, control gaps, and regulatory requirements
  • Perform and support adversarial testing and prioritize remediation of security weaknesses
  • Assess AI supply-chain risks involving models, plug-ins, agents, and third-party AI services
  • Support AI governance, compliance, audit, and risk management activities
  • Create technical documentation, standards, procedures, and implementation guidance
  • Mentor engineers, architects, delivery teams, and technical and non-technical stakeholders
  • Engage vendors and external partners to validate security capabilities
  • Serve as a senior individual contributor with no direct reports

Requirements

  • A college diploma or university degree in computer science, engineering, information security, or a related technical field is required
  • 7-9 years of experience in cyber security, software engineering, cloud engineering, or platform engineering, including a minimum of 4 years in a cyber security role
  • Expert-level knowledge of AI and cloud security controls
  • Experience designing, implementing, and supporting security controls in cloud-native and enterprise environments
  • Strong understanding of generative AI, LLMs, AI agents, RAG, machine learning platforms, model integrations, and AI-enabled business solutions
  • Strong understanding of AI-specific security risks, including prompt injection, sensitive information disclosure, data/model poisoning, insecure output handling, excessive agency, system prompt leakage, vector and embedding weaknesses, and AI supply chain risk
  • Experience securing cloud platforms and services
  • Experience securing enterprise AI platforms, copilots, coding assistants, model providers, orchestration frameworks, or agentic AI technologies
  • Knowledge of application security, API security, IAM, secrets management, encryption, and secure software development
  • Experience developing automation, integrations, or security tooling using Python or PowerShell
  • Experience with CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure-as-Code, containers, and cloud-native technologies
  • Understanding of security monitoring, logging, detection, and incident response
  • Working knowledge of NIST AI RMF, ISO/IEC 42001, OWASP Top 10 for LLM Applications, MITRE ATLAS, NIST CSF, and CIS Controls
  • Ability to review technical designs and provide practical security guidance
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
  • Ability to influence technical decisions without direct authority
  • Relevant certifications such as CISSP, CCSP, GIAC, Microsoft Azure Security Engineer, or Google Professional Cloud Security Engineer are an asset
  • Candidates must successfully complete a criminal background check and credit check

Benefits

  • Competitive discretionary bonus
  • Market leading RRSP match program
  • Medical, dental, vision, life, and disability benefits
  • Employee Share Purchase Plan
  • Maternity/Parental top-up
  • Generous vacation policy and personal days
  • Virtual events to connect with colleagues
  • Professional development and comprehensive Career Development program
  • Hybrid work arrangement
  • Barrier-free recruitment process and work environment accommodations

Job title

Job type

Full Time

Experience level

Lead

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Associate's Degree

Tech skills

AzureCloudCyber SecurityPython

Location requirements

HybridTorontoCanada

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