Senior Product Cybersecurity Engineer – Platform Security

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About the role

  • Senior cybersecurity engineer securing L3Harris’s mission-critical platform-management systems for military and cruise ships. Hardening Linux, networks, software, and infrastructure across the product lifecycle.

Responsibilities

  • Assess, implement, and manage cybersecurity and IT technologies integrated into the Integrated Platform Management System
  • Strengthen the system’s security posture across all phases of the development lifecycle, from initial design to final deployment
  • Work closely with software development teams, DevOps, and Integration & Test engineers
  • Communicate cybersecurity concepts, provide guidance, and help prioritize security-related tasks for cross-functional teams
  • Identify, assess, and remediate system vulnerabilities based on risk and impact
  • Develop tools, scripts, and automation to enhance cybersecurity operations and contribute to security-relevant code
  • Define and document cybersecurity requirements for software components to ensure compliance with security standards
  • Deploy, configure, and maintain cybersecurity solutions to improve the overall system security posture
  • Support deployments directly onboard ships when applicable

Requirements

  • Minimum of 10 years of experience in cybersecurity as a Senior IT/Security Administrator, Security Engineer, or Security Architect within engineering-driven product development environments
  • Experience with hardware and software product development for on-premises platforms, embedded systems, or connected devices
  • Extensive Linux system administration experience, including LDAP, FreeIPA, Kerberos, RBAC, system hardening, patch and package management, SSH, certificate-based authentication, and PKI/certificate lifecycle management
  • Familiarity with RBAC architecture, access model design, IAM, PAM, LDAP, Active Directory, RADIUS, and TACACS+
  • Experience designing and securing enterprise or product networks, including segmentation, secure topologies, defense-in-depth, firewalls, IDS/IPS, VPNs, Zero Trust, IPsec, TLS, RADIUS, and TACACS+
  • Proficiency in secure software development, OWASP Top Ten, secure coding, penetration testing, threat modeling, SAST, DAST, and SCA
  • Practical understanding of vulnerability management, software configuration management, Platform as Code, endpoint security, virtualization, and containerization
  • Experience establishing and enforcing cybersecurity governance frameworks, policies, and standards; familiarity with NIST and ISO 27001
  • Hands-on scripting and automation using PowerShell, Bash, Python, Ansible, and Terraform
  • Ability to evaluate and strengthen security architecture of complex systems
  • Excellent communication skills and ability to translate cybersecurity requirements into actionable guidance
  • Strong analytical and decision-making skills
  • Fluency in English required; proficiency in French is an asset
  • Preferred: SIEM tools such as Splunk, QRadar, or ELK; EDR/XDR platforms; Nessus or OpenVAS
  • Preferred cybersecurity certifications: CompTIA Security+, CySA+, Linux+ / RHCSA, GIAC, or OSCP
  • Familiarity with Atlassian tools
  • Familiarity with Agile and Scrum
  • Must be eligible for registration with the Controlled Goods Program
  • Must be eligible to obtain and maintain Government of Canada Reliability Status and Secret Level 2/NATO Secret security clearance
  • Pre-employment drug and alcohol testing and background checks

Benefits

  • Opportunity to support deployments directly onboard ships
  • Equal opportunity workplace
  • Reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities
  • Pre-employment drug and alcohol testing and background checks conducted in accordance with applicable law

Job type

Full Time

Experience level

Senior

Salary

CA$102,000 - CA$152,000 per year

Degree requirement

No Education Requirement

Tech skills

AnsibleCyber SecurityFirewallsLinuxPythonSplunkTerraform

Location requirements

OnsiteMontrealCanada

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