Senior Security Operations Specialist

Posted 6 days ago

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About the role

  • Senior Security Operations Specialist protecting Relay's digital banking platform from security threats. Implementing advanced threat detection and incident response protocols for optimal business security.

Responsibilities

  • Monitor, triage, and investigate high-severity security alerts across cloud infrastructure, identity, SaaS, endpoints, and production systems
  • Validate threats versus noise and determine severity and impact
  • Execute containment actions and coordinate response across teams
  • Act as Incident Commander or deputy during security incidents
  • Build and maintain investigation runbooks and response playbooks
  • Work horizontally across Risk, AppSec, Engineering, Product, and business teams to ensure security findings lead to meaningful improvements in systems, practices, and outcomes.
  • Contribute to SOAR automation and alert enrichment
  • Produce high-quality incident documentation and post-incident remediation
  • Design and implement advanced threat detection logic using SIEM/XDR telemetry.
  • Perform threat hunting engagements to proactively detect stealthy adversaries.
  • Ensure security compliance and regulatory alignment: Partner with Compliance, Security, and Risk teams to implement and enforce security controls, standards, and policies across systems and services.

Requirements

  • 5+ years in security operations, incident response, or related cybersecurity roles.
  • Strong cloud security and identity security experience (AWS preferred).
  • Comfortable making structured, high-impact decisions during active incidents.
  • Deep knowledge of common attack techniques, adversary TTPs (MITRE ATT&CK, etc.), and fraud/ATO patterns.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills — able to explain complex technical issues to both technical and business audiences.
  • Ownership mindset with a bias toward action and continuous improvement.
  • Skilled in building detection logic and workflows for cloud-native environments and security tooling.
  • Experience with SOAR platforms and building/optimizing automated response playbooks.
  • Ability to communicate complex security issues clearly to both technical and business stakeholders.

Benefits

  • Compensation follows impact
  • Ongoing conversation with recruiters about compensation

Job type

Full Time

Experience level

Senior

Salary

CA$126,000 - CA$154,000 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Tech skills

AWSCloudCyber Security

Location requirements

HybridTorontoCanada

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