Remote Security Software Engineer: Incident Detection & Response

Yelp; Montreal; Remote; CAD 141,000 - 333,000; Full time

Job summary

A tech company is seeking a Security Software Engineer in Canada to enhance their security capabilities. The role involves participating in incident response, developing automated tools, and improving vulnerability detection. Ideal candidates should have experience with corporate IT infrastructure and a passion for security best practices. This position is fully remote, offering a compensation range of $101,000 to $237,000 annually with additional bonus and benefits potential.

Benefits

Bonus opportunity

Restricted stock units

Comprehensive benefits package

Qualifications

• Significant professional experience working to secure consumer websites, mobile applications, and / or large corporate IT infrastructure.
• Experience building custom tools and solutions for monitoring, detection, and response capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Participate in incident response as an incident commander, investigator, and/or coordinator throughout the lifecycle of a security incident.
• Develop automated tooling to recognize attacker TTPs and IoCs.
• Improve and enhance vulnerability detection and response capabilities.
• Assist in performing threat modeling across business applications and infrastructure integrations.

Skills

Malware analysis

Network flow analysis

Digital forensics

Threat modeling

Threat hunting

Vulnerability management

Software development in Python

Software development in JavaScript

Software development in Objective-C

Tools

SOAR platforms

SIEM platforms

Threat intel platforms

Job description

A tech company is seeking a Security Software Engineer in Canada to enhance their security capabilities. The role involves participating in incident response, developing automated tools, and improving vulnerability detection. Ideal candidates should have experience with corporate IT infrastructure and a passion for security best practices. This position is fully remote, offering a compensation range of $101,000 to $237,000 annually with additional bonus and benefits potential.