Senior Security Specialist - Attack Path Management (Global Security)

RBC; Vancouver; Hybrid; CAD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Total rewards program

Annual training budget

Hybrid-remote work environment

Stock where applicable

Career development opportunities

Job summary

RBC is seeking a skilled security engineer to operate and tune BloodHound Enterprise, mapping attack paths across on-prem and cloud platforms. You will analyze data to prioritize remediation by real-world impact and validate data fidelity, while expanding coverage into CI/CD pipelines and secrets management.

You will design custom collectors, support Red Team exercises, and collaborate with Cloud Engineering, IAM, SOC, and other teams to communicate exposure and progress to stakeholders.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of on-premises and cloud security/engineering experience with Active Directory and Entra/Azure, AWS, or GCP in enterprise environments.
• Understanding of DevOps/CI-CD tooling (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible, or similar).
• Proficiency in BloodHound Ciphers and PowerShell, C#, or Python, with the ability to build or adapt tools and automation.
• Familiarity with containerized environments (e.g., Kubernetes) and associated RBAC/security implications.
• Solid understanding of network protocols, identity and access management, and common misconfigurations across AD, cloud, and DevOps environments.
• Experience working in or supporting Red, Blue, and/or Purple Team operations in enterprise settings.
• Working knowledge of Linux and Windows operating systems.

Responsibilities

• Operate and tune BloodHound Enterprise to map attack paths across on-prem and cloud platforms.
• Analyze attack path data to prioritize remediation by exploitability and business impact.
• Validate data collection reflects true environment state.
• Extend attack path coverage into CI/CD pipelines and secrets management with OpenHound.
• Design custom collectors to enrich attack path data beyond out-of-the-box coverage.
• Support Red Team and collaborate with Cloud Engineering, IAM, SOC, and stakeholders.
• Communicate attack path exposure, remediation progress, and identity risk trends to stakeholders.

Skills

AD & Entra/Azure

Cloud platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure)

CI/CD tooling

BloodHound

PowerShell

C#

Python

Kubernetes

RBAC

Linux/Windows

Tools

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

Terraform

CloudFormation

Ansible

OpenHound

Job description

Job Description

What will you do?

• Attack Path Operations
  • Operate and continuously tune BloodHound Enterprise to map identity attack paths across on-prem AD, Entra/Azure, AWS, GCP, DevOps (e.g., GitHub), and PAM platforms (and more!).
  • Analyze attack path data to identify choke points and Tier Zero exposures, prioritizing remediation by real-world exploitability and business impact.
  • Validate that data collection accurately reflects the true state of the environment, ensuring attack path fidelity.
• Coverage Expansion
  • Extend attack path coverage into CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Jenkins), secrets management (e.g., HashiCorp), IAM tooling and more with OpenHound.
  • Help design custom collectors to enrich BloodHound attack path data beyond out-of-the-box coverage.
• Red Team & Stakeholder Collaboration
  • Assist the Red Team in building realistic attack paths to support covert operations and adversary emulation exercises.
  • Build strong relationships with Cloud Engineering, Cloud Security, IAM, Threat Detection, and Incident Response teams.
  • Communicate attack path exposure, remediation progress, and identity risk trends to cloud operations, internal customers, the SOC, IR, and business stakeholders

Must Haves

• 3+ years of on-premises and cloud security/engineering experience with Active Directory and Entra/Azure, AWS, or GCP in enterprise environments.
• Understanding of DevOps/CI-CD tooling (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible, or similar).
• Proficiency in BloodHound Ciphers and PowerShell, C#, or Python, with the ability to build or adapt tools and automation.
• Familiarity with containerized environments (e.g., Kubernetes) and associated RBAC/security implications.
• Solid understanding of network protocols, identity and access management, and common misconfigurations across AD, cloud, and DevOps environments.
• Experience working in or supporting Red, Blue, and/or Purple Team operations in enterprise settings.
• Working knowledge of Linux and Windows operating systems.

Nice-to-Have

• Certifications

• Tradecraft & Methodology

• Hands-on Experience

• Above average performance. You are competitive and passionate. You thrive on challenge and have a proven ability to set ambitious but achievable goals and surpass them.

• A team player.At RBC we work together. You will be the type of person that brings that approach to your work. You will have a proven ability to build, grow, and maintain relationships both internally and externally.

What’s in it for you?

At a team level, you will have exposure to operating in complex and critical environments that power our economy. You will work with talented and driven offensive, defensive, and threat hunting security experts; refining and expanding your skillset. You will be given the opportunity to attend industry-leading public and private training sessions to take your skills to the next level.

We thrive on the challenge to be our best, progressive thinking to keep growing, and working together to deliver trusted advice to help our clients thrive and communities prosper. We care about each other, reaching our potential, making a difference in our communities, and achieving success that is mutual.

• A comprehensive Total Rewards Program including bonuses and flexible benefits, competitive compensation, commissions, and stock where applicable;
• Dedicated budget for annual training and conference attendance;
• Leaders who support your development through coaching, training, and managing opportunities;
• Ability to make a difference and lasting impact;
• Work in a dynamic, collaborative, progressive, and high-performing team;
• Flexible work/life balance options including a hybrid-remote working environment;
• Opportunities to do challenging work;
• Opportunities to take on progressively greater accountabilities; and
• Opportunities to build close relationships with various cyber security teams.

Job Skills

Confidentiality, Cyber Security Management, Decision Making, Detail-Oriented, Encryption Software, Group Problem Solving, High Impact Communication, Information Security Management, Information Technology Security, Strategic Thinking

Additional Job Details

Address:

16 YORK ST:TORONTO

City:

Toronto

Country:

Canada

Work hours/week:

37.5

Employment Type:

Full time

Platform:

TECHNOLOGY AND OPERATIONS

Job Type:

Regular

Pay Type:

Salaried

Posted Date:

2026-09-06

Application Deadline:

2026-09-25

Our Employment Opportunities

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