Senior Security Specialist - Cloud (Global Security)

RBC; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Total Rewards program with bonuses and

Annual training budget

Coaching & development

Hybrid-remote work environment

Challenging impactful work

Stock where applicable

Job summary

RBC in Toronto is seeking an experienced security engineer to join the Cloud Security team. You will assess and harden public cloud environments across AWS, Azure, and GCP, and participate in hands-on Red and Purple Team exercises in production.

You will develop offensive tradecraft and tooling, collaborate with Cloud Security, SOC/IR, Threat Hunting, and ML/AI analytics teams, and communicate security incidents and trends to stakeholders while operating in a hybrid-remote setting.

Qualifications

• Experience scripting/automation with cloud APIs or CLIs.
• Strong understanding of cloud-centric architectures and DevOps.
• Experience managing cloud platforms: AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Experience building systems on AWS/Azure/GCP.
• Experience with Ansible or Puppet, and CloudFormation or Terraform; Jenkins.
• Background in PaaS/SaaS: SLAs, load balancing, HA, patching.
• Strong Linux and Windows knowledge.
• Ability to explain complex topics to non-technical audiences.

Responsibilities

• Assess and improve security of public cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Participate in hands-on Red and Purple Team exercises in production environments.
• Develop, evolve, and refine offensive tradecraft and tooling.
• Collaborate with Cloud Security, Cloud Operations, Threat Hunting, Threat Intelligence, SOC/IR, and ML/AI analytics teams to improve security.
• Liaise with cloud operations, internal customers, security operations center, and stakeholders on incidents and trends.

Skills

Cloud automation

Cloud architectures

AWS/Azure/GCP

IaC: Terraform

Ansible / Puppet

CI/CD: Jenkins

Linux & Windows

Communication

Tools

Jenkins

Ansible

Puppet

CloudFormation

Terraform

Job description

What will you do?

• Work as part of the team assessing and improving the security of our public cloud environments (Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform).
• Participate in hands‑on execution of Red and Purple Team Exercises in mature production environments.
• Assist in developing, evolving, and refining our offensive tradecraft and tooling.
• Forge partnerships with defensive teams such as Cloud Security, Cloud Operations, Threat Hunting, Threat Intelligence, SOC / IR, and our ATO ML/AI analytics team to drive pragmatic cyber security improvement.
• Effectively liaise and communicate with the cloud operations group, internal customers, security operations center, key business stakeholders and management regarding information security incident events and trends.

Must Haves

• Experience in scripting/automating operations via various cloud APIs or CLIs.
• A good understanding of modern, cloud centric architectures and DevOps principles.
• Strong experience managing cloud platforms: Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud Platform.
• Strong experience building systems and/or platforms using Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud Platform.
• Intermediate experience working with orchestration and configuration management systems such as Ansible or Puppet, and infrastructure-as-code systems such as CloudFormation or Terraform, and CI/CD tools such as Jenkins.
• A background in PaaS/SaaS environment practices, including: maintaining SLAs, load‑balancing, high availability, operating system patching, networking, and security management/patching
• Strong technical understanding in a variety of hardware and software platforms (Linux & Windows)
• The ability to communicate complicated technical concepts or attack paths which compromise our operations in a form that is easily digestible by a broader audience who may not be technical

Nice‑to‑Have

• Certifications in information security, AWS, Azure or GCP.
• Experience with running Kubernetes environments and understanding of multi‑tenancy and security implications.
• 3+ years of Cyber Security experience with background executing network / application layer penetration tests.
• Ability to analyze complex security and vulnerability events.
• 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 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 to 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.
• 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

Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the application deadline date above