Senior Security Specialist - Cloud (Global Security)- EN

RBC; Montreal (administrative region); Hybrid; CAD 95,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Total Rewards Program (bonuses, stock)

Annual training budget

Hybrid-remote flexibility

Career development opportunities

Job summary

RBC is seeking a cybersecurity professional to join the Cloud Security team in Canada. You will assess and improve security for public cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP), participate in Red and Purple Team exercises, and help evolve offensive tooling.

You will collaborate with Cloud Security, Threat Hunting, SOC/IR, and analytics teams to drive pragmatic security improvements, while communicating complex concepts to non-technical stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Experience scripting/automating operations via cloud APIs or CLIs.
• Understanding of cloud-centric architectures and DevOps.
• Experience managing cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP).
• Experience building systems on AWS/Azure/GCP.
• Experience with orchestration and configuration management (Ansible/Puppet).
• Experience with IaC (CloudFormation/Terraform) and CI/CD tools (Jenkins).
• Background in PaaS/SaaS practices (SLAs, HA, patching, networking).
• Strong technical understanding of Linux and Windows.
• Ability to explain complex security concepts to non-technical audiences.

Responsibilities

• Assess and improve security of public cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Participate in Red and Purple Team exercises in mature production environments.
• Help develop offensive tradecraft and tooling.
• Collaborate with defensive teams to drive security improvements.
• Communicate security events and trends to stakeholders.

Skills

Cloud scripting

Cloud APIs/CLIs

DevOps principles

Cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP)

IaC (CloudFormation/Terraform)

CI/CD (Jenkins)

PaaS/SaaS practices

Linux/Windows

Plain-language communication

Tools

Ansible

Puppet

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