Senior Specialist, Application Security

Loblaw Companies Limited; Brampton; On-site; CAD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading company in Canadian retail as a Senior Specialist in Application Security, focusing on AI/ML integration and security workflows. In this role, you will develop intelligent automation tools, conduct security assessments, and work with teams to ensure the integrity of AI applications. This position offers a collaborative environment with a commitment to sustainability and diversity, making an impact on the lives of Canadians.

Benefits

Progressive careers

Comprehensive training

Flexible work environment

Competitive benefits

Qualifications

• Experience with SAST, DAST, SCA, and API security tools.
• Proven ability to integrate AI tools for automation of security workflows.
• Strong understanding of ML security concepts and defenses.

Responsibilities

• Lead AI/ML integration into application security pipelines.
• Conduct penetration testing on AI-based applications.
• Collaborate with teams to secure AI models and pipelines.

Skills

Application Security

AI/ML Integration

Python

Communication

Tools

GenAI

LangChain

OpenAI APIs

PyTorch

TensorFlow

Job description

Come make your difference in communities across Canada, where authenticity, trust and making connections is valued – as we shape the future of Canadian retail, together. Our unique position as one of the country's largest employers, coupled with our commitment to positively impact the lives of all Canadians, provides our colleagues a range of opportunities and experiences to help Canadians Live Life Well.

At Loblaw Companies Limited, we succeed through collaboration and commitment and set a high bar for ourselves and those around us. Whether you are just starting your career, re-entering the workforce, or looking for a new job, this is where you belong.

Loblaw Technology and Analytics power some of Canada’s most game-changing retail solutions. We connect Canadians to things that matter most. Food, health, beauty, money, and time. Curiosity drives us as we solve complex problems at pace and lay foundation for a secure organization today while influencing a better future for our customers tomorrow. Join us and work alongside some of Canada’s most diverse and talented innovators supporting retail, digital customer solutions and analytical platforms.

Senior Specialist, Application Security

The Impact You'll Make:

As a Senior Specialist, Application Security with deep expertise in AI/ML, you will lead the charge in integrating intelligent automation into security workflows. Your role will focus on shaping and securing the future of AI-driven application architectures by embedding security across the SDLC and leveraging generative AI for faster, smarter threat detection and response.

What You’ll Do:

• Lead AI/ML integration into AppSec pipelines, building GenAI-powered tools and workflows to automate code review, threat modeling, misconfiguration detection, and incident response.

• Design and deploy intelligent automation for SAST, DAST, SCA, IaC, and secret scanning tools across CI/CD pipelines to reduce false positives and accelerate triage.

• Conduct targeted penetration testing and red teaming on AI-based applications and APIs to uncover logic flaws, adversarial ML threats, or model leakage.

• Develop and maintainAI-driven security dashboards and bots that proactively flag risks, summarize findings, and support security decision-making in real-time.

• Stay ahead of CVEs, adversarial AI risks, model poisoning attacks, and emerging threats in the AI/ML landscape.

• Collaborate with developers, data scientists, MLOps, and product teams to secure AI models, pipelines, APIs, and data endpoints end-to-end.

• Act as a security evangelist for GenAI use in security, creating internal playbooks, POCs, and best practices.

What You'll Bring:

• Strong foundation in Application Security with proven experience across SAST, DAST, SCA, and API security tools.

• Hands-on experience with GenAI tools (e.g., OpenAI APIs, LangChain, LLMOps frameworks) and their use in automating security workflows or risk analysis.

• Solid understanding of ML security concepts like model evasion, poisoning, prompt injection, LLM misuse, and defense strategies.

• Proficiency in Python and familiarity with libraries like Hugging Face, PyTorch/TensorFlow, and LangChain for building AI/ML integrations.

• Demonstrated ability to build or fine-tune LLMs or integrate AI agents within DevSecOps workflows.

• Excellent collaboration and communication skills to bridge gaps between security, engineering, and AI teams.

Our commitment to Sustainability and Social Impact is an essential part of the way we do business, and we focus our attention on areas where we can have the greatest impact. Our approach to sustainability and social impact is based on three pillars – Environment, Sourcing and Community – and we are constantly looking for ways to demonstrate leadership in these important areas. Our CORE Values – Care, Ownership, Respect and Excellence – guide all our decision-making and come to life through our Blue Culture. We offer our colleagues progressive careers, comprehensive training, flexibility, and other competitive benefits – these are some of the many reasons why we are one of Canada’s Top Employers, Canada’s Best Diversity Employers, Canada’s Greenest Employers & Canada’s Top Employers for Young People.

If you are unsure whether your experience matches every requirement above, we encourage you to apply anyway. We are looking for varied perspectives which include diverse experiences that we can add to our team.

We have a long-standing focus on diversity, equity and inclusion because we know it will make our company a better place to work and shop. We are committed to creating accessible environments for our colleagues, candidates and customers. Requests for accommodation due to a disability (which may be visible or invisible, temporary or permanent) can be made at any stage of application and employment. We encourage candidates to make their accommodation needs known so that we can provide equitable opportunities.

Please Note:
Candidates who are 18 years or older are required to complete a criminal background check. Details will be provided through the application process.

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