Cyber Security Specialist

Job summary

Research, prototype, and evaluate emerging cybersecurity capabilities, including agentic AI security tools, and integrate agents, LLMs, APIs, and security automation. Conduct hands-on product testing and technical due diligence, help transition successful prototypes toward operational use, and present findings and recommendations to technical and investment stakeholders.

Job details

Position: CyberSecurity Specialist Location: North York, ON – Hybrid Job Description/ Responsibilities Technical Security Research Engineer to research, prototype, evaluate, and operationalize emerging cybersecurity capabilities. This is a hands-on role for someone who can move from a research hypothesis to working code, proof-of-concept, product evaluation, and enterprise recommendation. Responsibilities Build agentic AI security harnesses, prototypes, and POCs for new cyber capabilities. Research AI Security, Agentic AI, Application Security, quantum/PQC, blockchain, and other emerging technologies. Develop and integrate agents, LLMs, APIs, security tools, automation, and test environments. Evaluate new cybersecurity products and startups through hands-on testing, benchmarking, and technical due diligence. Validate vendor claims and assess security, scalability, integration complexity, and enterprise applicability. Help transition successful research prototypes toward operational use. Present technical findings and recommendations to engineering, security leadership, and investment stakeholders. Qualifications Strong hands-on software development skills, particularly Python, Java, Node, Go, C/C++ with experience in additional modern programming languages. Experience with LLMs, AI agents, tool calling, orchestration frameworks, APIs, cloud, containers, and security automation. Strong knowledge of Application Security, AI Security, vulnerability research, threat modeling, Secure development, Network security, infrastructure Security, Security Architecture and other security domains. Demonstrated ability to design experiments, build prototypes, and evaluate emerging technologies. Strong technical writing and presentation skills. Highly Valued Research papers or presentations at recognized cybersecurity, AI, or systems forums. Experience with AI red teaming, autonomous penetration testing, agent security, or AI-native security tooling. Cybersecurity startup, founder, or early-stage product experience. Experience pitching to venture capital, corporate venture teams, accelerators, or investment stakeholders. Patents, open-source security projects, vulnerability research, or other demonstrated technical innovation. Certifications : CISSP, OSCP, CSSLP or equivalent Skills: 1. AI Security & Agentic AI Development Experience with LLMs, AI agents, tool calling, orchestration frameworks, APIs, and security automation Ability to build agentic AI security harnesses, prototypes, and proof-of-concepts Knowledge of AI Security and emerging AI-native security technologies 2. Security Research & Emerging Technology Evaluation Research experience in Application Security, AI Security, Quantum/PQC, Blockchain, and other emerging technologies Ability to design experiments, build prototypes, benchmark products, and perform technical due diligence Experience validating vendor claims and assessing enterprise applicability 3. Software Engineering & Security Architecture Strong development skills in Python (most important), along with Java, Node.js, Go, and C/C++ Hands-on experience integrating APIs, cloud platforms, containers, and automation frameworks Deep understanding of Application Security, Threat Modeling, Secure Development, Network Security, Infrastructure Security, and Security Architecture Regards Patrick Fernandez Talent Acquisition Group - Strategic Recruitment Manager

What you’ll do

Research, prototype, and evaluate emerging cybersecurity capabilities, including agentic AI security tools, and integrate agents, LLMs, APIs, and security automation. Conduct hands-on product testing and technical due diligence, help transition successful prototypes toward operational use, and present findings and recommendations to technical and investment stakeholders.

Requirements

Requires strong hands-on software development skills, especially in Python, and experience with LLMs, AI agents, APIs, cloud, containers, and security automation. Candidates should have broad cybersecurity knowledge and the ability to design experiments, build prototypes, evaluate emerging technologies, and communicate technical findings; certifications such as CISSP, OSCP, or CSSLP are listed.

Listed skills

• Node.js · Preferred
• Go · Preferred
• Java · Preferred
• Python · Preferred

Other relevant skills

Identified from the job description. Confirm important requirements above.

• Python
• Java
• Node.js
• Go
• C/C++
• AI Security
• Agentic AI
• Application Security
• Security Research
• Threat Modeling
• Secure Development
• Network Security
• Infrastructure Security
• Security Architecture
• Cloud Platforms
• Security Automation

Job areas

• Security & Safety
• Technology
• Software
• Science & Research