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Staff Security Engineer – Systems Engineering
ServiceNow. Serve as the senior technical authority for security engineering in the Canada regulated environment .
Core Competencies
Role fitCore Competencies
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Demonstrates extensive expertise in security engineering within regulated environments, focusing on automation, compliance tracking, and operational reporting. Proficient in leveraging infrastructure-as-code and security controls to enhance security posture across diverse infrastructures.
Highest-signal resume keywords
Security Engineering ExpertiseInfrastructure-As-Code ProficiencyLinux AdministrationNetwork Security FundamentalsCIS/NIST Compliance Experience
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Hard Skills
Security EngineeringLinux AdministrationPython ProgrammingShell ScriptingInfrastructure-As-CodeTerraformAnsibleCI/CD PipelinesNetwork SecurityVulnerability Management
Tools & Technologies
ServiceNowCloud Security ToolsIdentity Management ToolsVulnerability Scanning ToolsLogging Tools
Certifications & Qualifications
CISSPCCSPCISMServiceNow CSATenable Certified Engineer
Industry Keywords
Canada Regulated EnvironmentCIS BaselinesNIST BaselinesGovernment of Canada Reliability StatusProtected B Classification
Tech Stack
Tools & technologiesAnsibleCloudDNSFirewallsGoogle Cloud PlatformITSMLinuxPuppetPythonServiceNowTerraform
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Serve as the senior technical authority for security engineering in the Canada regulated environment
- Engineer, harden, and operate security controls across on-premises, cloud, and isolated infrastructure
- Build automation and infrastructure-as-code to streamline security engineering and operations, reporting, and remediation
- Partner with infrastructure, application, and platform owners to drive remediation and track compliance against CIS and NIST baselines
- Support security tooling across identity, vulnerability scanning, logging, and cloud security based on team priorities
- Produce operational and executive-facing reporting on security posture and performance
- Work across identity, vulnerability management, cloud and infrastructure security, security data platforms, and ServiceNow security operations
Requirements
What you’ll need- Canadian citizen or Canadian permanent resident
- Live in Canada and perform all work from within Canada
- Obtain and maintain Government of Canada Reliability Status
- Five years of verifiable background history for screening
- 10+ years of hands-on security or systems engineering experience in large-scale enterprise environments
- Expert Linux administration and troubleshooting across OS internals, host networking, storage, virtualization, and containers
- Proficiency with DNS, NTP, and LDAP services
- Proficiency in Python and Shell for production-grade automation and integrations
- Experience with infrastructure-as-code and configuration management using Terraform, Ansible, or Puppet
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines and Git-based workflows
- Expertise in network security fundamentals, including firewalls, segmentation, load balancers, and proxies
- Experience hardening systems against CIS, STIG, or NIST baselines and translating requirements into technical controls
- Experience using AI in professional work
- Understanding of Canada Protected B classification and data residency requirements for Canadian government systems
- Hands-on experience in at least two specialty areas: identity and access management; vulnerability management; public cloud security; security data platforms; infrastructure security; ServiceNow administration; ServiceNow Security Operations
- Preferred: certifications such as CISSP, CCSP, CISM, ServiceNow CSA, Tenable Certified Engineer, Cribl Admin, or a GCP security certification
- Preferred: experience supporting highly regulated, isolated, or air-gapped government environments
- Strong understanding of ITIL and ITSM processes
- Employment conditional on successfully completing and maintaining required screening
Benefits
Comp & perks- Flexible or remote work persona
- ServiceNow sponsorship of Government of Canada Reliability Status screening
- Equal opportunity employment
- Reasonable accommodations during the application process