Security Researcher

Fortinet
Burnaby
Workplace: HybridFull timeCAD 119,000 - 136,000 annuallyFunction: Research & Scientific (R&D)Experience: 3+ yearsEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Nessus","Burp Suite","Nuclei","SQLmap","Kali Linux","Metasploit","AI","LLM","ReAct"]

Lead security researcher/penetration tester role focusing on AI-powered red teaming, cloud security adversarial research, and LLM exploitation. Conduct regular pentests on Fortinet cloud products, develop AI-assisted attack scripts and tools, write proofs of concept, and assess vulnerabilities to strengthen Fortinet Cloud Services in a fast-paced, innovative environment.

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Security Researcher

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Job Summary

Lead security researcher/penetration tester role focusing on AI-powered red teaming, cloud security adversarial research, and LLM exploitation. Conduct regular pentests on Fortinet cloud products, develop AI-assisted attack scripts and tools, write proofs of concept, and assess vulnerabilities to strengthen Fortinet Cloud Services in a fast-paced, innovative environment.
Location: Burnaby
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Research & Scientific (R&D)

Key Responsibilities

  • •Conduct regular penetration tests and security evaluations on Fortinet cloud products, covering web applications and server backends to identify vulnerabilities and security risks.
  • •Investigate and write PoCs for published vulnerabilities and help production teams evaluate exploitability and risks.
  • •Lead AI-powered red team activities, developing AI-assisted scripts, agents, and programs to penetrate and infiltrate in-scope systems and ICT technologies including leveraging LLMs as autonomous attack agents across cloud environments.
  • •Collect threat intelligence, evaluate and maintain traditional pentest tools, and track emerging AI/LLM-based offensive security techniques and tooling.
  • •Conduct AI red team exercises targeting LLM-integrated cloud services and AI APIs, including prompt injection, indirect prompt injection, jailbreaking, and model inversion attacks.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: CAD 119,000 - 136,000 annually
Perks:Health InsuranceDentalVisionRrspEquityPaid LeaveRemote Work

Key Requirements

  • •3+ years of dedicated experience in information security with a strong pentest background (CVE, Pentest reports, tech articles may be requested as proofs).
  • •Professional penetration test skills on information technologies including operating systems, software frameworks, databases, web applications and networks.
  • •Strong knowledge of the fundamentals of web applications including authentication, authorization, session management, HTTP protocol, web language, web server and browser architecture and implementation principles.
Experience:3+ yearsCybersecurityInformation security
Education:Bachelor's in Bachelor's Degree
Skills:NessusBurp SuiteNucleiSQLmapKali LinuxMetasploitAILLMReAct
Certifications:OSCPOSWEHTB CPTSHTB CWEE
Tech Stack:NessusBurp SuiteNucleiSQLmapKali LinuxMetasploitLoRAQLoRALLaMAGemma4ReAct

Company Brief

Fortinet
Provides enterprise cybersecurity solutions including data protection, cloud security, network security, and user and entity behavior analytics to help organizations prevent insider threats, secure cloud and on-premises environments, and enforce data loss prevention policies.
Industry: Cybersecurity
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Growth: Established Company
Funding: Private Equity Backed
Headquarters: Austin, United States
Founded: 1994
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