Senior Security Engineer II

Braze
Toronto
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeCAD 153,000 - 240,500 annuallyFunction: CybersecuritySkills: ["Mentorship","Feedback","Technical leadership","Cross-functional collaboration","Risk analysis"]

Set the technical direction for cloud security across AWS, GCP, and self-managed Kubernetes: define standards and reference architectures, lead end-to-end cross-team security initiatives, and own secure architecture through threat modeling. Drive detection engineering and cloud incident response, optimize security tooling and vulnerability management, and establish Kubernetes and platform security practices including CI/CD and infrastructure-as-code (Terraform) pipeline security. Mentor engineers through reviews and pairing.

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Braze
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Senior Security Engineer II

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Job Summary

Set the technical direction for cloud security across AWS, GCP, and self-managed Kubernetes: define standards and reference architectures, lead end-to-end cross-team security initiatives, and own secure architecture through threat modeling. Drive detection engineering and cloud incident response, optimize security tooling and vulnerability management, and establish Kubernetes and platform security practices including CI/CD and infrastructure-as-code (Terraform) pipeline security. Mentor engineers through reviews and pairing.
Location: Toronto
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Cybersecurity
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Define cloud security standards, guardrails, and reference architectures to turn fixes into durable org-wide patterns.
  • •Set objectives and roadmap for high-impact cloud security work and drive measurable outcomes with security leadership.
  • •Lead end-to-end cross-functional security initiatives, guiding technical debates to decisions and owning delivery.
  • •Own threat modeling as a repeatable discipline and design secure-by-default architectures and controls across AWS, GCP, and Engineering.
  • •Drive detection engineering, incident response, and automation: design detections, serve as a senior incident responder, and codify learnings into IR playbooks and preventative controls.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: CAD 153,000 - 240,500 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:Health InsuranceDentalVisionLife InsuranceDisabilityRetirementEquityPaid LeaveLearning BudgetParental Leave

Key Requirements

  • •Several years owning cloud security in production, including on-call ownership rather than adjacent work.
  • •Hands-on experience with AWS as the primary cloud, with working knowledge of GCP and self-managed Kubernetes.
  • •Read and write code (Python, TF) to build and improve cloud security controls.
  • •Define objectives for ambiguous security problems and deliver solutions that become org-wide practices.
  • •Translate complex cloud attack paths and IAM misconfigurations into guidance engineers adopt while balancing security controls with operational reality.
Skills:MentorshipFeedbackTechnical leadershipCross-functional collaborationRisk analysis
Languages:English
Tech Stack:AWSGCPKubernetesMongoDBPythonTerraformTFCrowdStrikeTenableSIEMEDRCSPMIRCI/CDInfrastructure-as-CodeIAMRBACVM

Company Brief

Braze
Provides a customer engagement platform that helps brands create personalized messaging and lifecycle campaigns across mobile, web, email, and other channels to drive retention, engagement, and revenue.
Industry: Enterprise Software
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 100M to 250M
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: New York, United States
Founded: 2011
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