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Security Jobs in Canada

There are 1,223 open Security jobs in Canada on freehire right now. 326 of them were posted recently. The skills employers ask for most often are cloud, ai and cybersecurity.

Salary

Currency	Period	25th	Median	75th	Postings
CAD	year	CA$120,050	CA$149,600	CA$179,550	129
USD	year	$159,750	$177,675	$203,000	32

From postings that disclose pay. Currencies are counted separately, never converted.

Most requested skills

cloud 41%
ai 38%
cybersecurity 30%
automation 24%
python 18%
azure 18%
aws 18%
cloud-security 16%

How the work is done

Hybrid 194 · 16%
Remote 160 · 13%
Onsite 128 · 10%

Visa sponsorship offered in 48% of the 184 postings that state a position on it.

Seniority

Senior 288
Lead 67
Staff 33
Principal 24
Intern 15
C-level 14

Who is hiring

1000+ employees 283
501-1000 employees 127
51-200 employees 18
201-500 employees 7
11-50 employees 6

1,223 jobs

Cloud Security Specialist

RemoteNorth AmericaFull-time

Lead DevSecOps integration for .NET applications on Azure—design secure architectures, build CI/CD pipelines with tools like SonarQube, conduct penetration testing, and mentor R&D teams on security best practices.

authentication azure ci-cd cloud cloud-security +6 skills

Security Engineer Intern

Open 26d North AmericaInternshipIntern

Security Engineer Intern helps maintain and improve Tenstorrent’s cybersecurity infrastructure, including vulnerability management, IAM, and endpoint security, while learning from experienced professionals.

ai cloud cybersecurity edr help-desk +3 skills

Security Compliance & Customer Assurance Analyst

HybridNorth America Licensed UK sponsor

The Security Compliance & Customer Assurance Analyst manages internal risk registers, audit documentation, and customer security questionnaires using GRC platforms. The role leverages AI tools to automate compliance workflows and supports customer engagements regarding the company's security posture.

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Senior Software Engineer, Security

RemoteNorth AmericaFull-timeSenior

Lead security tooling and AppSec practices, design secure architectures, and build AI-powered security automation for a fast-growing product company.

agentic-ai ai aws burp-suite ci-cd +23 skills

133 000 – 173 000 CAD

Principal Application Security Specialist

North AmericaFull-timePrincipal

Lead application security testing methodology and DevSecOps integration as the senior individual contributor, setting technical direction for web, API, mobile, and AI/LLM security across the SDLC and CI/CD pipelines.

agile ai analytics api bash +18 skills

125 000 – 160 000 CAD

Senior Software Security Engineer

Open 79d North AmericaFull-timeSenior

Builds and maintains custom security tooling and automation systems to strengthen League’s healthcare platform’s security posture, focusing on developer-friendly security workflows, cloud-native security, and secure software delivery.

ai ai-enablement api authentication automation +19 skills

159 100 – 198 000 CAD

Cosun Beet Company

Teamlead Data & Cybersecurity

HybridEurope, North AmericaFull-timeSenior

Team lead managing 5-10 reports across Data & Analytics and Security & Compliance, bridging IT and OT systems in a beet-processing company undergoing digital transformation.

agile analytics cybersecurity rust

4 700 – 6 200 € / mo

Cosun Beet Company

OT Cyber Security Engineer

Europe, North AmericaContractSenior

OT Cyber Security Engineer improving security across industrial production sites, guiding OT projects, steering vendors, and implementing security policy—bridging operational technology and cybersecurity.

cybersecurity scada

4 300 – 5 600 € / mo

Senior Security Architecture Lead: Cloud, AI & Enterprise

North AmericaLead

The Senior Security Architecture Lead will define and implement cybersecurity reference architectures across cloud, on-premises, and AI environments. The role focuses on driving secure-by-design principles and establishing security governance across enterprise programs.

ai cloud cybersecurity

Huawei Technologies Canada Co., Ltd.

Research Engineer - AI Data Security

North AmericaContract

Research engineer at Huawei's Digital Trust Lab designing and prototyping AI data security and privacy-protection solutions for endpoint devices (mobile, desktop, laptop), collaborating globally to integrate research into commercial products.

agentic-ai ai authentication prototyping

127 000 – 225 000 CAD

Staff, Software Engineer (Global Security)

Open 5d North AmericaFull-timeStaff

The Staff Software Engineer will lead the development of scalable data platforms and AI capabilities using Java, Kotlin, Python, React, PostgreSQL, and Snowflake. This role involves architecting backend services, optimizing data pipelines, and driving engineering excellence within a financial services environment.

ai api api-design aws azure +20 skills

Staff, Software Engineer (Global Security)

North AmericaFull-timeStaff

Lead full-stack development of a fintech data platform and AI capabilities, designing scalable Java/Kotlin/Python systems, APIs, and ETL pipelines for RBC’s enterprise needs.

ai api api-design aws azure +20 skills

Homewood Health

Crisis Management Services Counsellor (Critical Incident Response)

Open 70d North AmericaPart-time

Provide on-site crisis counseling and trauma response for workplace incidents in Fort McMurray, including individual/group interventions and documentation using clinical skills and Microsoft Office tools.

Homewood Health

On-Site Critical Incident Counsellor (Critical Incident Response)

Open 70d North AmericaPart-time

Provide on-site crisis management and trauma response services to organizations in Lethbridge, AB, including individual/group interventions and debriefings after critical incidents.

Security Developer, Ads Safety

The Security Developer will work on the Google Ads team to build machine learning solutions that detect and prevent bad actors from using the platform. The role involves developing systems to classify actors and assets while reducing friction for legitimate users.

analytics cad google-ads machine-learning

150 000 – 153 000 CAD

Sr. Security Advisor - Threat Exposure Management

RemoteNorth AmericaFull-timeSenior

Senior cybersecurity advisor focused on Threat Exposure Management, advising clients on security strategies, conducting assessments, and designing scalable security programs spanning vulnerability management, threat intelligence, and application security.

ai cloud cybersecurity pipeline-management requirements-gathering +1 skills

134 000 – 180 000 CAD

Senior Analyst - Public Sector, Business Development (Cyber Security & Agentic)

North AmericaSenior

Senior Analyst on Mastercard's Global Public Sector team driving research, analytics, and solution enablement for cybersecurity and agentic AI capabilities sold to government clients.

agentic-ai ai analytics business-development cybersecurity +1 skills

Security Supervisor, Personnel Security Clearances (12-18 Month Contract)

North AmericaFull-time

Lead a national team of personnel security clearance coordinators, managing background checks, compliance, documentation, and screening programs using Microsoft Office and databases.

process-improvement

63 397 – 79 246 CAD

Securitas Security Services USA, Inc.

Site Security Lead (Former Police or Military Experience Required)

On-siteNorth AmericaFull-timeLead H-1B sponsor history

Site Security Lead overseeing on-site security operations, managing contract KPIs, mentoring managers, and handling performance management for security personnel using Salesforce and Microsoft Office.

performance-management salesforce

91 520 – 91 520 CAD

Cybersecurity Governance, Risk and Compliance Specialist – Risk Management

North AmericaFull-time

The Cybersecurity Governance, Risk and Compliance Specialist leads and matures the cybersecurity risk management program by identifying, assessing, treating, monitoring and communicating cybersecurity risks that may impact CAE's operations, technologies and business objectives.

ai cybersecurity