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Senior Security Operations Engineer Jobs in Mississauga, Canada at Cohere

Title: Senior Security Operations Engineer

Company: Cohere

Location: Mississauga, Canada

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Who are we?
Our mission is to scale intelligence to serve humanity. We’re training and deploying frontier models for developers and enterprises who are building AI systems to power magical experiences like content generation, semantic search, RAG, and agents. We believe that our work is instrumental to the widespread adoption of AI.

We obsess over what we build. Each one of us is responsible for contributing to increasing the capabilities of our models and the value they drive for our customers. We like to work hard and move fast to do what’s best for our customers.

Cohere is a team of researchers, engineers, designers, and more, who are passionate about their craft. Each person is one of the best in the world at what they do. We believe that a diverse range of perspectives is a requirement for building great products.

Join us on our mission and shape the future!

As a Senior Security Operations Engineer You Will

Serve as trusted advisor to team’s leadership and partner teams by clearly articulating business risks associated with security issues

Harden our cloud-native environments (AWS, OCI, GCP) by introducing secure by default designs and features into network, tooling, and processes

Own and drive resolutions for enabling engineers to design, build, and use infrastructure securely at scale by deploying secure architectures using infrastructure-as-code and reusable code libraries

Manage IAM / RBAC for cloud infrastructure, and partner with IT on streamlining authentication/authorization to ensure unified access control across the board

Deploy and operationalize some of the security services and tools (eg: SIEM, SOAR, domain monitoring, endpoint tooling, cloud security tooling)

Respond to security incidents and harden environments post-incidents.

Support control monitoring and remediation for compliance initiatives

Gather and analyze security metrics to address security issues with cross-team dependencies

Be a problem solver who is empathetic to developer concerns and will employ constructive and flexible approach to building innovative solutions.

You May Be a Good Fit If

5+ years previous experience in Sec Ops, Dev Sec Ops , Cloud Security, Threat Detection & Response or software development with a strong focus on security tool onboarding and optimization

You’re a hands‑on security engineer interested in automating controls

You have experience in managing cloud platforms (GCP, AWS, Azure, OCI) and Kubernetes environments

Familiarity with CI/CD systems and Sec Ops workflows (Git, Terraform) in cloud environments (GCP, AWS, Azure, OCI)

You have experience with one or more of: infrastructure automation, network segmentation, system hardening, container and cloud security concepts, and security observability

You have experience with multiple languages such as Golang and/or Python

You are comfortable with ambiguity and are able to make informed decisions with little data

You employ a flexible and constructive approach when solving problems

You are able to make trade‑offs between build vs. buy decisions – help build solutions and review available tools

You understand secure engineering best practices, can articulate problem statements and propose solutions to both technically savvy and non‑technical audiences.

If some of the above doesn’t line up perfectly with your experience, we still encourage you to apply!

We value and celebrate diversity and strive to create an inclusive work environment for all. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and are committed to providing equal opportunities. Should you require any accommodations during the recruitment process, please submit an Accommodations Request Form, and we will work together to meet your needs.

Full‑Time Employees At Cohere Enjoy These Perks

An open and inclusive culture and work environment

Work closely with a team on the cutting edge of AI research

Weekly lunch stipend, in‑office lunches & snacks

Full health and dental benefits, including a separate budget to take care of your mental health

100% Parental Leave top‑up for up to 6 months

Personal enrichment benefits towards arts and culture, fitness and well‑being, quality time, and workspace improvement

Remote‑flexible, offices in Toronto, New York, San Francisco, London and Paris, as well as a co‑working stipend

✈️ 6 weeks of vacation (30 working days!)

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