RBC's Security Research & Innovation team is seeking a Senior Security Researcher to join their team. This role involves proactive thinking, problem-solving, and continuous innovation in cybersecurity. The successful candidate will research threats, design and prototype counter-solutions, and contribute to the development of in-house security products. The position requires a passion for cybersecurity, a natural detective sense, and experience in security research, operations, and development, leveraging modern technologies like cloud DevOps, AI/ML, and security analysis to address complex cyber and digital crime challenges.
Research and maintain subject matter expertise relating to threats in the cyber and digital crime domains.,Prototype and iterate on security solutions using modern application development methodologies.,Ideate and experiment with techniques and methodologies for countering digital crime activity.,Contribute to the evolution of existing in-house developed security products and solutions.,Collaborate and foster relationships with multiple teams including Adversary Emulation (Red Team), Data Science, Threat Intelligence, Security Operation Center (SOC) and Digital Forensics and Incident Response (DFIR) to drive pragmatic cyber security improvement.,Take a lead in developing, implementing, and refining our defensive tradecraft and tooling.,Provide bespoke advisory and consultation services to senior executive management and perform as a cyber security SME for emerging threats and investigations.,Integrate and utilize a wide range of data sources, data lakes and third-party security solutions.,Leverage current AI and ML techniques and technologies to bring force multiplication to our efforts.
5+ years of Cyber Security operations experience preferably comprised of both defensive and offensive roles.,Strong Innovative and outside of the box thinking mindset.,Strong communication and collaboration skills.,Strong and provable skills in Python development.,Experience applying operational security considerations to security research activity.,Hands-on experience in malware analysis, reverse engineering, or other security research niches.,Familiarization with the cyber security Kill Chain phases and MITRE ATT&CK framework TTPs.,Knowledge of offensive security tools, techniques, and procedures.,Solid grasp of cyber security controls/products including both endpoint, network, application, and infrastructure.,Well-rounded knowledge of various cyber security domains, focusing on operational security.,Knowledge of current regional and global threat landscape.,Experience leveraging Machine Learning models and/or AI technology against cyber security problems (Nice-to-have).,Cloud DevOps experience of one or more leading cloud providers (AWS, GCP, Azure) (Nice-to-have).,Financial industry experience or previous experience working for a cyber security team or security vendor (Nice-to-have).,Experience participating in threat intelligence sharing groups, associations, or forums (Nice-to-have).,Strong understanding of computing architecture, OS Internals and CPU architectures (Nice-to-have).,Additional programming languages such as Javascript and front-end frameworks (Nice-to-have).,Digital Forensics skills including memory/network/OS/disk forensics (Nice-to-have).,Defensive oriented certification such as GIAC GREM, GCFA or other reputable, technical, and defensive/offensive focused certification (Nice-to-have).
37.5 hours/week
Royal Bank of Canada is a global financial institution with a purpose-driven, principles-led approach to delivering leading performance. As Canada's largest bank, it provides personal and commercial banking, wealth management, and capital markets services to over 17 million clients worldwide.
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