Infrastructure Security Engineer (Secret + Clearance)
Remote • Toronto • FullTime
Posted 2mo ago
About the job
Cohere is a leading enterprise AI company focused on building cutting-edge foundation AI models and end-to-end products. We are looking for passionate individuals to join our team and contribute to the widespread adoption of AI by training and deploying frontier models for enterprises. We are a global technology company co-headquartered in Toronto and San Francisco, with key offices in London, New York City, Montreal, Seoul, Germany, and Paris.
Responsibilities
- Deploy and manage infrastructure for Protected B classified environments, ensuring compliance with ITSG-33 and Canadian government standards.
- Design and implement security controls for cloud (AWS, GCP, Azure) and hybrid/multi-cloud deployments.
- Evaluate, implement, and manage security tools and technologies for training cluster and inference infrastructure hardening.
- Implement security best practices including IAM, encryption, logging, and monitoring.
- Participate in security incident response activities, including detection, analysis, containment, and remediation.
- Conduct regular vulnerability assessments and penetration testing of infrastructure components.
- Maintain comprehensive security documentation, procedures, and configurations for classified environments.
- Maintain active Secret+ security clearance and adhere to all Canadian government security protocols.
Requirements
- 5+ years of previous experience in Infrastructure security.
- Proven experience with Protected B environment setup, configuration, and management.
- Knowledge of Canadian government security standards and compliance requirements.
- Hands-on experience with Kubernetes in both development and production environments.
- Experience with infrastructure as code (Terraform) and configuration management.
- Comfortable with ambiguity and able to make informed decisions with little data.
- Understanding of secure engineering best practices, ability to articulate problem statements, and propose solutions to both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Experience working with AI/ML systems or LLM-based applications.
Benefits
- Weekly lunch stipend of $75/£75 or equivalent.
- Full health and dental benefits, including a separate budget for mental health.
- RRSP matching, 401K, Pension Scheme.
- 100% Parental Leave top-up for up to 6 months, for either parent.
- Annual enrichment benefits (Arts & culture, fitness/wellness, quality time, workspace improvement).
- Education & learning stipend for conferences, courses, and coaching.
- 6 weeks of paid vacation (30 working days).
- Budget for traveling to other offices if remote, plus an annual company offsite.
- $500 home office stipend.