Compugen is Canada's largest privately-owned Technology Ally. To innovate industries, transform businesses, connect communities, and drive meaningful change, we must think bigger, reach broader, and act bolder. Through knowledge, curiosity, and collaboration, Compugen helps organizations delivering experience by design. This is what it means to be human-centered and technology-enabled.
Dreaming, designing, and delivering isn't just a mantra for us — it's a way of life. We believe that technology is the conduit, but our people – they are the connection that truly makes the magic happen!
We are a human-centered culture where we prioritize your well-being and are invested in helping you reach your fullest potential. We're not only focused on achieving our goals — we're dedicated to helping you achieve yours.
If you're relentlessly curious, driven to make a difference, and collaborative at the core, then you belong with us.
We are seeking a
Senior IT Security Engineer is responsible for security processes, products and projects with medium to high levels of complexity. The Senior IT Security Engineer will be instrumental in developing security requirements and designing and implementing security solutions. S/he will collaborate and communicate with members of cross-functional teams in an Agile hybrid environment, and enable the effective and efficient delivery of secure, quality products. The position is onsite
Vancouver or Victoria with occasional travel between the two cities. Remote option is available but priority to onsite.
6 month contract to start with potential extension to 18 months.
- Leads the evaluation, selection, and implementation of SAST, DAST, and SCA tooling, including integration into CI/CD pipelines and development of detailed remediation runbooks for scan findings
- Works with DevSecOps to develop and maintain secure coding standards, guidelines, and training materials for development teams
- Conducts application security assessments, threat modeling sessions, and architecture reviews for new and existing applications
- Champions security culture by embedding into Agile development teams as a security subject matter expert
- Documents designs as well as produces technical reports in support of security initiatives
- Triages and prioritizes application security vulnerabilities, working with development teams on remediation strategies
- Develops and maintains security testing automation to enable continuous assurance of application security posture
- Leads and completes security risk reviews on software, SaaS, third party and written code
Monitors emerging AI and ML security threats, application security threats, vulnerabilities and attack techniques and proposes new solutions to emergent risks in these areas
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- 8–10+ years in senior information/application security roles
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Strong hands‑on application security experience (SAST, DAST, IAST, SCA) integrated into CI/CD pipelines
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Secure software engineering and secure coding practices
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Cloud security experience, particularly Microsoft Azure
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Secure API design (OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect) and API gateway security
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Threat modeling, vulnerability assessment, remediation, and reporting
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Strong communication skills and ability to work closely with Agile/DevSecOps teams
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Security‑first mindset with a strong developer enablement approach
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Programming experience (Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, Java, C#, Go)
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IAM and privileged access management
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Penetration testing experience
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Relevant security certifications (e.g., GWAPT, CSSLP, CEH, OSWE)
At Compugen, we are committed to diversity, equity and inclusion. We actively recruit from all groups, including women, Indigenous people, persons with disabilities and members of visible minorities. We recognize the importance of removing barriers to participation and provide accommodation upon request to all applicants throughout the recruitment process. If you require an accommodation, our People & Culture representative will work with you to meet your needs in a confidential and respectful manner. We believe everyone deserves a seat at the table-and we are taking deliberate action to make this a reality.
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