Senior Security Operations Engineer

About Cohere

Cohere is the leading security-first enterprise AI company. We build cutting-edge foundation AI models and end-to-end products designed to solve real-world business problems. We’re training and deploying frontier models for enterprises building AI systems. Our work is instrumental to the widespread adoption of AI, and we’re looking for folks who want to be part of that.

We obsess over what we build. Each team member contributes to increasing the capabilities of our models and the value they drive for customers. Cohere is a global team of researchers, engineers, designers, and more, passionate about their craft. Headquartered in Toronto, we have key offices in London, New York City, San Francisco, Montreal, Paris, Berlin, and Seoul.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a trusted advisor to team 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 to streamline authentication/authorization for unified access control.
• Deploy and operationalize security services and tools (e.g., SIEM, SOAR, domain monitoring, endpoint tooling, cloud security tooling).
• Respond to security incidents and harden environments post-incident.
• 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 employs a constructive, flexible approach to building innovative solutions.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in SecOps, DevSecOps, Cloud Security, Threat Detection & Response, or software development with a strong focus on security tool onboarding and optimization.
• Hands-on security engineering experience with a focus on automating controls.
• Experience managing cloud platforms (GCP, AWS, Azure, OCI) and Kubernetes environments.
• Familiarity with CI/CD systems and SecOps workflows (Git, Terraform) in cloud environments.
• Experience with one or more of: infrastructure automation, network segmentation, system hardening, container and cloud security concepts, and security observability.
• Experience with multiple languages such as Golang and/or Python.
• Comfort with ambiguity and ability to make informed decisions with limited data.
• Flexible and constructive approach to problem-solving, including trade-offs between build vs. buy decisions.
• Understanding of secure engineering best practices and ability to articulate problem statements and solutions to both technical and non-technical audiences.

Benefits

• A weekly lunch stipend of $75/£75 or equivalent in your local currency.
• Full health and dental benefits, including a separate budget for mental health.
• RRSP matching, 401K, or Pension Scheme (location-dependent).
• 100% parental leave top-up for up to 6 months for either parent.
• Annual enrichment benefits: Arts & culture, fitness/wellness, quality time, and a workspace improvement credit.
• 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.

Schedule

This is a full-time position.

Work Arrangements

• Remote-friendly with offices in Toronto, London, New York City, San Francisco, Montreal, Paris, Berlin, and Seoul.
• For office-based employees: daily lunch program, snacks, and regular community/social events.
• For remote employees: co-working benefit and a $500 home office stipend.