Ai And Automation Engineer

Remote - Canada Full-time CA$86,000 - CA$143,000 / yearRole Summary
Design, build, and operate AI automation for security services, taking workflows from requirements through production. The role uses large language models, agents, and retrieval pipelines to reduce investigation effort and response time.What You Will Do
Deliver security-service automation and translate service needs into implementation plans.Design agent workflows and retrieval-augmented generation pipelines using security telemetry, threat intelligence, and analyst runbooks.Integrate SIEM, SOAR, XDR/EDR, threat intelligence, and case-management tools through secure APIs and event-driven interfaces.Evaluate factual accuracy, missed threats, false positives, and regressions before releasing changes.Apply least-privilege access, sensitive-data controls, output validation, and analyst approval for high-impact actions;
test resistance to prompt injection.Build and ship tested Python services through code review and CI/CD;
monitor, troubleshoot, and maintain failure handling and rollback.Measure quality, workflow success, effort reduction, latency, and cost, and improve workflows using production evidence and user feedback.Coordinate with Security Operations, Threat Research, Data Science, and DevOps;
document designs and runbooks and mentor engineers.What You Will Bring
At least 5 years of production software experience, including at least 1 year with LLMs, agents, or applied machine learning and 1 year in or alongside a SOC or security team.Strong Python, REST API, and JSON skills, with experience using an LLM provider or open-source models.Experience taking retrieval pipelines, evaluation frameworks, or agent workflows from design into production.Experience evaluating AI quality, investigating failure modes, integrating security platforms, and applying SOC investigation and incident-response concepts.Hands-on experience with Git, automated testing, CI/CD, cloud deployment, and production troubleshooting.Technical communication, risk judgment, and experience with reviews or mentoring.Additional experience with SQL, Taegis, Sigma, MITRE ATT&CK, vector databases, hybrid retrieval, fine-tuning, agent orchestration, incident response, network traffic, Windows event logs, containerized or event-driven services, or security and ML tooling is an asset.Compensation and Location
In Canada, the base salary range is $86,000-$143,000 per year, with bonus eligibility and benefits. Specific pay depends on job-related factors. This role is remote within the location specified in the posting;
candidates must reside in and be authorized to work in that location.
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