Cyber Security Specialist - L3

Who we are:

For over 25 years, Global Relay has set the standard in enterprise information archiving with industry-leading cloud archiving, surveillance, eDiscovery, and analytics solutions. We securely capture and preserve the communications data of the world’s most highly regulated firms, giving them greater visibility and control over their information and ensuring compliance with stringent regulations.

Though we offer competitive compensation and benefits and all the other perks one would expect from an established company, we are not your typical technology company. Global Relay is a career-building company. A place for big ideas. New challenges. Groundbreaking innovation. It’s a place where you can genuinely make an impact – and be recognized for it.

We believe great businesses thrive on diversity, inclusion, and the contributions of all employees. To that end, we recruit candidates from different backgrounds and foster a work environment that encourages employees to collaborate and learn from each other, completely free of barriers.

Your role:

The Cyber Security Specialist - L3 ensures the deployment, operations and continuous improvement of security tools, technologies and processes that protect Global Relay, including the AI-enabled capabilities embedded across them, and ensures advanced response to security threats and vulnerabilities. This highly technical role works directly with access control, endpoint security, vulnerability management, cryptography, and the application of AI, machine learning and generative AI to security operations. The role includes acting as an escalation point for security incidents and technical issues, incident response, threat intelligence, evaluation of security systems and processes, and safeguarding the organization's use of AI technologies. This role works closely with leadership, SecOps/DevOps, and development teams on security related matters.

Your responsibilities:

Design, implement, and continuously improve Global Relay's cybersecurity solutions ensuring alignment with business goals, Global Relay standards and industry best practices

Implement, manage, and monitor security technologies (e.g., WAF, Threat Intelligence Platform, SIEM, HSM, EDR/XDR, Vulnerability Management), assessing, designing and delivering AI, machine learning and generative AI use cases across these platforms, from prioritization and proof of concept through to production integration

Act as a subject matter expert and escalation point for security incidents and service requests

Evaluate and tune AI-enabled security workflows for effectiveness

Threat-model and design safeguards for organizational use of AI; including generative AI applications, copilots, agents, MCP servers and tool integrations

Stay up-to-date with the latest cybersecurity threats, trends, and technologies, including the evolving AI threat landscape and adversarial use of AI, and interpret threat intelligence to develop new security use cases and defensive strategies

Use scripting and programming languages (e.g., Python, PowerShell) to automate security tasks and develop custom security tools

Research, evaluate, and deploy security solutions to ensure best of class monitoring and protection of systems and applications

Create and manage audit content and process documentation for security audits

Participate in security awareness initiatives

About you:

5-7+ years hands-on experience working with core information security systems, and core infrastructure and networking components.

Excellent knowledge and understanding of cryptography and cryptographic technologies

You have a methodical and creative approach to problem-solving which you can communicate and document effectively

Proven experience as an escalation-point for the analysis of security events 

Expert understanding of a wide variety of Network communication protocols

Experience using an internal and external ticketing system 

Previous experience in troubleshooting day-to-day operational processes such as report generation, data verification, data correlation, etc.

Given the evolving AI fueled threat landscape the ideal candidate for this role has a strong, self-driven interest in applying AI, machine learning and generative AI to security operations. Experience in an enterprise setting is highly desirable. We are looking for someone with a considered view on how AI-enabled security workflows should be evaluated and tuned for effectiveness in alert enrichment, triage, detection, investigation and response automation. Success in the role calls for curiosity and awareness of the security risks of organizational AI use and an ability to reason through threats such as prompt injection, sensitive-data exposure, unauthorized actions, excessive permissions, model misuse and third-party or provider risk. If you have explored these topics through professional experience, research, experimentation, or community engagement and can discuss practical safeguards, please highlight this in your application.
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Compensation:

Global Relay advertises the pay range for this role in compliance with British Columbia’s pay transparency laws. Individual pay rates are determined by evaluating factors such as expertise, skills, education, and professional background. 

The range below reflects the expected annual base salary, which is only one element of our comprehensive total rewards package designed to reflect our company pay philosophy, culture and values. We aim to foster an inspiring work environment and support employees' work-life rhythms. We provide a comprehensive extended health benefits program, including virtual healthcare and a wellness allowance. Employees also receive annual allotted vacation days, which increase based on tenure. Other benefits include: Paid sick days, maternity/parental enhancement program, bonus, and an RRSP contribution matching program. 

For Vancouver-based employees, we provide a subsidized meal program, courtesy of our talented in-house culinary team!

British Columbia - Base salary range
$100,000—$120,000 CAD

What you can expect:

At Global Relay, there’s no ceiling to what you can achieve. It’s the land of opportunity for the energetic, the intelligent, the driven. You’ll receive the mentoring, coaching, and support you need to reach your career goals. You’ll be part of a culture that breeds creativity and rewards perseverance and hard work. And you’ll be working alongside smart, talented individuals from diverse backgrounds, with complementary knowledge and skills.

Global Relay is an equal-opportunity employer committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion.

We seek to ensure reasonable adjustments, accommodations, and personal time are tailored to meet the unique needs of every individual.

To learn more about our business, culture, and community involvement, visit