Senior Infrastructure Security Engineer

Clio is more than just a tech company–we are a global leader that is transforming the legal experience for all by bettering the lives of legal professionals while increasing access to justice.

Summary:

We are currently seeking a Senior Infrastructure Security Engineer to join our rapidly growing Security team. This role is for someone passionate about building proactive security solutions, implementing detection capabilities, and driving security automation at scale. You will be exposed to new challenges and technologies while making a tangible impact. This role is available to candidates across Canada (excluding Quebec). If you are local to one of our hubs (Burnaby, Calgary, or Toronto) you will be expected to be in office minimum two days per week for our Anchor Days.

What your team does: 

Are you someone who’s always probing and asking why, someone who enjoys finding smarter and more efficient solutions to problems? If so, we have a spot for you on Clio’s security team! We are looking for the right candidate to develop and run our security architecture and engineering program, and be an advocate and advisor for security overall.  If you have a strong operations background with a passion for security and experience in cloud-first environments, then we want to talk to you.

Who you are:

• Thrive working in a small team where you can make a big impact

• Passionate about cloud-native security and container orchestration platforms

• Continually seek for better more efficient ways of working

• Excel at building security automation and detection capabilities

• Enjoy the hustle of working in a fast growing successful organization

A day in the life might look like:

• Implement and maintain security controls across AWS/Azure, focusing on EKS/AKS cluster security, EC2 hardening, and cloud-native protection

• Partner with the cloud security manager to plan and develop the team’s road map

• Develop and tune rules for cloud-specific threats, manage GuardDuty/Defender integration, and build automated response workflows

• Investigate potential security incidents and serve as initial incident responder

• Stay up-to-date with current methods of cloud compromise, tools, tactics, and procedures

• Provide architectural guidance for securing our user environments and maintaining a good security posture

• Secure Kubernetes workloads, implement pod security standards, and integrate security scanning into CI/CD pipelines

What you may have:

• Cloud Security expertise with 3+ years in securing AWS environments

• Hands-on expertise with Kubernetes and/or EKS, including autoscaling, CI/CD, and automation

• Skilled in securing cloud infrastructure such as AWS, GCP/GSuite, GitHub, and IdP

• Familiarity in a cloud-first organization, including experience with AWS and/or GCP

• Adept at using IaC technologies like Terraform, Puppet, CloudFormation, or Ansible

• Ability to program in a dynamic programming language: python, ruby

• Strong understanding of threat vectors, indicators of compromise, malicious behaviour identification, and emerging threat analysis.

• Strong Linux experience

Serious bonus points if you have:

• Strong Azure and/or GCP security experience to go with your AWS Experience

• Any security certifications such as AWS Security Specialist, OSCP, CKS, GCPN, CISSP or others

• Experience with Ruby on Rails, Puppet, Terraform, ELK (Elastic/OpenSearch, Logtash and Kibana)

• Infrastructure security (firewalls, ACLs, authentication, device hardening)

• Container Security Tools familiarity with Falco, OPA/Gatekeeper, container image scanning, and runtime protection

What you will find here:

Compensation is one of the main components of Clio’s Total Rewards Program. We have developed a series of programs and processes to ensure we are creating fair and competitive pay practices that form the foundation of our human and high-performing culture.
 

Some highlights of our Total Rewards program include:

• Competitive, equitable salary with top-tier health benefits, dental, and vision insurance 

• Hybrid work environment, with expectation for local Clions (Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto, and Dublin) to be in office minimum 2 days per week on our Anchor Days. 

• Flexible time off policy, with an encouraged 20 days off per year.

• $2000 annual counseling benefit

• RRSP matching and RESP contribution 

• Clioversary recognition program with special acknowledgement at 3, 5, 7, and 10 years​

The full salary range* for this role is $146,200 to $172,000 to $197,800 CAD.Please note salary bands may differ based on location and local currency. Additionally, benefit offerings may differ depending on the employee's location.

*We aim to hire all candidates between the minimum and the midpoint of the full salary range. We reserve the midpoint to the maximum of the salary band for internal employees who demonstrate sustained high performance and impact at Clio. The final offer amount for this role will be dependent on individual experience and skillset of the candidate. Please note there are a separate set of salary bands for other regions based on local currency.

Diversity, Inclusion, Belonging and Equity (DIBE) & Accessibility 

Our team shows up as their authentic selves, and are united by our mission. We are dedicated to diversity, equity and inclusion. We pride ourselves in building and fostering an environment where our teams feel included, valued, and enabled to do the best work of their careers, wherever they choose to log in from. We believe that different perspectives, skills, backgrounds, and experiences result in higher-performing teams and better innovation. We are committed to equal employment and we encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply.

Clio provides accessibility accommodations during the recruitment process. Should you require any accommodation, please let us know and we will work with you to meet your needs.

Learn more about our culture at clio.com/careers