Data Security Engineer (12 Months Secondment/Contract)

We’re building a relationship-oriented bank for the modern world. We need talented, passionate professionals who are dedicated to doing what’s right for our clients.

At CIBC, we embrace your strengths and your ambitions, so you are empowered at work. Our team members have what they need to make a meaningful impact and are truly valued for who they are and what they contribute.

To learn more about CIBC, please visit CIBC.com

What You’ll Be Doing

You will be joining the Cybersecurity, Third Party and Resilience Technology team at CIBC. As a Data Security Engineer within the DELP and TDaaS Enablement team, you will play a key role in data protection domain. You will work independently or lead a small group and collaborate with other team members, consumer application teams, service business partners, application operations teams, and vendor partners on solutioning, guidance, development, implementation, troubleshooting, and remediation.

At CIBC we enable the work environment most optimal for you to thrive in your role. Details on your work arrangement (proportion of on-site and remote work) will be discussed at the time of your interview.

How You’ll Succeed

• Development and integration: Participate in and conduct technical design, development, unit testing and integration of cross-functional, multi-platform application systems for the major features. Ensure adherence to all regulatory and information security standards and policies in all aspects of application management. Provide a technical runbook outlining the business implications of consumer onboarding projects.

• Consumer onboarding project delivery: You focus on project timelines and deliverables. You will participate in the delivery of data protection service integration to ensure alignment with stakeholder goals and security requirements. This includes providing guidance on protector installation, configuring network connectivity, deploying data protection policies and verifying audit logs in collaboration with consumer teams.

• Troubleshooting and production support: You understand that effective production support helps build long-term relationships and demonstrates a commitment to client care. You will participate in project and production issue troubleshooting, applying solutions as needed and collaborating with multiple external teams to address business and client-impact issues.

• Communication: You understand that communication is key to delivering strong results. You will participate in multiple meetings, listen actively and provide your insights throughout all stages from solutioning to delivery.

• Team collaboration: You are passionate about collaborating effectively with consumer partners and stakeholders across CIBC. You will develop a unified data protection onboarding process by standardizing onboarding procedures and maintaining a playbook to help new consumers adopt our services efficiently.

• Ownership to grow and deep-dive: You enjoy taking on challenges and are self-driven to explore new technologies and solutions. You will master a variety of data protection integration patterns, including Application Protector, Immutable Application Protector, Oracle Protector and Big Data Databricks Protector, while continuing to explore innovative technologies and solutions.

Who You Are

• You can demonstrate more than five years of experience as an application developer/designer and integration specialist, developing and deploying Java applications on the OpenShift OCP platform using Docker images, Helm charts and GitHub Actions. You must have hands-on experience in application production support, leveraging logical thinking, organizational skills and troubleshooting abilities. You must have good knowledge of the software development life cycle, batch processing, Azure Storage Accounts, Azure Key Vault, Azure Network Security Group and Microsoft Entra ID. It is an asset if you have experience with Azure Databricks or performance tuning in Oracle Database and Azure SQL Database.

• Your influence makes an impact. You know that relationships and networks are essential to success.  You inspire outcomes by making yourself heard.

• You're driven by collective success. You know that collaboration can transform a good idea into a great one. You understand the power of a team that enjoys working together to create a shared vision.

• You are passionate about client service. You want the work you do each day to result in a  positive client experience.

• You act like an owner. You thrive when you're empowered to take initiative, go above and beyond, and deliver results.

• You have a degree/diploma in Computer Science, and/or a related field.

What CIBC Offers

At CIBC, your goals are a priority. We start with your strengths and ambitions as an employee and strive to create opportunities to tap into your potential.

• We work to recognize you in meaningful, personalized ways including a competitive compensation, a banking benefit*, wellbeing support and additional offers such as employee and family assistance programs and MomentMakers, our social, points-based recognition program.

• Our spaces and technological toolkit will make it simple to bring together great minds to create innovative solutions that make a difference for our clients.

*Subject to program terms and conditions

What you need to know

• CIBC is committed to creating an inclusive environment where all team members and clients feel like they belong. We seek applicants with a wide range of abilities and we provide an accessible candidate experience. If you need accommodation, please contact Mailbox.careers-carrieres@cibc.com

• You need to be legally eligible to work at the location(s) specified above and, where applicable, must have a valid work or study permit

• We may ask you to complete an attribute-based assessment and other skills tests (such as simulation, coding, French proficiency, MS Office). Our goal for the application process is to get to know more about you, all that you have to offer, and give you the opportunity to learn more about us.

Expected End Date

2026-08-01

Job Location

Toronto-81 Bay, 4th Floor

Employment Type

Temporary (Fixed Term)

Weekly Hours

37.5

Skills

Application Development, Application Testing, Azure Data Factory, Business Requirements, Communication, Computer Programming, Data Security, Debugging, Design, DevOps, End-to-End Testing, GitHub, Impact Analysis, Java, Microsoft Azure Databricks, Oracle, Structured Query Language (SQL), Systems Troubleshooting, Work Collaboratively