Senior Cybersecurity Specialist - IR
- Vancouver, BC
- Permanent
- Temps-plein
- 3-5 years of hands-on cybersecurity experience responding to high-severity and complex security incidents, including leading end-to-end investigations of complex security incidents, including scoping, deep analysis, coordinated containment, remediation, and root-cause determination across cloud and hybrid environments
- Proficiency using SIEM and EDR platforms to investigate security events and analyze large volumes of security telemetry
- Experience performing threat hunting and developing or tuning detection logic
- Knowledge of cyber threat intelligence practices, including analyzing attacker tactics and techniques and applying intelligence to improve detections and investigations
- Experience conducting incident investigations and forensic analysis to determine root cause and reconstruct attacker activity
- Experience investigating incidents in cloud environments (Azure, AWS, or GCP) including identity systems, logging, and cloud-native telemetry
- Experience working cross-functionally with engineering, IT, cloud operations, legal, and security teams to drive remediation
- Ability to work the required schedule and participate in the on-call rotation
- Experience investigating application-layer attacks, abuse cases, or SaaS platform threats
- Advanced knowledge of cybersecurity and information security control best practices
- Certifications such as CISSP, SANS, or incident response, threat hunting, or forensics certifications
Monday-Friday, 8:00am - 4:00pm PST
Occasional adjusted hours (6:00am - 2:00pm PST) when covering UK colleagues during planned PTO. Participation in a shared on-call rotation (one weekend per month)Location:
Hybrid; 3 days per week from our Vancouver office and 2 days from homeWho is Sage?
Sage is a global B2B SaaS helping small to medium-sized businesses to succeed with AI-powered Accounting & ERP software. Knowing that over 6M of our global customers depend on our solutions, motivates us to keep innovating so they keep growing. Sage Copilot is a prime exampleYou'll have the opportunity expand your skills and grow your career at a stable SaaS with products voted #1 in customer satisfaction for 10 consecutive years. Collaborate with a globally diverse, customer-focused teams that embrace innovation, bold thinking, and impactful work. Our culture is built on doing the right thing-guided by our values: Human, Trust, Bold, and Simplify. We support work-life balance and encourage giving back through the Sage Foundation, offering every employee 40 paid volunteer hours per year to make a difference in our communities.Key Responsibilities Key Responsibilities
- Own and lead investigations of complex security incidents to ensure rapid containment, effective remediation, and secure recovery
- Perform proactive and hypothesis-driven threat hunting across endpoints, servers, cloud environments, and applications to identify malicious behaviour and emerging threats
- Develop and improve detection logic, alert tuning, and investigation workflows to enhance threat visibility and reduce false positives
- Apply threat intelligence to strengthen detection capabilities and prioritize investigations
- Conduct incident investigations and forensic analysis to determine root cause and reconstruct attacker activity
- Take ownership of complex investigations and drive remediation efforts through to resolution
- Improve incident response playbooks, procedures, and operational processes
- Lead cyber defence workstreams within larger security initiatives
- Mentor junior team members and support knowledge sharing across the team
- Investigate complex security alerts and confirmed incidents across SIEM, EDR, NDR, and cloud security platforms
- 100% paid premiums for health, dental, and vision coverage
- RRSP contribution match (100% up to 4%)
- 35 days paid time off (11 holidays, 16 vacation days, 3 personal days, 5 sick days)
- Work Away, an opportunity to work & play for 10 weeks in a country of your choice (from a Sage-approved list)
- 18 weeks of paid parental leave for birth, adoption, or surrogacy offered 1 year after your start date
- 5 days paid yearly to volunteer (through Sage Foundation)
- $5,250 tuition reimbursement per calendar year starting 6 months after your hire date
- Sage Wellness Rewards Program (annual fitness reimbursement)
- Library of on-demand career development options and ongoing training offerings
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