The Bank of Canada is a leading central bank committed to a better Canada, focusing on excellence, integrity, and innovation. They are seeking a recent graduate to join their Cyber Assurance team to explore the application of artificial intelligence in cybersecurity testing and assurance activities.
Responsibilities
- Assist in prototyping and developing AI‑enabled workflows to support performing cybersecurity testing and assurance activities
- Support the use of AI to improve or automate: Vulnerability scanning, application security testing, Validation and evidence collection for security controls (e.g., NIST 800‑53)
- Work with structured and unstructured data from existing tools and processes to evaluate AI outputs
- Document solutions, assumptions, and limitations in a clear and structured manner
Skills
- Recent graduate of a bachelor's degree or college diploma in computer science, engineering, or a relevant field
- Completion date for relevant diploma or degree must be between January 2024 to June 2026
- Awareness of core cybersecurity concepts such as vulnerabilities, threats, risk, and access control
- Source Code Management (e.g. GitHub)
- Ability to break down complex problems and communicate to a non-technical audience
- Language requirement: English or French essential
- Priority will be given to Canadian citizens and permanent residents
- Security level required: Be eligible to obtain Secret
- Exposure to application security concepts (SAST, DAST, vulnerability scanning)
- Familiarity with DevSecOps or CI/CD concepts
- Introductory experience with data analysis, machine learning, or generative AI tools
- Exposure to cloud platforms (e.g., Azure) or security frameworks (e.g., NIST)
- Participation in hackathons, labs, or academic projects related to cybersecurity or AI
Benefits
- Flexible and comprehensive benefits so you can choose the level of health and dental coverage that meets your needs
- Extra vacation days (up to five each year) that you can purchase to add to your vacation entitlement
- Option to join the indexed, defined-benefit pension plan after 24 consecutive months of service
Company Overview
- Bank of Canada promotes the country’s economic and financial welfare by keeping inflation low, stable and predictable. It was founded in 1935, and is headquartered in Ottawa, Ontario, CAN, with a workforce of 1001-5000 employees. Its website is http://www.bankofcanada.ca/careers.