Independently detect, investigate and respond to cyber threats across Sophos and its products, while engineering the detections, automations, reusable skills and agentic workflows that scale Internal Detection and ResponseThe role combines incident response judgement with security engineering and the safe, measurable and observable use of AIOwn complex investigations across the incident lifecycle, from triage and evidence collection through containment, recovery and lessons learnedAct as a trusted front door for security issues, coordinating response across IDR, engineering, product and business teamsPerform DFIR and endpoint forensics, including log, network and packet analysis, malware analysis and firewall investigation where applicableWrite and improve detections, playbooks, orchestrations and preventions using evidence from incidents and threat huntingBuild production-quality automation that removes repetitive work, improves consistency and enables analysts to operate at a higher layerDesign model-agnostic, reusable skills and workflows that run across approved AI and agent platforms rather than depending on one modelUse Claude, Codex, Copilot and future approved tooling to accelerate investigations, coding, testing, documentation and detection engineeringContribute through Git Hub: create branches, raise and review pull requests, write tests, respond to feedback and support controlled deploymentInstrument agentic workflows with logs, traces, metrics, evaluation results and failure signals so behaviour and outcomes are observableApply safe harness design, least privilege, scoped tool access, approval gates, evidence validation,



rollback and human review for consequential actionsCommunicate incidents, risks, decisions and technical outcomes clearly to engineering and leadership audiencesBenefitsWe encourage teams to get together in person periodically to help facilitate teamworkRemote-first working model & hybrid optionsFlexible start and end times for many rolesLeadership development programAccess to Linked In LearningGlobal internal coaching program (Coach Match)Periodic Sophos wellness days off for all Sophos to help employees relax and rechargeGlobal wellbeing program, which offers a range of wellbeing resources, including Sophos Wellbeing Webinars, Stress Management Toolkits, and Developing Resilience CoursesFree Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for confidential advice and counseling on a wide range of work and personal issuesFree annual subscription to the Calm appPaid parental leave, caregiver leave & bereavement/compassion leave availableWe host some unforgettable social experiences for our global teams including our music festival SOPH-Fest, go-karting, Sophmudder, and incredible holiday parties!Our annual global fitness challenge, SOPH-Fit, sees thousands of employees taking part in our virtual global race around the worldEach quarter, we celebrate our exceptional global team by running the Sophos Values Awards,



which recognizes and rewards employees who embody the Sophos values and who we are as a companyHealth care perks available worldwideUnderstanding of agent architecture, tool use, skill-based design, model portability and AI or automation safety controlsHands-on familiarity with Claude, Codex or comparable coding agents, including context design, task decomposition and validation of generated outputAbility to design and write evals for agentic workflows and skills, covering task success, output quality, safety, regressions and common failure modesClear written and verbal communication, sound opsec judgement and the ability to work effectively in a globally coordinated environmentPractical capability in DFIR, endpoint and firewall forensics, threat hunting, detection engineering and analysis of unstructured telemetryAbility to write reliable automation in Python or a comparable language, work with APIs and query data using SQLWorking knowledge of Git and Git Hub engineering practices, including pull requests, code review, testing and CI/CD conceptsAbility to design observability for automated work and use telemetry to troubleshoot, measure quality and improve reliabilityStrong enterprise incident response experience across endpoint, identity, cloud, network and product-focused investigationsAt Sophos, we believe in the power of diverse perspectives to fuel innovation.Research shows that candidates sometimes hesitate to apply if they don’t check every box in a job description.We challenge that notion.Your unique experiences and skills might be exactly what we need to enhance our team.#J-18808-Ljbffr

📌 Security Engineer (Threat Response, Sophos Security Team, Idr) (Quebec City)
🏢 Sophos
📍 Quebec City