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Skills: Go, Python, Cyber Security. Experience: 5 - 18 Years\nInclusion without Exception\nTata Consultancy Services (TCS) is an equal opportunity employer, and embraces diversity in race, nationality, ethnicity, gender, age, physical ability, neurodiversity, and sexual orientation, to create a workforce that reflects the societies we operate in. Our continued commitment to Culture and Diversity is reflected in our people stories across our workforce and implemented through equitable workplace policies and processes.\nTCS has been serving the Canadian marketplace for more than 35 years and today is the technology partner of choice for many of the country's leading organizations. As one of the largest IT services providers in Canada and globally, TCS is aiming to become the world's largest AI-led technology services company and is enabling its clients to transform themselves across the full AI stack, from infrastructure to intelligence.\nRooted in the heritage and values of the Tata Group, TCS is focused on creating long-term value for its clients, investors, employees, and the communities it serves. With a highly skilled workforce supporting customers from coast to coast, TCS has consistently been recognized as a Top Employer by the Top Employers Institute, including a recent top ranking at the country level.\nTCS also sponsors 14 of the world's most prestigious marathons and endurance events, including the TCS Toronto Waterfront Marathon, reflecting its commitment to health, sustainability, and community empowerment.\nJob Description :-\nMust Have Technical/Functional Skills\nTechnical Security Research Engineer to research, prototype, evaluate, and operationalize emerging cybersecurity capabilities. This is a hands-on role for someone who can move from a research hypothesis to working code, proof-of-concept, product evaluation, and enterprise recommendation.\nRoles & Responsibilities\nBuild agentic AI security harnesses, prototypes, and POCs for new cyber capabilities.\nResearch AI Security, Agentic AI, Application Security, quantum/PQC, blockchain, and other emerging technologies.\nDevelop and integrate agents, LLMs, APIs, security tools, automation, and test environments.\nEvaluate new cybersecurity products and startups through hands-on testing, benchmarking, and technical due diligence.\nValidate vendor claims and assess security, scalability, integration complexity, and enterprise applicability.\nHelp transition successful research prototypes toward operational use.\nPresent technical findings and recommendations to engineering, security leadership, and investment stakeholders.\nHighly Valued\nResearch papers or presentations at recognized cybersecurity, AI, or systems forums.\nExperience with AI red teaming, autonomous penetration testing, agent security, or AI-native security tooling.\nCybersecurity startup, founder, or early-stage product experience.\nExperience pitching to venture capital, corporate venture teams, accelerators, or investment stakeholders.\nPatents, ope n-source security projects, vulnerability research, or other demonstrated technical innovation.\nCertifications : CISSP, OSCP, CSSLP or equivalent\nThe ideal candidate combines the mindset of a security researcher, software engineer, and emerging-technology evaluator and is comfortable turning new ideas into measurable, working cybersecurity capabilities.\nTechnical Leadership\nMaster’s degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, AI, Computer Engineering, or related field; PhD welcomed.\nStrong hands-on software development skills, particularly Python, Java, Node, Go, C/C++ with experience in additional modern programming languages.\nExperience with LLMs, AI agents, tool calling, orchestration frameworks, APIs, cloud, containers, and security automation.\nStrong knowledge of Application Security, AI Security, vulnerability research, threat modeling, Secure development, Network security, infrastructure Security, Security Architecture and other security domains\nDemonstrated ability to design experiments, build prototypes, and evaluate emerging technologies.\nStrong technical writing and presentation skills.\nGeneric Managerial Skills, If any\nMaster’s degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, AI, Computer Engineering, or related field; PhD welcomed.\nStrong hands-on software development skills, particularly Python, Java, Node, Go, C/C++ with experience in additional modern programming languages.\nExperience with LLMs, AI agents, tool calling, orchestration frameworks, APIs, cloud, containers, and security automation.\nStrong knowledge of Application Security, AI Security, vulnerability research, threat modeling, Secure development, Network security, infrastructure Security, Security Architecture and other security domains\nDemonstrated ability to design experiments, build prototypes, and evaluate emerging technologies.\nStrong technical writing and presentation skills..\nSalary Range :- 100K - 120K CAD/YEAR\nTata Consultancy Services Canada Inc. is committed to meeting the accessibility needs of all individuals in accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) and the Ontario Human Rights Code (OHRC). 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