Cyber Systems Engineer

Cyber Systems Engineer

We are seeking a skilled Cyber Systems Engineer to join our dynamic team. The role will involve a blend of Systems Cybersecurity Engineering and Software Cybersecurity Engineering functions. The successful candidate will play a crucial role in architecting, implementing, and maintaining robust security controls for our products.

Responsibilities

• Architect product security controls by defining security architecture, trust boundaries, and control objectives.
• Run system-level threat models and allocate mitigations across hardware, firmware, and software.
• Translate guidance into security requirements and verification plans, including deriving security requirements from FDA and consensus standards.
• Write and maintain product security documentation, including design-level architecture views and trust boundaries.
• Support pen test technical execution by managing technical interfaces during product testing.
• Define post-release remediation technical scope and coordinate with engineering for validated deployment.
• Implement security controls in software, building or modifying product security mechanisms in code.
• Integrate secure SDLC tooling and gates, and enforce build and release checks.
• Support software update cybersecurity processes by assessing impact and producing necessary security artifacts.
• Maintain software security documentation and ensure change/release traceability.
• Implement and verify remediation from CVEs and pen test findings, ensuring closure evidence is captured.
• Support release readiness for sustaining updates, including vulnerability-driven update releases.

Essential Skills

• Expertise in cybersecurity, firmware, and software.
• Experience in building cybersecurity measures into products.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• Familiarity with security architecture, threat modeling, and mitigation allocation.
• Proficiency in secure update flows, logging, telemetry, integrity protections, and hardening patterns.

Job Type & Location

This is a Contract position based out of Burnaby, BC.

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $75.00 - $85.00/hr.

Workplace Type

This is a fully onsite position in Burnaby, BC.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

At Actalent, diversity and inclusion are a bridge towards the equity and success of our people. DE&I is embedded into our culture through:

• Hiring diverse talent
• Maintaining an inclusive environment through persistent self-reflection
• Building a culture of care, engagement, and recognition with clear outcomes
• Ensuring growth opportunities for our people

Actalent is an equal opportunity employer.

About Actalent

Actalent is a global leader in engineering and sciences services. For more than 40 years, we've helped visionary companies advance their goals. Headquartered in the United States, our teams span 150 offices across North America, EMEA, and APAC—with four delivery centers in India led by 1,000+ extraordinary employees who connect their passion with purpose every day.

Our Bangalore, Hyderabad, Pune, and Chennai delivery centers are hubs of engineering expertise, with core capabilities in mechanical and electrical engineering, systems and software, and manufacturing engineering. Our teams deliver work across multiple industries including transportation, consumer and industrial products, and life sciences. We serve more than 4,500 clients, including many Fortune 500 brands. Learn more about how we can work together at actalentservices.com.