Cyber Security Research Scientists/engineer

Cyber Security Research Scientist

Imagine applying your cyber security expertise to systems where your work truly impacts public safety—where every solution you develop helps protect Canada's most critical infrastructure. In this role, you'll find yourself conducting hands-on assessments, crafting innovative software solutions, and shaping policies that strengthen OT cyber resilience across the nuclear sector. Do you enjoy tackling complex challenges, influencing modernization efforts, and seeing your work translate directly into national safety advancements? If so, this is your chance to make a meaningful difference at a state-of-the-art research facility leading the future of OT cyber security in Canada. Apply today.

What will you be doing!

• Serving as a core member of the cyber security research group, with particular emphasis on instrumentation and control (I&C) systems.
• Proposing new cyber security techniques and technologies and designing, developing, testing and validating these new capabilities to develop practical and innovative cyber security solutions for industrial control applications.
• Preparing project proposals and work plans (activities, budget, schedule, resources) and associated project management artifacts (e.g., progress reports, final reports).
• Conducting security assessments of I&C equipment using recognized standards and guidelines.
• Developing methodologies to mitigate vulnerabilities in I&C equipment and applications (e.g., change management, vendor management, security by design).
• Being responsible for software development and systems engineering in support of basic and applied cyber security research in the real-time I&C system domain.
• Being responsible for guiding the work of junior scientists/engineers or technicians.
• Providing presentations to stakeholders and author reports, presentations, and technical refereed journal publications.
• Other duties as assigned by your manager.

What we are looking for:

• Education
  • Undergraduate degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or Applied Mathematics from a university of recognized standing.
• Experience
  • Have 5+ years of experience and interest in learning and working in one or more of the areas:
  • Industrial process control systems (DCS, PLC and SCADA-based systems):
  • I&C standards such as IEC 61508.
  • I&C communication protocols such as MODBUS and OPC.
  • Design and implementation of control system network architectures.
  • Programming PLCs, HMI SCADA systems such as Siemens, Allen Bradley and Triconex.
  • Specifying field instrumentation, PLC and SCADA hardware, and wiring design.
  • Experience with cyber security standards, processes & technologies:
  • Cybersecurity standards such as NIST CSF and IEC 62443.
  • Security monitoring, SOC/SIEM.
  • Firewalls, Data diodes.
  • Vulnerability assessments.
• Experience in aspects of the systems development lifecycle and associated tools (e.g., requirements, design, implementation, integration, test, deployment, revision control, configuration management, change control).
• Specialized expertise and/or knowledge in a particular area of cyber security would be an asset (e.g., machine learning, secure system design, vulnerability assessments, wireless security, intrusion detection systems, forensic analysis tools, next-generation firewalls, application control, whitelisting, AV, encryption, malware attack vectors, threat intelligence, automated auditing, analytics).
• Experience and willingness to mentor and supervise junior developers and engineers.

Working Conditions:

• Project deadlines and spontaneous demands require work beyond the typical workday on an occasional basis.
• Visual concentration is required for viewing computer monitors.
• May require visits to an industrial facility.

Why CNL?

Does working with a team across Canada to advance nuclear science and technology for a clean and secure world speak to you? We're reinventing ourselves to be the pacesetters so we can lead the charge in solving the problems that matter, like building the next generation of clean nuclear and hydrogen energy solutions, developing new and better-targeted cancer treatments, and continuing to lead the world in environmental remediation.

We offer a complete total rewards package:

• Paid time off (vacation, sick, floater & personal);
• Benefits effective day one, that's right, no waiting period;
• Tuition support
• and a pension!

Do Our Priorities Resonate with You?

• Clean energy for today and tomorrow.
• Restore and protect the Environment.
• Contribute to the health of Canadians.

Location: CNL's Fredericton office is located in the capital city of Fredericton, New Brunswick. This quaint city is rich in culture and history and combines the comfort of a small town with world-class facilities.

CNL is committed to providing an atmosphere free from barriers that promotes equity, diversity and inclusion in achieving our mission. CNL welcomes and celebrates employees, stakeholders and partners of all racial, cultural, and ethnic identities.

CNL also supports a workplace environment and a corporate culture that is built on our Core Values: Respect, Teamwork, Accountability, Safety, Integrity and Excellence which encourage equitable employment practices and career prospects inclusive of accommodations for all employees.

CNL is committed to being an equal-opportunity employer. If you require accommodation measures during any phase of the hiring process, please indicate via our ATS when applying. All information received in relation to accommodation requests will be kept confidential.

CNL recognizes and respects that the territory on which our Fredericton office is based is the unceded and unsurrendered traditional territory of the Wabanaki peoples – predominantly the lands of the Mikmaq, Wolastoqey (Maliseet) and Peskotomahkati (Passamaquoddy). We express our gratitude and appreciation to those Indigenous people who have been living and working on these lands since time immemorial.