Co-op or Intern, Cyber Offensive Security - September 2024

Putting people first, every day

BDO is a firm built on a foundation of positive relationships with our people and our clients. Each day, our professionals provide exceptional service, helping clients with advice and insight they can trust. In turn, we offer an award-winning environment that fosters a people-first culture with a high priority on your personal and professional growth.

Your Opportunity

We are seeking a CO-OP to join the BDO team and own the following responsibilities, supporting the Cyber Offensive Security delivery team.

Responsibilities will include:

• Participating in Network & Application Penetration Tests, assessing customer environments and custom applications for vulnerabilities and defects.
• Participating in Red-Team and Adversary Simulation exercises, leveraging advanced techniques to discover potential vulnerabilities in an organization’s people, process, procedure as well as technology stack.
• Performing testing against IoT/OT and ICS/SCADA environments.
• Leveraging Social Engineering, Hardware Hacking, Network Implants, Physical Bypass techniques and various evasion capabilities in Physical Site Penetration Testing.
• Contributing to Research and Development in new exploitation techniques as well as strategies to deliver client engagements with enhanced effectiveness and efficiency.
• Authoring detailed and accurate reports with a high level of quality to be consumed by technical and non-technical audiences.
• Interfacing with client delegates, ensuring testing and assessment projects run smoothly and requirements are met.
• Working with clients to ensure they understand the impact to the Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability of their organization from assessment findings.

How do we define success for your role?

• You demonstrate BDO's core values through all aspect of your work: Integrity, Respect and Collaboration
• You understand your client’s industry, challenges, and opportunities; clients describe you as positive, professional, and delivering high-quality work
• You identify, recommend, and are focused on effective service delivery to your clients
• You share in an inclusive and engaging work environment that develops, retains & attracts talent
• You actively participate in the adoption of digital tools and strategies to drive an innovative workplace
• You grow your expertise through learning and professional development.

Your experience and education

• Pursuit of a Bachelor’s Degree or Advanced Diploma in Cybersecurity or related technology centric path.
• Demonstrated interest and dedication to the Cyber Security career path shown through related extra-curricular activities.
• Completion, or progress made towards completing a relevant Offensive Security certification such as OSCP, CRTP, eWPT, GPEN etc.
• Participation in Bug Bounty Programs, CTF Tournaments, industry events etc.
• Literacy in scripting languages such as Python, Ruby, Powershell etc.
• Strong oral and written skills in report and documentation writing.

Nice-to-have Skills/Experience:

• Conceptual understanding or experience performing Risk Assessments against industry frameworks.
• Understanding of Application Security Concepts such as SAST, DAST and SCA.
• Understanding of SOC concepts, responsibilities, and toolsets (blue team operations).
• Cloud Security Engineering capabilities in Azure, AWS and GCP.

Why BDO?

Our people-first approach to talent has earned us a spot among Canada’s Top 100 Employers for 2024. This recognition is a milestone we’re thrilled to add to our collection of awards for both experienced and student talent experiences.

Our firm is committed to providing an environment where you can be successful in the following ways:

• We enable you to engage with how we change and evolve, being a key contributor to the success and growth of BDO in Canada.

• We help you become a better professional within our services, industries, and markets with extensive opportunities for learning and development.

• We support your achievement of personal goals outside of the office and making an impact on your community.

Giving back adds up: Where company meets community. BDO is actively involved in our communities by supporting local charity initiatives. We support staff with local and national events where you will be given the opportunity to contribute to your community.

Total rewards that matter: We pay for performance with competitive total cash compensation that recognizes and rewards your contribution. We provide flexible benefits from day one, and a market leading personal time off policy. We are committed to supporting your overall wellness beyond working hours and provide reimbursement for wellness initiatives that fit your lifestyle.

Everyone counts: We believe every employee should have the opportunity to participate and succeed. Through leadership by our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Leader, we are committed to a workplace culture of respect, inclusion, and diversity. We recognize and celebrate the valuable differences among each of us, including race, religious beliefs, physical or mental disabilities, age, place of origin, marital status, family status, gender or gender identity and sexual orientation. If you require accommodation to complete the application process, please contact us.

Flexibility: All BDO personnel are expected to spend some of their time working in the office, at the client site, and virtually unless accommodations or alternative work arrangements are in place.

Our model is a blended approach designed to support the flexible needs of our people, the firm and our clients. It’s about creating work experiences that meet everyone’s needs and providing flexibility to adjust when, where and how we work to meet the expectations of our role.

Code of Conduct: Our Code of Conduct sets clear standards for how we conduct business. It reflects our shared values and commitments and includes guiding principles to help us make ethical decisions and maintain trust with each other, our clients, and the public.

Ready to make your mark at BDO? Click “Apply now” to send your up-to-date resume to one of our Talent Acquisition Specialists.

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