Ritchie Bros. operates what it calls the world's largest marketplace for used heavy equipment, trucks, and industrial assets. Founded in 1958 and headquartered in Westchester, Illinois, the company is publicly traded on NYSE and TSX under ticker RBA. Its transaction platforms - RB Auction, IronPlanet, Marketplace-E, GovPlanet, SalvageSale, and IAA - move high-value physical goods across more than 170 countries from auction sites in 13.
That footprint matters from a security perspective. Each platform handles financial transactions, seller-buyer identity verification, logistics data, and payment flows at global scale across sectors including construction, transportation, agriculture, energy, mining, and government. The threat surface spans fraud, account compromise, and the integrity of auction processes where real money moves fast. A cybersecurity team here is defending live commerce infrastructure, not abstract endpoints.
The company's roots are in Kelowna, British Columbia, with its first auction site in Radium Hot Springs, B.C., and its legal domicile in Canada - meaning security operations likely navigate cross-border data, regulatory, and compliance requirements across North America and internationally. With no publicly detailed technical stack, candidates should expect the chance to shape tooling and architecture on systems where uptime and trust are directly tied to revenue.
