Sr. Technical Specialist - Information Security

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Job Description

Our client has a requirement for a Sr. Technical Specialist - Information Security for a 3 month contract opportunity.  The position is located in Toronto.

What makes this Special

Our client, one of Canada’s largest publically traded Retailers is currently looking experienced I.T. professionals.   Located in Toronto, our client is easily accessed via automobile and public transportation.  You have a history of successful contract experience with similar sized organizations in Canada, can meet deadlines and can thrive in a challenging and demanding environment.  If you are an experienced, hard working, independent individual who can take charge and welcome new challenges in a structured environment, we would like to hear from you

Role

The Senior Technology Specialist - Security will play a critical role in developing the information security and event management program and building maturity in security incident response. This temporary role requires SME leadership to evaluate existing security posture and monitoring operations in the IT production environment and develop existing security information and incident response capability. The focus will be on improving security information and event management. The candidate will be a part of the Information Security Operations team and work with various platform SMEs and our managed security service provider throughout the course of this engagement.

Major Responsibilities

• Be a SME for security information and event management
• Collect information on computing infrastructure and related security controls and profile the environment in terms of current state defense in depth features and performance
• Assess adequacy of various patching practices and hygiene solutions in the context of the overall posture of the production environment
• Review the existing logging and monitoring solution and provide recommendations to improve coverage and alerting utility
• Recommend mitigating actions to increase protection of key information assets, improve security incident response and increase the value proposition of managed security services
• Develop a computing infrastructure security diagnostics report and identify the necessary enhancements to the underlying monitoring and security information management solution
• Identify proactive actions to reduce likelihood of security events and position the client for effective emergency response to security incidents
• Review and provide recommendations for various security documents
• Identify report content and participate in the development of operational security reports
• Facilitate communications with stakeholder groups to understand process requirements
• Assess existing practices and processes identifying gaps and developing remediation actions
• Maintain plan and schedule and coordinate activities
• Communicate plans, progress, issues and recommendations to management and the project team

Requirements or Qualifications

• Team player, resolution focused, and customer service oriented.
• Ability to interact with management and influence decision makers.
• Proven ability to communicate business and technical terminology and implications to IT staff and the organization.
• Ability to work independently, and in a team environment, with many competing priorities.
• Ability to communicate in technical and non-technical terms.
• Ability to deal with ambiguity.
• Customer focus and can do attitude.
• Demonstrated ability to deliver to plans.
• Quick learning ability.
• Demonstrated advanced problem solving and issue resolution skills.
• Experience with audit logging and security information and event management tools required.
• Experience with security incident response required.
• Technical background in development or IT operations an asset.
• IT Operations and Support process background and project experience an asset.
• Experience implementing ITIL processes an asset.
• Information security background and credentials (ie CISSP, CEH) an asset.

Other skills/attributes

• Technology-oriented, process-focused disciplined thinker
• Strong analytical and organizational skills
• Results-oriented
• Enthusiastic team player
• Flexible to adjust to changing priorities and deadlines
• Strong verbal and written communication skills

Keywords:   Information Security, CISSP, CEH, ITIL   

How to Apply

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