Senior Information Security Advisor

Description

de poste :

Candidates must be eligible for Reliability Status Clearance, which requires that they have lived and worked in Canada for the past 5 consecutive years.

No exceptions, please.

Reporting to the Director, Security Advisory Services, the Senior Information Security Advisor will be aligned with one of Sun Life’s line of business.

The Senior Information Security Advisor will manage the line of business portfolio including conducting Information Security Risk Assessments (ISRAs), performing contract reviews focused on security provisions, conducting supplier / third-party risk assessments, advising on security best practices, and reviewing emerging security strategies.

The Senior Information Security Advisor will interact with various Sun Life internal teams including Business, Architecture, Infrastructure, Legal, Compliance and Risk, and Privacy teams, and external service providers.

What will you do?

The successful candidate will :

• Provide support to Sun Life’s line of business initiatives and projects through conducting information security risk assessments, reviewing contracts to ensure inclusion of appropriate security requirements, performing supplier / third-party risk assessments, and advising on security best practices.
• Assess the line of business’ initiatives and projects to ensure implementation controls aligns with Sun Life Information Security policies and directives.
• Provide security consulting to the line of business and various stakeholders, using technical expertise, to ensure necessary security controls are in place to safeguard and protect Sun Life confidential information, and improve overall security.
• Provide preliminary recommendations to business and management team on information security related risks.
• Provide regular Information Security updates to the assigned line of business’ IT management team including but not limited to status of current information security risk assessments, identified risks, penetration testing results, in-depth analysis of information security trends, and work completed.
• Track and manage open information security risks to ensure corresponding risk remediation plans and target dates are in place.

Work with respective business and / or technology risk owner to ensure risk remediation.

Provide support to Incident Management team during security incidents affecting the Sun Life’s line of business.

What will you need to succeed?

• Minimum of at least 5 years experience in Information Security and / or Information Technology (IT)
• In-depth knowledge of information security and IT principles, protocols, practices, and industry standards
• Strong understanding of existing and emerging Information Security technologies such as encryption, firewall, IDS / IPS, anti-malware, DDoS, behavioural analysis, advanced malware detection, etc.
• Extensive knowledge of various attack / threat vectors and determining the security controls to minimize and / or remediate the risk
• Experience performing risk assessments of cloud-based (SaaS) technologies including but not limited to AWS and Azure
• Excellent communication (verbal and writing) skills
• Must be able to work and communicate with various business groups from a non-technical perspective and interpret technical context into plain language
• Familiarity with contract wording and interpretation of security clauses
• Self-starter, can work with minimum supervision, strategic thinker, negotiator, and consensus builder
• Post-secondary education (University degree or college diploma) in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, Information Security and Risk Management or comparable professional education / training in a field relevant to Information Security
• Professional designation relating to Information Security (e.g., CISSP, CCSP, CISM, CISA) preferred

What’s in it for you :

• We’re honoured to be recognized as a 2024 Best Workplaces in Ontario by Great Place to Work® Canada.
• We’re proud to be recognized as a company with a 2023 Most Trusted Executive team by Great Place to Work® Canada.
• Wellness programs that support the three pillars of your health mental, physical, and financial
• The opportunity to move along a variety of career paths with amazing networking potential..
• As a hybrid organization, you and your leader use business and Client needs to choose where you work, at home or in the office.

LI SJ #LI-Hybrid #LI-remote

L’échelle du salaire de base est pour l’emplacement principal du poste affiché. Elle peut varier selon l’emplacement du candidat sélectionné et d’autres facteurs.

En plus du salaire de base, les employés admissibles de la Financière Sun Life participent à différents programmes de rémunération incitative, dont le montant octroyé est discrétionnaire et dépend du rendement de l’employé et de la compagnie.

Certains postes de vente participent à des programmes de rémunération incitative basés sur les résultats de vente individuels ou de groupe.

Depuis toujours, la diversité et l'intégration sont au cœur des valeurs de la Financière Sun Life. Nous croyons qu'un effectif diversifié ayant des points de vue variés et des idées créatives est avantageux pour nos clients, pour les collectivités où nous exerçons nos activités, ainsi que pour nous tous, en tant que collègues.

Nous accueillons avec enthousiasme les candidatures de personnes compétentes provenant de tous les horizons.

Les personnes handicapées ayant besoin de mesures d'adaptation pour présenter leur candidature et celles qui doivent consulter les offres d'emploi sur un support de substitution peuvent envoyer leur demande par courriel à l'adresse ’.

À la Sun Life, nous voulons créer un environnement de travail flexible où nos employés sont outillés pour donner le meilleur d’eux-mêmes.

Nous offrons plusieurs options de travail flexibles selon les exigences du poste et les besoins individuels. N’hésitez pas à en discuter pendant le processus de sélection.

Nous remercions tous les candidats de l'intérêt manifesté pour ce poste. Nous ne communiquerons qu'avec les personnes qui auront été retenues pour passer une entrevue.

Échelle salariale :

82,000 / 82 000 - 135,000 / 135 000

Catégorie d'emploi :

Services technologiques - TI

Fin de l'affichage : 06 / 05 / 2024

06 / 05 / 2024