Senior Cyber Security IAM Specialist

Our client is seeking an Ottawa-based Senior Cyber Security IAM Specialist to support the design and enhancement of enterprise identity and access management controls in a highly regulated environment. The ideal candidate will bring strong experience in IAM, PAM, MFA, PKI, credential protection, and security requirements analysis, working closely with business and technical teams to deliver secure, compliant access solutions. Experience with Zero Trust, cloud authentication technologies, and modern cryptographic practices is considered an asset.

*** 17 month contract position ***

*** Candidates must be eligible for security clearance (5+ years in Canada) ***

*** Hybrid: On-site in Ottawa ***

*** Full-Time (37.5 hours per week) ***

Advantages
•Work on high-impact cyber security initiatives protecting critical enterprise systems and data.
•Develop expertise in modern IAM technologies including PAM, MFA, PKI, Zero Trust, and cloud security.



Responsibilities
•Gather, analyze, document, and validate business, process, and system requirements for IAM and cyber security initiatives.
•Develop process maps, gap analyses, dependency assessments, user stories, acceptance criteria, and traceability matrices.
•Support the implementation and improvement of IAM, PAM, MFA, PKI, credential protection, and cryptographic controls.
•Collaborate with business stakeholders, security architects, engineers, operations teams, and compliance partners to deliver secure access solutions.
•Translate risk, compliance, operational, and architectural requirements into functional and non-functional security requirements.
•Support governance activities related to privileged access, authentication, certificate management, and security controls.
•Produce reports and analysis to support security decision-making and control effectiveness.
•Identify opportunities to automate manual processes and improve operational efficiency.

Qualifications
•University degree or college diploma in computer science, information security, risk management, or a related field.
•5+ years of recent experience in IT and cyber security.
•5+ years of experience gathering, analyzing, documenting, and validating complex security-related requirements.
•Strong knowledge of IAM, PAM, MFA, PKI, credential protection, and cryptographic controls.
•Experience translating risk, compliance, and architectural needs into requirements.
•Understanding of privileged access governance, secrets management, and authentication methods.
•Experience with PKI, certificate lifecycle management, and key management.
•Familiarity with Zero Trust principles and cloud authentication concepts (e.g., SAML, OIDC, Conditional Access).
•Strong communication, documentation, and stakeholder engagement skills.
•Experience working in regulated or enterprise environments.

Summary
If you're qualified and interested please submit your resume and one of our experienced Recruiters would be happy to give you a call. Thank you.

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