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Information Security Analyst

Information Security Analyst

foresters financial • Toronto
30+ days ago
Salary
CA$59,000.00–CA$84,700.00 yearly
Job type
  • Full-time
Job description

Job Description

Key Responsibilities

  • Monitor systems, network and applications for security risks.
  • Work with information security team to plan and enforce security requirements
  • Report to management concerning residual risk, vulnerabilities and other security exposures, including misuse of information assets and noncompliance.
  • Participate, Investigate, support and document cybersecurity incidents and breaches.
  • Administer security tools to protect systems, networks and applications. This includes firewalls, Intrusion detections and prevention systems, security gateways etc.
  • Assess security requirements and controls during the application development and acquisition process as defined in company’s security policies and standards.
  • Perform vulnerability assessments and tests to uncover flaws and help technical teams to remediate identified vulnerabilities to maintain high security standards.
  • Provide support to ongoing external and internal audits and audit remediation on information technology, including generating technical recommendations
  • Develop and maintain security processes and procedures, and support service-level agreements (SLAs) to ensure that security controls are managed and maintained
    Create, manage and maintain user security awareness program
  • Participate in user access provisioning and de provisioning activities to verify security controls are adhered
  • Conduct security research in keeping abreast of latest security threat landscape and stay abreast with the current information technology trends
  • Develop positive working relationships with various teams involved in security and privacy matters

Key Qualifications

  • 5 years of related work experience
  • Strong hands-on experience with tools such as: IDS/IPS, Metasploit, Nexpose, Nmap, Nessus, Wireshark, L0phtCrack, John the Ripper etc.
  • In-depth knowledge and understanding of information risk concepts and principles, as a means of relating business needs to security controls
  • Experience with common information security management frameworks, such as International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 27001, NIST Cybersecurity Framework. PCI DSS etc.
  • Experience with penetration tests and techniques is preferred
  • Proficiency in performing risk, business impact, control and vulnerability assessments
  • Experience in developing, documenting and maintaining security policies, processes, procedures and standards
  • Proficiency in network infrastructure, including routers, switches, firewalls, and the associated network protocols and concepts
  • Audit, compliance or governance experience is preferred
  • Strong analytical skills to analyze security requirements and relate them to appropriate security controls.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills.
  • University degree required.
  • Professional certification such as CISSP, CISA.

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Salary Range:

$59,000.00 - $84,700.00

The actual base salary for this position will depend on several factors, including job-related skills, experience, and education. In addition to base pay, eligible employees may participate in a discretionary variable incentive plan, results are subject to both individual and company performance.

Please note that this posting is intended to fill an existing vacancy; however, there may be instances where more than one vacancy is available for the same role.

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