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Information Security Analyst
Canada
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Job Title: Information Security Analyst
Contract Duration: 9+ Months
Pay range: C$70 - 83/hr
Work Type: Onsite, 5 days a week
Location: Toronto, ON
Schedule: Monday - Friday Core business hours
Description:
Job Requirements
Must-Have:
Nice To Have:
Additional Information
About The Company:
Contract Duration: 9+ Months
Pay range: C$70 - 83/hr
Work Type: Onsite, 5 days a week
Location: Toronto, ON
Schedule: Monday - Friday Core business hours
Description:
- At client, we rely on insightful data to power our systems and solutions.
- Our client is seeking an experienced information security analyst focusing on cyber threat detection to deliver cyber security insights on a daily basis.
- The ideal candidate will have strong cyber security knowledge and expertise, along with natural curiosity and a creative mind.
- While mining, interpreting, and cleaning our data, this person will be relied on to ask questions, connect the dots, and uncover hidden opportunities for realizing the data’s full potential in terms of detecting cyber threats. As part of a team of specialists, the information security analyst will “slice and dice” data using various methods and create new visions for the future.
Job Requirements
- This role plays a critical role for the Cyber Threat Management Organization:
- Work autonomously on high-profile, complex, and/or high-risk technology initiatives with a significant impact on the organization
- Expertise in analyzing best scenarios for security alerts in SIEM Platform
- Collaborate and manage relationships with other technology/business/corporate/control functions
- Identify and validate valuable data sources and automate collection processes
- Undertake preprocessing of structured and unstructured data
- Analyze large amounts of information on Client trends and patterns
- Present information using data visualization techniques
- Propose solutions and strategies to business challenges
Must-Have:
- All must have are required and will be validated during the interview.
- Proven experience as an Information Security Analyst
- Strong hands-on experience with Splunk ES, Sentinel, and LogScale
- Strong knowledge of security detection/monitoring tools (e.g. CS Falcon, PhishLab, MS Defender, etc)
- Strong understanding of information technologies and how they are integrated with SIEM
- Experience using business intelligence tools (e.g. Tableau, Power BI) and data frameworks (e.g. Hadoop)
- Excellent communication and presentation skills
Nice To Have:
- Understanding of machine learning and operations research; familiarity with Python and SQL is an asset.
Additional Information
- The ability to be adaptable and learn new things is critical to this role as we will frequently be called to design, build, and automate technology not currently in the Client.
- Highly motivated individual with a track record of successfully implementing security solutions across line of business boundaries.
- Must be able to work with a pool of experts and ensure high levels of service even when the effort crosses organizational boundaries.
- Thrives in a fast-paced environment, managing multiple deadlines and competing priorities.
- Excellent customer service orientation and a professional approach; including the ability to interact with all levels across the organization.
- Proven negotiation and influencing abilities, with contract/vendor management experience as an asset.
- Strong communicator, with excellent oral, written, and presentation skills.
- BSc/BA in Computer Science, Engineering, or relevant field; Security +, CISSP is preferred
- Years of experience: 5 - 7 years
About The Company:
- Top 10 bank in Canada and North America offering comprehensive financial solutions. Providing retail, commercial, wealth management, and wholesale banking services, we help clients thrive in today's evolving market.
Key Skills
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cyber security
data visualization
machine learning
power bi
tableau
python
splunk
cissp
siem
sql
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- Jan 30, 2025
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