Senior Cyber Security Network Analyst

JOB DESCRIPTION

Location: Hybrid (Downtown, Toronto)

Duration: : 6 months

Our client, a leading financial institution in Downtown Toronto, is looking for a Senior Cyber Security Network Analyst to lead and coordinate SSL certificate management across all network security devices. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to work with one of the Top 5 Banks in Canada.

Typical Day in role:

  • Network security lead for planned activities such as disaster recovery exercises, power maintenance, and major switch upgrades
  • Perform rigorous testing and validate functionality with development teams in the pre-production environment before rolling out any type of infrastructure change in production (Code upgrades, configuration changes, automation, vulnerability remediation, etc.)
  • Collaborate and coordinate with a group of Senior analysts when creating and implementing medium and high-risk changes in the infrastructure
  • Review, evaluate, or create step-by-step Manual Operational Procedures for change implementers to follow
  • Work with peer organizations within mergers and acquisitions to identify and align processes, procedures, technical documents, and key metrics
  • Escalation points for senior Site Reliability analysts for assistance with troubleshooting and resolving technical problems within the infrastructure
  • Lead high-impact network security incidents, ensuring problems and incidents are escalated, communicated, resolved, and determining the root cause
  • Collaborate with engineering and project teams to implement security controls and ensure adequate security requirements, monitoring, and response plans are in place for systems
  • Collaborate on security policies, standards & baselines, and contribute to maintaining compliance, which includes vulnerability management and technical security standards
  • Utilize Jira for tracking, coordinating, and implementing projects using agile methodologies

Must-Have Skills:

  • Minimum 5 years of experience working in the related industry supporting network security devices
  • Must have working experience leading and coordinating SSL certificate management across all network security devices
  • Certification / Subject Matter Expert in firewall, remote access, and web proxy gateway technologies working with one or more of the following technologies: CheckPoint, Palo Alto, Fortinet,Cisco Firepower, Blue Coat ProxySG, FireEye, Arbor, Akamai, Pulse Secure, Citrix, SSLV,
  • Advanced understanding of TCP/IP, including packet inspection/protocol analysis using packet analyzers for troubleshooting
  • Strong understanding of key protocols such as HTTP/HTTPS, FTP/SFTP, Telnet, SSL, NAT, IPSEC, HSRP, VRRP.
  • Experience in configuring, managing, and supporting network and security configurations

Nice-To-Have Skills:

  • CISSP certificate

Soft Skills Required:

  • Quick learner
  • Good oral
  • Written and presentation skills to effectively communicate with technical staff, business, users, and management

Education:

  • College diploma or University degree related to Information Technology, with a focus on Cyber Security or Network Communications

Finance professional is committed to creating an inclusive environment where all team members and clients feel like they belong. We seek applicants with a wide range of abilities and we provide an accessible candidate experience. We advocate for you and welcome anyone regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, physical or mental disability, or age.