Cybersecurity Business Analyst- #26-07647

US Tech Solutions; Ottawa; On-site; CAD 96,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

US Tech Solutions in Ottawa, Ontario seeks an IAM specialist for a 16-month contract to gather, analyze, and document security requirements and implement controls. You will design use cases for privileged access, MFA, and cryptographic protections, and contribute to PQC readiness while coordinating with Cyber, IT, and business teams.

The role requires a degree in CS/security and 5+ years in IT and security, including requirements documentation and policy-driven governance.

Qualifications

• University degree or college diploma in computer science, information security, risk management or a related field.
• A minimum of five (5) years of recent demonstrated experience in information technology and Cyber Security.
• A minimum of five (5) years of recent demonstrated experience in conducting information gathering and analyzing, documenting and validating complex business, process, and system requirements for security-sensitive solutions.
• Demonstrated strong knowledge of identity and access management, privileged access management, credential protection, MFA, PKI, and cryptographic controls.
• Demonstrated recent experience translating risk, compliance, operational, and architectural needs into functional and nonfunctional requirements.
• Demonstrated strong understanding of privileged access governance, credential vaulting, secrets management, session control, and service account management concepts.
• Demonstrated strong understanding of MFA methods, adaptive authentication, exception handling, and phishing-resistant authentication requirements.
• Demonstrated working knowledge of PKI, certificate lifecycle management, digital certificates, key management, trust models, and certificate-related dependencies.
• Demonstrated awareness of post-quantum cryptography (PQC), including cryptographic inventory, practices, algorithm transition planning, and enterprise crypto-agility considerations.
• Demonstrated recent experience producing process maps, gap analyses, dependency assessments, traceability matrices, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively with business stakeholders, security architects, engineers, operations teams, and audit/compliance partners.
• Recent demonstrated experience supporting delivery in regulated, complex, or highly governed enterprise environments.
• Demonstrated excellent communication, facilitation, documentation, and stakeholder skills.

Responsibilities

• Conduct information gathering, analysis, and documentation of technical and non-technical requirements for IAM capabilities, services, and control improvements.
• Define and document current-state and future-state business and system processes, including dependencies, control points, and implementation considerations.
• Design IAM use cases and support implementation activities to improve privileged access, authentication, secrets management, and related cyber controls.
• Support the development of key control effectiveness metrics, traceability artifacts, and reporting inputs to measure roadmap progress and outcomes.
• Develop end-user documentation, procedural guidance, visuals, and training materials to enable adoption of IAM processes and controls.
• Provide guidance and support to Cyber, IT, architecture, operations, and business teams.
• Support requirements and implementation planning for cryptographic inventory, dependency mapping, algorithm transition planning, certificate impacts, and crypto-agility in support of PQC readiness.
• Facilitate workshops, perform stakeholder analysis, identify gaps and risks, and translate business, operational, and security needs into implementation-ready requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
• Other activities and deliverables, as required.

Skills

Identity & Access

Privileged Access

MFA

PKI

Cryptographic Controls

Education

Bachelor's or higher in CS/Info Security

Job description

$70-$80 per hour

Ottawa, ON

Contract

Contract Duration: 16 Months

Job Description:

• Conduct information gathering, analysis, and documentation of technical and non-technical requirements for IAM capabilities, services, and control improvements.

• Define and document current-state and future-state business and system processes, including dependencies, control points, and implementation considerations.

• Design IAM use cases and support implementation activities to improve privileged access, authentication, secrets management, and related cyber controls.

• Support the development of key control effectiveness metrics, traceability artifacts, and reporting inputs to measure roadmap progress and outcomes.

• Develop end-user documentation, procedural guidance, visuals, and training materials to enable adoption of IAM processes and controls.

• Provide guidance and support to Cyber, IT, architecture, operations, and business teams.

• Support requirements and implementation planning for cryptographic inventory, dependency mapping, algorithm transition planning, certificate impacts, and crypto-agility in support of PQC readiness.

• Facilitate workshops, perform stakeholder analysis, identify gaps and risks, and translate business, operational, and security needs into implementation-ready requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria.

• Other activities and deliverables, as required.

Requirement:

• University degree or college diploma in computer science, information security, risk management or a related field.

• A minimum of five (5) years of recent demonstrated experience in information technology and Cyber Security.

• A minimum of five (5) years of recent demonstrated experience in conducting information gathering and analyzing, documenting and validating complex business, process, and system requirements for security-sensitive solutions.

• Demonstrated strong knowledge of identity and access management, privileged access management, credential protection, Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA), Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), and cryptographic controls.

• Demonstrated recent experience translating risk, compliance, operational, and architectural needs into functional and nonfunctional requirements.

• Demonstrated strong understanding of privileged access governance, credential vaulting, secrets management, session control, and service account management concepts.

• Demonstrated strong understanding of MFA methods, adaptive authentication, exception handling, and phishing-resistant authentication requirements.

• Demonstrated working knowledge of PKI, certificate lifecycle management, digital certificates, key management, trust models, and certificate-related dependencies.

• Demonstrated awareness of post-quantum cryptography (PQC), including cryptographic inventory, practices, algorithm transition planning, and enterprise crypto-agility considerations.

• Demonstrated recent experience producing process maps, gap analyses, dependency assessments, traceability matrices, user stories, and acceptance criteria.

• Demonstrated ability to work effectively with business stakeholders, security architects, engineers, operations teams, and audit/compliance partners.

• Recent demonstrated experience supporting delivery in regulated, complex, or highly governed enterprise environments.

• Demonstrated excellent communication, facilitation, documentation, and stakeholder skills.

Desired Skills:

• Demonstrated knowledge of cloud-based access controls, including Conditional Access Policies, MFA, SAML, and OATH/OIDC-related authentication concepts.

• Demonstrated knowledge of Zero Trust principles and implementation patterns.

• Demonstrated proficiency in business intelligence, reporting, and data analysis to support control measurement and informed decision-making.

• Demonstrated experience using automation to reduce manual repetitive tasks and improve analysis of large volumes of data.

About US Tech Solutions:

US Tech Solutions is a global staff augmentation firm providing a wide range of talent on-demand and total workforce solutions. To know more about US Tech Solutions, please visit www.ustechsolutions.com .

US Tech Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

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