Cybersecurity Operations Lead (Hybrid, Montreal)

COFOMO; Montreal; Hybrid; CAD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Wellness program

Telemedicine access

Career development

Hybrid work environment

Job summary

COFOMO in Montreal is seeking a Cybersecurity Analyst – Operational to protect our clients' digital assets and support secure operations in a hybrid Montreal environment.

The candidate will monitor threats, manage incident response plans, and advise on security across development, architecture, and operations. Fluency in French and English is required, with extensive experience in Microsoft Security tools and governance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information technology, information security or related field.
• At least ten years in cybersecurity, including five years specializing with the Microsoft Security suite.
• Certification in information technology field (relevant).
• Five+ years in information security.
• Mastery of information security principles, methodologies and standards (NIST).
• Prolific knowledge of security platforms, detection, protection and monitoring tools.
• Fluency in French and English (oral and written).

Responsibilities

• Ensure security of operations from a digital sovereignty perspective.
• Continuously monitor threats, vulnerabilities and risks; advise on decisions.
• Assess impacts of vulnerabilities on infrastructure and maintain asset knowledge.
• Advise teams on security requirements for development and operations.
• Collaborate in change management assessing risks to security of operations.
• Contribute to security risk analyses and mitigation.
• Develop and update security incident response plans and procedures.
• Configure, maintain and optimize security monitoring tools and log analysis.
• Perform security operational activities including access and privilege management.
• Coordinate during security incidents and crises; monitor containment and remediation.
• Produce documentation: incident reports, cause analyses and post-incident reports.
• Follow up on recommendations from incidents and risk analyses.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of operational cybersecurity practices.

Skills

Threat monitoring

Incident response

Security governance

Communication skills

Security operations

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science/IT/Information Security

Tools

Microsoft Security Suite

Azure Security Engineer

Security Operations Tools

Job description

COFOMO in Montreal is seeking a Cybersecurity Analyst – Operational to protect our clients' digital assets and support secure operations in a hybrid Montreal environment.

The candidate will monitor threats, manage incident response plans, and advise on security across development, architecture, and operations. Fluency in French and English is required, with extensive experience in Microsoft Security tools and governance.