IT Security Analyst

ROSS; Toronto; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading IT security firm in Ontario, Canada, is seeking an experienced IT Security Specialist to assist in providing security services and solutions to clients. The ideal candidate will have a university degree, 5-8 years of experience, and CISSP certification. Responsibilities include analyzing security requirements, maintaining systems, and recommending solutions in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• 5 - 8 years of experience in IT security.
• Experience defining IT security requirements.
• Understanding of computing systems and databases.

Responsibilities

• Assist in providing IT security services.
• Analyze and prepare recommendations for IT security solutions.
• Maintain IT security systems and resolve issues.
• Administer IT security products and monitor effectiveness.

Skills

IT security services

CISSP certification

Security software expertise

System analysis and design

Data management

Problem-solving

Education

University degree in related field

Tools

CipherTrust IronMail

McAfee Enterprise

QualysGuard

ISS RealSecure

Snort

SourceFire IDS

Job description

The Role

• Assist in providing IT security services to the company and it’s customers.
• Assist management and its customers in defining their IT Security requirements to meet their business needs.
• Assess, provide, and support IT Security systems and products and related services
• The scope of IT Security systems and services may include hardware, software, and operational processes, standards and procedures related to any or all of computers, peripheral equipment, networks, data communications, and office equipment.

You Will

• Analyze alternative solutions by identifying and estimating life-cycle costs and by assisting customers to identify and quantify benefits. Create pilot or prototype solutions. Prepare recommendations and business-case documentation to support the preferred alternatives.
• Provide specialized expertise in the use of security software, including utilities, such as CipherTrust IronMail, McAfee Enterprise, QualysGuard, ISS RealSecure, Snort and SourceFire IDS.
• Maintain standards, procedures, methodologies and tools for information-technology staff. Assure the security of systems and databases developed within the division.
• Prepare and maintain test data. Perform evaluation tests. Analyze and report test results and observations.
• Carry out development and implementation activities for simple to medium-complex IT security systems. Construct system models at the conceptual level, defining components, processes and relationships with other systems. Review models with customers and other information-technology departments.
• Maintain IT security systems. Implement and document enhancements and changes to meet new needs. Analyze trouble reports and implement corrective actions. Resolve emergency problems under time constraints.
• Administer IT security products, systems, or databases in production. Monitor the effectiveness and efficiency of use of products, systems, or databases in production. Effect, guide, or recommend corrective actions. Perform archiving procedures and recovery procedures.

You Must Have

• Requires knowledge of the principles of computing systems analysis and design, data management, work simplification, communications, and computer programming.
• Requires a knowledge of computer science to gain an appreciation of design concepts related to computing equipment and software, in order to provide security solutions to varying customer requirements.
• Requires experience to be able to define users'IT security requirements and to design, develop, acquire and implement the required systems, and information technology products and related services.
• Requires experience to understand new and existing information processing concepts, computer and communications equipment, and software.
• Requires experience to understand the clients' organizationsand the operational characteristics and functions of different systems and databases.
• Requires the application of knowledge, judgment, and past practice or precedent in making decisions to resolve problems.
• University degree in related field.
• 5 – 8 years experience
• CISSP Certified.