IT Security Consultant

LanceSoft; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A consulting firm is seeking an I&IT Consultant to advise clients on IT solutions and improve organizational efficiency. The role involves strategic guidance, quality assurance, and designing secure systems. Ideal candidates have experience in security architecture, risk assessment, and facilitating stakeholder meetings. This hybrid position requires three onsite days a week in Toronto, Ontario. Join a talented team dedicated to excellence in information technology consulting.

Qualifications

• Experience in planning and implementing security measures for large systems.
• Knowledge of Cyber-Security principles and practices.
• Experience in risk management and mitigation strategies.
• Expertise in Security Architecture and design of secure systems.

Responsibilities

• Act as a technical advisor providing strategic guidance on I&IT.
• Develop processes for implementing deliverables and quality assurance.
• Define project scope and requirements with clients.
• Design, test, install, and monitor new IT systems.

Skills

Planning and organizing security efforts

Knowledge of Cyber-Security principles

Experience in Security Architecture

Facilitating meetings with stakeholders

Job description

Job Description

Hybrid – 3 days onsite/ week – Toronto ON

Responsibilities

Works in partnership with clients, advising them on information technology in order to meet their business objectives or overcome problems, work to improve structure and efficiency of an organization’s I&IT systems. The I&IT Consultant may be used to provide strategic guidance to organizations with regard to Information Management & IT technology, IT infrastructures and the enablement of major business processes through enhancements to IT. Provides subject matter expertise in their field and highly expert technical assistance. General Skills Acts as the technical advisor/expert on all aspects of a specific deliverable Provide the quality assurance/quality control of specific deliverables Anticipates and resolves problems to ensure that the deliverables are completed within budget, to the highest quality, meeting or exceeding expectations Develops processes and procedures for implementing deliverables Prepares reports and presentations including options, recommendations, implementation plans, etc. Works with clients to define the scope of a project and to determine requirements Defines software, hardware and network requirements Analyzes I&IT requirements giving independent and objective advice on the use of I&IT Designs, tests, installs and monitors new systems and develops solutions and implementation of new systems Familiar with change-management principles and methodology Knowledge and understanding of Information Management principles, concepts, policies and practices

Must-haves

• Experience in planning, organizing and implementing security related efforts for large systems


• Knowledge of Cyber‑Security principles, including threat modeling, risk assessment, and security controls and familiarity with common security experience in application security and network security and their safeguards


• Knowledge of risk management practices and strategies to mitigate identified risks. This includes ability to assess risks related to sensitive data


• Experience in Security Architecture and design. This includes designing secure systems and network considering factors like access controls, encryption, and secure communication channels


• Experience in facilitating meetings with various stakeholders.