Network / Security Specialist [#4999]

Alteo Inc.; Montreal; On-site; CAD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Alteo Inc. in Montreal seeks a Network / Security Specialist to define and implement network security procedures, maintain infrastructure, and ensure compliance with SLAs.

You will help monitor KPIs, manage security incidents, and participate in capacity planning to evolve the network and security posture. The role requires 3-5 years in networking and IT security, CCNA/CCNP Security or similar certification is preferred, and experience with firewalls, WAFs, VPNs, and virtualization environments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, networking, or telecommunications, or equivalent.
• 3-5 years of experience in networking and IT security.
• Knowledge of network infrastructure security, including firewalls, WAFs, and related tools.

Responsibilities

• Help implement network security procedures to meet performance and availability requirements.
• Help administer network security-related services.
• Help monitor performance and availability KPIs.
• Help implement and maintain the network architecture.
• Contribute to security incident resolution and incident response planning.
• Help organize security attack simulations to validate security processes.
• Help identify network evolution needs for Capacity Planning.
• Help disseminate security information to keep teams informed.

Skills

Networking knowledge

Analytical thinking

Customer focus

Team support

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science / networking / telecommunications

Tools

Firewall & WAF tools

VPN

VMware ESXi

Active Directory

DNS/DHCP

VoIP

Job description

Alteo is seeking a Network / Security Specialist for a permanent position based in Montreal.

Your primary role will be to help define and implement network security procedures and processes, maintain network and security infrastructure in operational condition, and ensure its ongoing development—all while ensuring compliance with performance and availability SLAs.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Help implement network security procedures to ensure performance and availability requirements are met

• Help administer network security-related services
• Help ensure the smooth operation of quality processes and their compliance with quality standards;
• Help monitor performance and availability KPIs
• Help implement and maintain the network architecture
• Participate in organizing security attack simulations to validate the robustness of network security processes

Contribute to the resolution of security incidents to ensure the reliability of security processes

• Contribute to the detection and analysis of security incidents identified at various levels of the network
• Contribute to the diagnosis and resolution of first- and second-level incidents
• Help organize new security attack simulations to validate incident resolutions

Help identify and analyze the network infrastructure’s evolution needs to establish the Capacity Plan

• Help maintain the network asset inventory
• Help analyze the capabilities and lifecycles of network and security equipment
• Help conduct comparisons of solutions available on the market (e.g., technical specifications, budget, etc.) and provide optimal recommendations
• Participate in the management of maintenance contracts established with suppliers and service providers

Help update and disseminate security information to ensure teams are kept informed

• Help disseminate the security policy and standard rules to be followed

PROFILE:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, networking, or telecommunications, or equivalent
• Preferred: certification in networking or security (CCNA/CCNP Security, Fortinet NSE, PCNSE, ISO 27001, CEH, etc.)
• 3-5 years of experience in the field of networking and IT security
• Expertise in network infrastructure security, particularly firewalls, WAFs, and tools for logical and physical network security.
• Proficiency in setting up and administering VPN tunnels.
• Good knowledge of infrastructure services: Active Directory, DHCP, DNS, VoIP, etc.
• Proficiency in virtualization environments (VMware ESXi, Synology, etc.).
• Knowledge of the electronic banking and payments industries.
• Good knowledge of legal and regulatory standards related to information security.
• Ability to monitor and improve security metrics (incidents, resolution times, compliance) and infrastructure availability.
• Strong interpersonal skills and a strong customer-focused mindset
• Initiative, flexibility
• Ability to analyze and synthesize information
• You know how to provide support and assistance to teams and users, and anticipate problems