Onsite Senior Security Analyst – Incident Response

Nearcodecr; Regina; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Nearcodecr is seeking a Senior Security Analyst for a long-term, full-time contract with a government-sector client based in Regina, Saskatchewan. This 100% onsite role requires hands-on defense within security operations, focusing on incident response, threat monitoring, and privileged access management.

The successful candidate will lead end-to-end incident handling using ServiceNow, perform network threat investigations, and ensure compliance with government security clearances.

Qualifications

• Five or more years of hands-on cybersecurity experience in a security analyst or equivalent operational role.
• Experience across incident response, network security monitoring, threat investigation, firewalls, IDS/IPS, ServiceNow, and Privileged Access Management.
• Working knowledge of ACLs, NAC, VPNs, and network segmentation.
• Strong analytical skills in packet analysis and root-cause analysis.
• Excellent reporting and stakeholder communication skills.
• Must be able to work 100% onsite in Regina, Saskatchewan for the full duration of the contract and meet government security clearance requirements.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support security incident response end to end — from detection and triage through containment, eradication, and root-cause analysis — using ServiceNow to manage and document cases.
• Continuously monitor network security, analyzing traffic patterns to identify anomalies, intrusions, and potential threats.
• Operate and tune network security controls, including IDS/IPS, firewalls, ACLs, NAC, VPNs, and network segmentation.
• Conduct threat investigations and packet analysis to determine the scope, impact, and origin of security events.
• Administer and support Privileged Access Management, ensuring privileged accounts are governed, monitored, and secured.
• Produce clear reports and communicate findings, risks, and recommendations to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Skills

Incident response

Network security monitoring

Threat investigation

Privileged access management

Security operations

Report writing

Tools

ServiceNow

IDS/IPS

Firewalls

NAC

VPNs

Network segmentation

Job description

Nearcodecr is seeking a Senior Security Analyst for a long-term, full-time contract with a government-sector client based in Regina, Saskatchewan. This 100% onsite role requires hands-on defense within security operations, focusing on incident response, threat monitoring, and privileged access management.

The successful candidate will lead end-to-end incident handling using ServiceNow, perform network threat investigations, and ensure compliance with government security clearances.