Security Consultant

TELUS Agriculture & Consumer Goods; Old Toronto; On-site; CAD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company dedicated to transforming the agriculture sector through innovative technology solutions. In this role, you will be at the forefront of cyber security, ensuring the safety and reliability of our networks and systems. As part of a dynamic global team, you will tackle complex security challenges, conduct thorough investigations, and implement robust security measures. Your expertise will help us protect sensitive data and enhance our overall cyber security posture. If you are passionate about leveraging your skills in a fast-paced environment to make a real impact, this position is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• 3+ years as a Security Analyst with strong knowledge of information security.
• Ability to analyze risks and develop mitigation strategies.
• Knowledge of cloud security and incident response processes.

Responsibilities

• Monitor security events and manage incidents to maintain security.
• Conduct threat risk analysis and support vulnerability management.
• Collaborate with teams to enhance security architecture and operations.

Skills

Information Security

Vulnerability Management

Security Monitoring

Incident Response

Cloud Security

Networking Knowledge

Programming/Scripting

Analytical Skills

Collaboration Skills

Technical Writing

Education

BA in IT specializing in Cybersecurity

Computer Science Degree

Tools

Nessus

Burp Suite

Rapid7

MS Sentinel

QRadar

Lacework

Palo Alto

Job description

TELUS Agriculture & Consumer Goods is a great place to work. You can see it in our team members. The diversity of the team and their unique contributions set us apart from the competition. Our success is based as much on our future-friendly team as the innovative technology solutions we offer. We live in and work in a rapidly evolving digital world where cyber security is critical. Protecting information and ensuring the reliability of network and services is paramount. Our team strives to always be steps ahead, tackling the toughest cyber security challenges head-on with top talent and cutting-edge technology. We are committed to providing excellence in securing our internal and customers’ data and systems, ensuring world-class reliability of security networks and systems, and improving our overall cyber security posture. We manage our cyber risks and provide industry leading cyber governance, assurance and oversight to secure our data. We are passionate about learning and growing as individuals and as a team, all of which enables us to thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.

Here’s the impact you will make and what we will accomplish together

Your goal in this position is to perform the “eyes-on-glass” function through effective security event management which includes monitoring, alerting, and reporting to ensure that our organization’s operating environment is well-maintained from a security perspective. You’ll be keeping TAC safe and protected by establishing, operating and maintaining security controls and processes, conducting security investigations and incident response. You’ll be part of a global team operating across multiple time zones supporting our clients across all services, solutions, and SaaS products.

Here’s how:

As an experienced security professional with strong collaboration and communication skills, you'll span all areas of security operations, and interface with security architecture, offensive security, cloud platforms, development engineers and DevSecOps. You will have a broad understanding and expertise to operate across a number of the noted areas of security:

Vulnerability Management:

1. Gather and document service and product information from application and system owners to assist in threat risk analysis.
2. Support security solutions to secure web hosting environments.
3. Report on vulnerabilities found for system owners and administrators, providing recommendations for mitigation.
4. Work with the support teams to prioritize remediation to align with security SLA.

Security monitoring and Incident Response:

1. Work with offensive testing leads and managed security service providers to perform threat hunting activities.
2. Monitor security events within SIEM, driving the investigation, escalation and triage of incidents.
3. Alerting any incident or potential incident (Crowdstrike, Covalence, Obsidian, Lacework, Zscaler etc...)
4. Act as a security incident response responder in support of cyber incidents.

Security Architecture and Offensive Security:

1. Perform detailed examination of alerts to determine if true or false positives.
2. Develop and maintain playbooks and SOPs for security events or incidents.
3. Assist in the investigative process by gathering information regarding intrusion activities and generate accurate incident reports.

What you bring to this role:

A strong knowledge of information security. With the cybersecurity field evolving at a dramatic pace, staying updated with the latest advances is essential. You will have the ability to acquire knowledge of the latest practices and techniques and stay ahead of your adversaries by “thinking like an adversary”. You will also possess strong analytical skills. You will be able to precisely observe IT systems to determine any upcoming risks to tackle them proficiently. The successful candidate will also be a forward thinker. You will possess the creative skills to identify future dangers and discover appropriate solutions to combat any adverse situations that may impact TELUS Agriculture & Consumer Goods. A qualified candidate will also possess the following:

• An insatiable appetite for new and emerging security technologies.
• Previous working experience as a Security Analyst for minimum 3 years.
• BA in IT specializing in Cybersecurity, IT or Computer Science.
• Advanced writing skills (Technical and non-technical).
• Advanced knowledge of cloud security (Azure, AWS, GCP).
• Advanced Networking knowledge such as public vs private IP, MAC Addressing, DNS, OSI model, DHCP.
• Experience of application development processes and at least one programming or scripting language (e.g., Java, Scala, C#, Ruby, Perl, Python, PowerShell).
• Experience of security controls implementation.
• Experience with Vulnerability Scanning tools such as Nessus, Burp Suite and Rapid7.
• Experience with SIEM tools such as MS Sentinel and QRadar and SOAR tools.
• Experience managing alerts from EDR/MDR endpoint protection.
• Experience in the creation and update of incident response, playbooks, runbooks.
• Experience with Cloud based security tools (CSPM, CWPP) such as Lacework, Palo Alto.
• Solid analytical skills.
• Solid understanding of firewalls, IDS, PKI, and cryptography.
• Solid understanding of NIST CSF, ISO 27001 frameworks and certification.
• Basic understanding of CI/CD pipelines.
• Ability to multi-task and manage competing priorities using sound judgment.
• Enjoy team collaboration and information sharing.
• Superior collaboration skills to easily translate technical jargon into business language.
• Applicable knowledge of Windows client/server, Unix/Linux systems, Mac OS X.

Nice to haves:

• Experience with Lacework Cloud Security Solutions.
• Experience with Zscaler Products and Solutions.
• Experience with Microsoft Sentinel.
• Leading security certifications such as CISSP, CISM, CEH, GCIH/ECIH etc...
• Experience working on a fast paced security team supporting product/engineering functions, cloud infrastructure, and corporate infrastructure development.
• Hands on Threat modeling, security risk assessment experience is a plus.

Join us

TELUS Agriculture and Consumer Goods is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, creed, age, national origin, sex, sexual preference or disability.

Who is TELUS Agriculture & Consumer Goods?

Our growing team of global experts are passionate about leveraging our world-class technology and innovation to tackle one of the most pressing social challenges of our time – ensuring a safe and sustainable food system. We believe that by connecting the food value chain we can improve upon the economic, social and environmental sustainability of the food system. We offer an unmatched suite of innovative solutions and purpose-built applications for every participant in the agriculture value chain, from seed manufacturers and farmers through to grocery stores and restaurants. Our solutions consist of the latest technologies to enable all organizations in Agribusiness, Animal agriculture, and Food, beverage and consumer goods. Collectively, our talented team and integrated solutions uniquely position us to transform collaboration within the industry at a global level and connect the food system to feed the future. Everyone belongs at TELUS Agriculture & Consumer Goods. It doesn’t matter who you are, what you do or how you do it, at TELUS Agriculture & Consumer Goods, your unique contribution and talents will be valued and respected. Because the more diverse perspectives we have, the more likely we are to crack the code on what our customers want, and our communities need.

Do you share our passion for enabling remarkable food outcomes? At TELUS Agriculture and Consumer Goods, you create future friendly possibilities.