Senior Cyber Security Systems Administrator

Wawanesa; Winnipeg; Hybrid; CAD 95,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Cyber Security Systems Administrator to enhance their security posture. This role offers the chance to work in a hybrid environment, balancing in-office and remote work. You will be responsible for deploying and maintaining security systems, collaborating with cybersecurity teams across Canada. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in cyber security technologies and cloud environments, ensuring optimal performance of security systems. Join this forward-thinking company to contribute to a safer digital landscape while enjoying a comprehensive benefits package and a supportive work culture.

Benefits

Annual bonus plan

Generous vacation time

Personal days

Premium free benefits

Pension plan

Qualifications

• Minimum 7 years IT experience, with a focus on Information Security.
• Experience with cyber security technologies and cloud environments.

Responsibilities

• Deploy, monitor, and maintain security platforms in collaboration with teams.
• Lead investigations of technical threats and incidents.

Skills

Cyber Security

Incident Response

AWS

Azure

Python

PowerShell

Analytical Skills

Communication Skills

Education

Post-secondary education in IT

Cyber security certifications (CISSP, CISA)

Tools

CrowdStrike

Cyberark

Tenable

Grafana

PowerBi

Job description

Senior Cyber Security Systems Administrator

Working Business Language: This role is considered a head-office role and will be required to communicate with internal stakeholders across Canada where the primary business language utilized is English.

Salary: At Wawanesa, salary is only one component of a holistic, comprehensive and competitive offering that we provide to our employees. In addition to salary, full-time and part-time permanent employees are eligible for an annual bonus plan, leave of absence top-up programs and provided with generous vacation time, personal days, premium free benefits and pension plan.
The salary offered for this role is determined with consideration to various factors, including but not limited to: your work location, local labour market conditions, external market salary data, internal pay equity and the knowledge, skills, experience and anticipated proficiency in the role. The salary offered is estimated to be within the following range: $95,000 - $125,000. Candidates with salary expectations outside of the range are still encouraged to apply.

About Us
At Wawanesa, we’re proud to offer a hybrid work environment that offers flexibility to our employees in balancing in-office (2 days per week OR 15 hours per week in a Wawanesa office) and remote work. You may work from any of the following locations: Winnipeg, MB; Wawanesa, MB; Vancouver, BC; Calgary, AB; Edmonton, AB; Lethbridge, AB; Toronto, ON; Kitchener, ON; Thunder Bay, ON; Ottawa, ON; Montreal, QC; Moncton, NB; Dartmouth, NS.

The Senior (Cyber Security) Systems Administrator is responsible for deploying, monitoring, and maintaining our security platforms. This role involves close collaboration with other members of the cybersecurity and technology services teams located across Canada. This job contributes to Wawanesa’s success by ensuring security systems are performing optimally and in accordance with corporate policies, security standards and recognized industry best practices.

Job Responsibilities

• Works with an enterprise information security team to solution architect, test, deploy and maintain cyber security systems.
• Leads detecting and assessing technology threats and availability incidents and determining their impact to Wawanesa's business operations, employees, or facilities.
• Perform investigation and escalation for complex or high severity technical threats or incidents.
• Defining and driving operational and tactical initiatives.
• Proactively identify and lead implementation of products and tools to ensure security of our infrastructure and applications, collaborating with all areas of technology to harden our environment.
• Contributes to the planning of application and infrastructure vitality.
• Conducts technical health assessments of the security technologies.
• Performs system maintenance activities across multiple environments/technologies.
• Creates and maintains documentation to support systems within area of responsibility.
• Participates researching, evaluating information-security-related hardware and software.
• Contributes to solution design using the existing technology portfolio.
• Configuring security systems, analyzing security requirements, and recommending improvements.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Minimum 7 years related IT experience or post-secondary education related experience; previous Information Security experience is an asset.
• Experience supporting cyber security technology such as CrowdStrike, Cyberark, Tenable, DLP and automation/orchestration platforms.
• Experience with creating dashboards and reporting using technology such as Grafana, PowerBi, Python, PowerShell Scripting.
• A track record of supporting AWS and Azure cloud environments.
• Strong working knowledge of mainstream operating systems including Windows, and Linux.
• Strong working knowledge of network protocols including: IPv4, IPv6, TCP, UDP, DNS, HTTP, IPSEC and SSL.
• Broad knowledge of technologies such as: Web Servers, Application Servers, Virtualization Infrastructure, Cloud Infrastructure, Automation/Integration technologies.
• Proven skills in architecting and deploying multi-platform and multi-cloud solutions.
• Collaborate well in an enterprise team setting and treats others with respect and courtesy.
• Ability to coach members of the team.
• Ability to communicate in a clear, concise, and persuasive manner.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills to analyze system requirements and apply structured troubleshooting techniques.
• Strong attention to detail with the ability to perform comprehensive reviews.
• Experience with the following would be considered an asset: Identity & Access Management technologies, Intrusion Detection/Prevention Systems, Firewalls, Cryptography, Endpoint Security solutions, Multi-Factor Authentication technologies, Security Information & Event Management platforms, Vulnerability Management Platforms and Data Loss Prevention technologies.
• Cyber security certifications such as ISC² (CISSP), SANS GIAC or ISACA (CISA,CISM,CRISC) is considered an asset.

Diversity Equity, Inclusion & Belonging
Wawanesa is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to fostering a diverse workforce that is equitable and inclusive for all. Wawanesa provides equal employment opportunity to all employees and applicants without regard to an individual’s protected status: race/ethnicity, colour, religion, creed, sex or gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, family or marital status, pregnancy/childbirth or related conditions, national origin, disability, military or veteran status, or any other protected status. Disability or medical-related accommodations are available upon request throughout all aspects of the recruitment and selection process. Candidates requiring reasonable accommodations may contact, in confidence, [e-mail].

If you are interested in this exciting, challenging position with Wawanesa, apply today with your Resume.