Senior offensive and defensive security advisor

Desjardins Group; Lévis; On-site; CAD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A financial services organization is seeking a senior defensive security advisor in Lévis, Canada. The role involves identifying and mitigating threats to systems, leading strategic projects, and requires a bachelor's degree with at least six years of relevant experience. Knowledge of French is essential. Competitive salary, flexible vacation, and a defined benefit pension plan offered.

Benefits

Competitive salary and annual bonus

4 weeks of flexible vacation

Defined benefit pension plan

Group insurance including telemedicine

Reimbursement of health and wellness expenses

Qualifications

• Minimum of six years of relevant experience.
• Knowledge of French is required.
• Other combinations of qualifications and relevant experience may be considered.

Responsibilities

• Identify, analyze, eradicate and mitigate threats to systems, networks and applications.
• Analyze security incidents and determine their scope, impact and origin.
• Lead large-scale development projects in security.
• Develop and update policies, standards, and models to support strategic initiatives.

Skills

Analytical skills

Interpersonal savvy

Customer focus

Strategic mindset

Education

Bachelor's degree in a related field

Job description

As a senior defensive security advisor, you help identify, analyze, eradicate and mitigate threats to Desjardins's systems, networks and applications. You analyze security incidents and determine their scope, impact and origin. You collect data from a variety of defence tools. You perform ongoing monitoring and interpret, analyze and report all events and anomalies in accordance with guidelines. You carry out risk assessments and tests to analyze vulnerabilities and you develop and recommend appropriate mitigation measures to strengthen Desjardins's security posture. You lead practitioners on development projects and complex, strategic initiatives for vulnerability detection and information system protection. Your initiatives require extensive, in-depth knowledge of your line of work. You make recommendations on the development and execution of projects and initiatives with a high degree of operational and conceptual complexity. You use your analytical skills and comprehensive, detailed knowledge of your line of business and the organization. Coordination is critical. You interact with many stakeholders working in a wide range of fields. Interpersonal savvy is therefore essential. You serve as a specialist advisor and subject matter expert, as well as a resource person and coach for decision‑making bodies.

• Lead large‑scale development projects, initiatives and activities in your specialty area that have a significant knock‑on effect on the entire organization.
• Advise your clients and partners to help them position, plan, develop, select solutions for, execute and monitor strategic projects and initiatives under your responsibility.
• Develop and update policies, standards, models, methodologies, tools and programs to support your unit's strategic projects and initiatives. Conduct strategic monitoring in your area of expertise to identify emerging security issues.
• Identify and analyze major issues. Diagnose issues and make recommendations to decision‑making bodies.
• Represent your unit before decision‑making bodies.
• Represent Desjardins when making agreements with external partners and organizations.

What we offer

• Competitive salary and annual bonus
• 4 weeks of flexible vacation starting in the first year
• Defined benefit pension plan that provides predictable, stable income throughout retirement
• Group insurance including telemedicine
• Reimbursement of health and wellness expenses and telework equipment

*Benefits apply based on eligibility criteria.

What you bring to the table

• Bachelor's degree in a related field
• A minimum of six years of relevant experience
• Please note that other combinations of qualifications and relevant experience may be considered
• Knowledge of French is required

Action oriented, Customer Focus, Differences, Interpersonal Savvy, Nimble learning, Strategic mindset

Trade Union (If applicable)

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Job Family

Security (FG)