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Arobas Personnel is looking for a Lead,IT Security for a mandate or for a temp to perm position at one of its customers located in Montreal.

*Hybrid mode - 3 days/week on site*

Reporting to the IT Director, the Lead IT Security Architect acts as the guardian of cybersecurity across the organization. The role is both strategic and hands-on, ensuring robust protection of IT environments, compliance with industry standards, and the implementation of future-proof strategies.

Your Responsibilities:

• Develop and implement IT security policies, standards, and best practices.
• Write, update, and maintain documentation, operational procedures, and security guidelines.
• Conduct vulnerability assessments, penetration tests, and security audits.
• Oversee remediation of vulnerabilities and compliance issues.
• Collaborate with the SOC to ensure performance and responsiveness.
• Participate in audits, analyze findings, and implement corrective action plans.
• Mentor a security analyst and coordinate external vendors.
• Manage Jira tickets related to security, taking leadership and bridging with IT teams (infra, servers, etc.) and external partners.
• Identify risks caused by changes/requests and raise them to stakeholders/management.
• Be technical enough to handle audits and perform simple security analyses (GPO, vulnerability reports, Nessus scans, etc.).
• Thrive in a small IT/security team, requiring broad security knowledge (networking, cloud, etc.) and strong problem-solving skills.
• Strong asset: knowledge of audit standards (SOC, ISO, etc.) or security frameworks (NIST, MITRE ATT&CK, etc.).
• Huge asset: experience working in a SOC.

What We’re Looking For:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field.
• 8+ years of cybersecurity experience.
• Proficiency with security tools (firewalls, EDR, IDS/IPS, etc.), networks, virtualization, storage, and cloud environments.
• Strong knowledge of compliance and data protection regulations (ITAR, NIST, DFARS, etc.).
• CISSP/NCSP certifications (an asset).
• Bilingual English/French, with excellent ability to explain technical issues in simple terms.
• Autonomous, detail-oriented, solution-driven, with strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work under pressure and manage multiple priorities.