Foresters Financial

Foresters Financial

Information Security Analyst

Toronto

Sponsorship not specified$59k-$85kDetected 19 days ago
CybersecurityComplianceRecruitingTCP/IPFirewallWiresharkResearchCommunicationNmapCISSP

About the role

  • The person in this position is responsible of defining security configuration and operations standards for systems and applications, by conducting assessments and reviews of systems, networks and applications.
  • In addition to base pay, eligible employees may participate in a discretionary variable incentive plan, results are subject to both individual and company performance.
  • Please note that this posting is intended to fill an existing vacancy; however, there may be instances where more than one vacancy is available for the same role.

Responsibilities

  • Participate, Investigate, support and document cybersecurity incidents and breaches.
  • Perform vulnerability assessments and tests to uncover flaws and help technical teams to remediate identified vulnerabilities to maintain high security standards.
  • Provide support to ongoing external and internal audits and audit remediation on information technology, including generating technical recommendations
  • Develop and maintain security processes and procedures, and support service-level agreements (SLAs) to ensure that security controls are managed and maintained
  • Develop positive working relationships with various teams involved in security and privacy matters
  • Create, manage and maintain user security awareness program
  • Experience in developing, documenting and maintaining security policies, processes, procedures and standards

Requirements

  • Strong hands-on experience with tools such as: IDS/IPS, Metasploit, Nexpose, Nmap, Nessus, Wireshark, L0phtCrack, John the Ripper etc.
  • Experience with common information security management frameworks, such as International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 27001, NIST Cybersecurity Framework.
  • Proficiency in performing risk, business impact, control and vulnerability assessments
  • Proficiency in network infrastructure, including routers, switches, firewalls, and the associated network protocols and concepts
  • University degree required.

Nice to have

  • Monitor systems, network and applications for security risks.
  • Work with information security team to plan and enforce security requirements
  • Report to management concerning residual risk, vulnerabilities and other security exposures, including misuse of information assets and noncompliance.
  • Administer security tools to protect systems, networks and applications.
  • This includes firewalls, Intrusion detections and prevention systems, security gateways etc.
  • Assess security requirements and controls during the application development and acquisition process as defined in company's security policies and standards.
  • Participate in user access provisioning and de provisioning activities to verify security controls are adhered
  • Conduct security research in keeping abreast of latest security threat landscape and stay abreast with the current information technology trends

Compensation

  • The actual base salary for this position will depend on several factors, including job-related skills, experience, and education.
  • In addition to base pay, eligible employees may participate in a discretionary variable incentive plan, results are subject to both individual and company performance.
  • $59,000.00 - $84,700.00

Benefits

  • We embrace Inclusion, Diversity and Equity (IDE) as a core strategic objective for building strong, innovative teams in which all our employees can show up wholly and authentically as themselves.

Equal opportunity

  • Employment and Inclusion - at Foresters Financial, we are committed to sustaining an equal opportunity environment for all job applicants. We embrace Inclusion, Diversity and Equity (IDE) as a core strategic objective for building strong, innovative teams in which all our employees can show up wholly and authentically as themselves.
  • Foresters Financial strives to provide an accessible candidate experience for prospective employees with different abilities. If you anticipate needing any type of accommodations during the recruitment process, please email accommodations@foresters.com in advance of your appointment.
  • Thank you for choosing Foresters. Only those candidates who will be selected for further consideration will be contacted by our Talent Acquisition Team.
  • Employment and Inclusion - at Foresters Financial, we are committed to sustaining an equal opportunity environment for all job applicants.

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