Cybersecurity and Threat Protection

We are

At Synechron we believe in the power of digital to transform businesses for the better. Our global consulting firm combines creativity and innovative technology to deliver industryleading digital solutions. Synechrons progressive technologies and optimization strategies span endtoend Artificial Intelligence Consulting Digital Cloud & DevOps Data and Software Engineering servicing an array of noteworthy financial services and technology firms. Through research and development initiatives in our FinLabs we develop solutions for modernization from Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain to Data Science models Digital Underwriting mobilefirst applications and more. Over the last 20 years our company has been honored with multiple employer awards recognizing our commitment to our talented teams. With top clients to boast about Synechron has a global workforce of 14500 and has 58 offices in 21 countries within key global markets.

Our challenge

Cybersecurity and Threat Protection plays a pivotal role in enhancing the cybersecurity posture and strengthening the control environment across Capital Markets. Candidate will lead a cybersecurity engineering team responsible for identifying prioritizing and mitigating cybersecurity risks and vulnerabilities. This role drives strategic enhancements to security practices ensuring robust controls and effective risk management throughout the Capital Markets estate. Candidate leadership will be instrumental in transforming and maintaining our cybersecurity framework positioning Capital Markets as a leader in cybersecurity resilience across the organization.

Additional Information*

The base salary for this position will vary based on geography and other accordance with law the base salary for this role if filled within Toronto ON is CAD $140k CAD $160k/year & benefits (see below).

The Role

Responsibilities:

• Lead the implementation and ongoing enhancement of cybersecurity programs including application security (SAST/DAST) vulnerability management penetration testing remediation and secure coding practices.
• Drive cybersecurity strategy ensuring alignment with organizational objectives emerging threat intelligence CVE tracking and regulatory requirements.
• Direct vulnerability management processes prioritization and remediation strategies across applications cloud containers and server environments.
• Establish and enforce cybersecurity standards controls and automation within DevSecOps and CI/CD pipelines.
• Provide strategic oversight and guidance on penetration testing activities ensuring effective collaboration with external penetration testing teams and internal remediation processes.
• Assess emerging threats leverage threat intelligence and implement proactive security measures and innovative technologies to mitigate risks.
• Foster collaboration with development infrastructure and cloud teams to address complex vulnerabilities effectively.
• Communicate cybersecurity risks metrics and strategic initiatives clearly to senior management and stakeholders.

Requirements:

• 10 years of experience in cybersecurity roles including 5 years leading cybersecurity engineering or threat protection teams.
• Strong expertise in cybersecurity frameworks vulnerability management strategies penetration testing methodologies application security and cloud/container security.
• Demonstrated leadership in establishing and maturing cybersecurity capabilities and automation.
• Relevant industry certifications such as CISSP CISM CCSP OSCP or equivalent.
• Exceptional communication stakeholder management and strategic thinking capabilities.

Preferred but not required:

• Experience in financial services capital markets or highly regulated industries.
• Familiarity with cloudnative security infrastructureascode (IaC) Docker containers Kubernetes orchestration and AWS cloud environments.
• Background in cybersecurity engineering practices including infrastructure security container security and cloud security.
• Handson experience with security orchestration automation and response (SOAR) platforms.

We offer:

• A multinational organization with 58 offices in 21 countries and the possibility to work abroad.
• 15 days 3 weeks) of paid annual leave plus an additional 10 days of personal leave(floating days and sick days).
• A comprehensive insurance plan including medical dental vision life insurance and longterm disability.
• Flexible hybrid policy.
• RRSP with employers contribution up to 4.
• A higher education certification policy.
• Ondemand Udemy for Business for all Synechron employees with free access to more than 5000 curated courses.
• Coaching opportunities with experienced colleagues from our Financial Innovation Labs (FinLabs) and Center of Excellences (CoE) groups.
• Cutting edge projects at the worlds leading tierone banks financial institutions and insurance firms.
• A truly diverse funloving and global work culture.

SYNECHRONS DIVERSITY & INCLUSION STATEMENT

Diversity & Inclusion are fundamental to our culture and Synechron is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. Our Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DEI) initiative Same Difference is committed to fostering an inclusive culture promoting equality diversity and an environment that is respectful to all. We strongly believe that a diverse workforce helps build stronger successful businesses as a global company. We encourage applicants from across diverse backgrounds race ethnicities religion age marital status gender sexual orientations or disabilities to apply. We empower our global workforce by offering flexible workplace arrangements mentoring internal mobility learning and development programs and more.

All employment decisions at Synechron are based on business needs job requirements and individual qualifications without regard to the applicants gender gender identity sexual orientation race ethnicity disabled or veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.

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