Senior Security Architect & Cyber Lead North America
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30+ days ago
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Job Summary
Location: Remote - Canada
Travel Requirements: Across Canada as required
About the role
Like WCG you believe in the power of work. As Senior Security Architect & Cyber Lead you will be responsible for shaping and safeguarding the digital future of WCG across Canada and the US. Youll work closely with cross-border Digital teams to develop and uphold cybersecurity guardrails ensuring that all proposed solutions are secure compliant and aligned with organizational risk tolerance.
In this pivotal role you will also serve as the North American Cyber Lead managing a skilled cybersecurity team collaborating with North American IT leadership and building trusted relationships with key government stakeholders. Your strategic oversight will help protect sensitive data enable secure innovation and support WCGs mission to empower individuals through meaningful employment.
What youll do
- Develop standard repeatable solutions/patterns and guardrails that address requirements delivering specific security functionality whether for a business solution or for a product
- Interprets relevant security policies and threat/ risk profiles into secure architectural solutions that mitigate the risks and conform to legislation and regulations and relate to business needs
- Identify and evaluate regulatory and legal requirements to embed into security architectures and patterns
- Review technology solution architectures and technical designs according to security standards and best practices providing feedback to the architect/designer
- Advise project and acquisition teams on security requirements commensurate with APM Groups threat and risk environment
- Provide subject matter expertise and knowledge sharing to other Technology team members ensuring transference of knowledge and understanding to mature security across the organisation
- Manage stakeholders for Security solutions; develop productive relationships with project team members and relevant project stakeholders
- Engagement with Government contacts to ensure security strategy remains in line with contractual obligations
Qualifications :
What you bring
- Employment conditional on obtaining federal security clearance Reliability Status
- 5 years experience in a similar role or equivalent environment
- Solid domain experience from an Information Security standpoint
- Strong self-motivated outcome-driven and productive work ethic
- Standard cyber recognitions such as CISA/M CISSP SABSA TOGAF or equivalent preferred
- Highly developed leadership communication organisational influencing and interpersonal skills
- Strong negotiation and relationship building skills
- Good working knowledge of Cloud Technologies especially Azure
- Good work knowledge of zero trust technologies and approaches
For complete job requirements see the full Job Description here
Additional Information :
What we offer
- Competitive salary of $130000 per year
- Comprehensive and flexible health and dental benefits
- Ongoing learning and development opportunities
- Generous time off policy to encourage work/life balance
- A diverse and inclusive workplace with a track record of high employee engagement and teamwork
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Diversity Equity Inclusion and Belonging Matter
WCG is strengthened by diversity. We are committed to achieving a workplace that is equitable and representative of Canadas diverse population. We actively work to attract develop and retain employees from diverse and equity-deserving backgrounds who have exceptional ability and the desire to make a difference. We continuously strive to support individual needs and differences in a work environment that is built on inclusivity and respect for everyone.
WCG is committed to providing an accessible barrier free recruitment and selection process. If contacted for an employment opportunity please advise us if you require accommodation in advance of any part of the recruitment and selection process.
Passion and Lived Experience Matter!
If you dont quite have the above credentials but feel passionate about this role and your ability to do it successfully please APPLY ANYWAY! Tell us in your application why you believe you would be a great fit. We believe in developing talent and have a wide range of opportunities to support passionate team members as they grow towards their employment goals.
Remote Work :
Yes
Employment Type :
Full-time
Key Skills
- Apache Hive
- S3
- Redshift
- Spark
- AWS
- Solr
- NoSQL
- Data Warehouse
- Internet Of Things
- Kafka
- DynamoDB
- ZooKeeper
About Company
We believe in the power of work. Since 1994, WCG has partnered with governments and local agencies across Canada to create sustainable employment opportunities for individuals, businesses, and communities. We also work on behalf of the federal government to provide employment and reha ... View more
