RQ00414 Security Specialist Senior

Must haves:

• Experience in risk management models for assessing and mitigating various aspects of risk exposure.
  
• Analysis of the assessments reports based on NIST CSF.
  
• Risk assessment methodologies such as HTRA and NIST CSF and frameworks such as ISO 27001/2.
  
• An adept team player who is action oriented with a record of accomplishment of motivating other team members to achieve higher goals.
  

Responsibilities:

• Take a subject matter expert role in various security risk management initiatives and providing security expertise facilitating collaboration and performing Risk Assessment for various projects / products / applications and services within OH and external vendors using NIST CSF.
  
• Analyze proposed solution architectures technology design and IT development processes to identify potential threats and vulnerabilities and to recommend options that enhance the security of solutions and business processes. Identify analyze and recommend options for risk management at appropriate levels within the enterprise and the health care sector.
  
• Present topic areas and relevant security materials to product and digital solution groups.
  
• Consult with members and teams in Ontario Health to implement recommended security policies and related controls.
  
• Track the security control implementation and working through Risk Treatment plans
  
• Coordinate internal and external information security initiatives as a subject matter expert to reach feasible security solutions for issues across the health care sector.
  
• Take a leading role in offensive security practices and provide guidance to the teams with methodologies tools and processes.
  
• Contribute to the ongoing development and maturing of the OH security program consulting and assurance practices.
  
• Demonstrate the ability to effectively negotiate and resolve conflicts with individuals or teams in a professional and collaborative manner.
  
• Utilize strong communication and negotiation skills to effectively persuade individuals with differing perspectives and conflicting interests towards a mutually beneficial resolution on a regular basis.
  
• Implement tools and processes to manage workflow and materials related to the information security risk management.
  
• Stay abreast of any changes to industry best practices or legislative regulations and assess the resulting impact to the organization.
  
• Deep knowledge of the methodologies frameworks and processes in Information Security domain.
  
• Good Experience in conducting Threat Risk Assessments using various Framework / Methodologies / Standards such as (NIST / HTRA / ISO).
  
• Risk management models for assessing and mitigating various aspects of risk exposure.
  
• Generate risk maps to help guide the risk owners and keep the stakeholders in the communication.
  

Desired Skills:

• 5 years experience in various security domains including third-party risk management IT audits and/or Security Governance Risk and Compliance (GRC)
  
• Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science Information Technology Cyber Security Systems or other related field or equivalent work experience.
  
• Professional certifications in information/cyber security (e.g. CISSP CCSP CISA CISM CRISC) is required.
  
• Knowledge of prevalent industry standards (ISO 27001/27002 NIST CIS COBIT)
  
  

Requirements

Required Skills:

• An understanding of risk assessment methodologies such as HTRA and CSF and frameworks such as NIST and ISO 27001/2.
  
• Knowledge and experience developing and working with security architecture and IT management frameworks such as SABSA and CoBIT.
  
• Strong understanding and ability to interpret and communicate risk management concepts.
  
• Good experience & knowledge of TRA methodologies and other risk assessment methodologies and tools and familiarity with related security tests and test methodologies
  
• Knowledge of a wide variety of information systems and security technologies including Operating Systems security LAN and WAN Internet protocols and applications secure communications firewalls IDS/IPS PKI identity management identification and authentication techniques role-based access control malware defenses etc.
  
• Deep Understanding of typical security threats vulnerabilities and safeguards relevant to application development test and QA environments and IT (datacenter) operations.
  
• Experience in writing and presenting subject matter information that is both comprehensive and easy to understand.
  
• Experience and working knowledge of risk management lifecycle processes and concepts.
  

Required Experience / Evaluation Criteria:

• Minimum 5 years extensive experience on conducting comprehensive security Threat and Risk Assessment (TRA) using frameworks such as NIST CSF HTRA and ISO 27001. Risk Assessment mitigation recommendations and management with a strong focus on identifying vulnerabilities analyzing potential impacts and delivering actionable risk mitigation to stakeholders Risk management such as FAIR model. 30 Points
  
• Minimum 5 years of extensive experience with Information security controls and architecture with a strong ability to identify gaps between the current security posture and industry standards best practices and regulatory requirements. 30 Points
  
• Minimum 5 years of hands-on experience with Threat modeling techniques such as STRIDE PASTA and MITRE ATT&CK and Threat profiling in identification of attack vectors to enable secure design decisions and guide risk mitigation strategies across systems and applications. 20 Points
  
• 5 years of experience authoring technical and executive-level reports developing risk registers and delivering presentations to stakeholders and senior leadership. Working experience in development of data flow diagrams and required security controls to protect the data. 20 Points
  

Deliverables

Deliverables include but are not limited to:

• Support on completion of security assessment using tools based on NIST CSF.
  
• Risk Analysis report for every on-boarding entity.
  
• Review of Threat Risk Assessment VA scan report Penetration Test report and other security documents.
  
• Follow up with clients to complete the documentation.
  
• Executing Threat Risk Assessment for new / existing projects & applications.
  

Must Haves:

• 5 years experience on conducting comprehensive security Threat and Risk Assessment (TRA) using frameworks such as NIST CSF HTRA and ISO 27001. Risk Assessment mitigation recommendations and management with a strong focus on identifying vulnerabilities analyzing potential impacts and delivering actionable risk mitigation to stakeholders Risk management such as FAIR model
  
• 5 years experience in risk management models for assessing and mitigating various aspects of risk exposure.
  
• 5 years experience in Risk assessment methodologies such as HTRA and NIST CSF and frameworks such as ISO 27001/2.
  
• 5 years experience as An adept team player who is action oriented with a record of accomplishment of motivating other team members to achieve higher goals.