Specialist, Network Security

Toronto - Canada

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 27-10-2025

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Holt Renfrew offers you an inspiring fashion-driven environment with opportunities to learn and grow. From our incredible partnerships with iconic luxury brands to our commitments to corporate social responsibility you will be inspired every day.

A job at Holt Renfrew offers a competitive total compensation a generous employee discount pension and health & dental benefits tuition assistance and continuous learning and development.

The Network Security Specialist role is responsible for protecting our critical information assets and brand reputation via number of security technologies process and governance. The role will ensure compliance with corporate and regulatory policies/standards & industry best practices enhancing and enabling business initiatives.

Specific responsibilities include (but are not limited to) the following:

Develop maintain and improve existing/new security technologies processes and governance to effect a proactive security monitoring/detection capability; support implementation and management of the organizations Information and IT Security roadmap
Provides information and recommendations regarding network security and installations and develops and maintains process and procedure documentation
Safeguard information system assets by identifying and solving potential and actual security problems while providing timely incident resolutions in alignment with departmental SLAs
Investigates and/or reviews alerts violations and exceptions to security controls by conducting periodic audits and helps close gaps identified by 3rd party security audits such as PCI vulnerability and penetration tests; understands when an incident should be escalated into the formal process
Provide security related out of hours and on-call emergency support as defined by the teams operational procedures
Stay current with information security trends and provides threat intelligence for intrusion techniques vulnerabilities and social engineering. Advises on applicable trends and recommends solutions.
Enforces security governance by monitoring and administering security technologies (IPS/IDS Firewalls DDoS Protection Anti-Virus Server Patching Web-Filtering NAC Data Loss Prevention Proxy and E-mail filtering identity management system and tokenization)
Protects systems by defining access privileges control structures and resources
Works with external and internal auditors in the provision of evidence and remediation of findings
Administration access via identity management system creating issuing and monitoring user profiles passwords user security groups AD LDAP Radius two factor authentication and any other system usage accounts and access codes. Ensure proper authority review monitoring and reporting of those approving access to information resources.
Maintains technical knowledge by attending educational workshops and reviewing publications
Complies with all Health & Safety policies and requirements
Performs other duties as assigned

The ideal candidate:

Post-secondary degree in a related field or equivalent experience
3 - 5 years of experience in Network security preferably in a retail organization
Strong analytical critical thinking and customer service skills
Possess relevant Cisco certifications
Be fully knowledgeable with practices and related tools for Data Centre Management and IT Operation functions (including ITIL ITSM and Change Management).
Have advanced technical skills for technology infrastructure management (including WAN LAN Server Network Management Telecommunication).
Advanced knowledge of TCP/IP Fortinet Firewalls FortiAnalyzer Cisco ISE Windows Server Technologies Cisco Switches/ Routers/ Controllers/ Access Point / Net Scaler Load Balancers. Microsoft Hyper-V / VMware technology.
Advanced knowledge of Routing and Switching protocols: EIGRP OSPF BGP STP PVST RSTP Ether Channel VTP 802.1Q HSRP VRRP GLBP NAT/PAT TCP/IP UDP FTP SSH TFTP SMTP SNMP ARP MPLS
Experience working with Private and/or Public Cloud environments (Azure) would be an asset.
Confident and effective communication (written & verbal) and interpersonal skills
Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word Excel PowerPoint Outlook)

Holt Renfrew is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace. Our future success depends on the perspectives and contributions of all our employees -- their diverse backgrounds abilities and experiences make our business stronger. If you are contacted for a job opportunity and require accommodation please email and let us know so we can ensure you have an accessible candidate experience throughout the recruitment process. All requests are confidential and used only to meet candidate needs.

Required Experience:

A job at Holt Renfrew offers a competitive total compensation a generous employee discount pension and health & dental benefits tuition assistance and continuous learning and development.

Specific responsibilities include (but are not limited to) the following:

Develop maintain and improve existing/new security technologies processes and governance to effect a proactive security monitoring/detection capability; support implementation and management of the organizations Information and IT Security roadmap
Provides information and recommendations regarding network security and installations and develops and maintains process and procedure documentation
Safeguard information system assets by identifying and solving potential and actual security problems while providing timely incident resolutions in alignment with departmental SLAs
Investigates and/or reviews alerts violations and exceptions to security controls by conducting periodic audits and helps close gaps identified by 3rd party security audits such as PCI vulnerability and penetration tests; understands when an incident should be escalated into the formal process
Provide security related out of hours and on-call emergency support as defined by the teams operational procedures
Stay current with information security trends and provides threat intelligence for intrusion techniques vulnerabilities and social engineering. Advises on applicable trends and recommends solutions.
Enforces security governance by monitoring and administering security technologies (IPS/IDS Firewalls DDoS Protection Anti-Virus Server Patching Web-Filtering NAC Data Loss Prevention Proxy and E-mail filtering identity management system and tokenization)
Protects systems by defining access privileges control structures and resources
Works with external and internal auditors in the provision of evidence and remediation of findings
Administration access via identity management system creating issuing and monitoring user profiles passwords user security groups AD LDAP Radius two factor authentication and any other system usage accounts and access codes. Ensure proper authority review monitoring and reporting of those approving access to information resources.
Maintains technical knowledge by attending educational workshops and reviewing publications
Complies with all Health & Safety policies and requirements
Performs other duties as assigned

The ideal candidate:

Post-secondary degree in a related field or equivalent experience
3 - 5 years of experience in Network security preferably in a retail organization
Strong analytical critical thinking and customer service skills
Possess relevant Cisco certifications
Be fully knowledgeable with practices and related tools for Data Centre Management and IT Operation functions (including ITIL ITSM and Change Management).
Have advanced technical skills for technology infrastructure management (including WAN LAN Server Network Management Telecommunication).
Advanced knowledge of TCP/IP Fortinet Firewalls FortiAnalyzer Cisco ISE Windows Server Technologies Cisco Switches/ Routers/ Controllers/ Access Point / Net Scaler Load Balancers. Microsoft Hyper-V / VMware technology.
Advanced knowledge of Routing and Switching protocols: EIGRP OSPF BGP STP PVST RSTP Ether Channel VTP 802.1Q HSRP VRRP GLBP NAT/PAT TCP/IP UDP FTP SSH TFTP SMTP SNMP ARP MPLS
Experience working with Private and/or Public Cloud environments (Azure) would be an asset.
Confident and effective communication (written & verbal) and interpersonal skills
Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word Excel PowerPoint Outlook)