Information Technology Security Analyst

Location: CAN - Ontario - Toronto, CAN - Montreal

Time Type: Full time

Job Description

Synopsis of the role

As our IT Security Analyst, this role requires a motivated self-starter. Someone who has strong analytical and problem-solving skills, a deep understanding of risk and compliance management principles, excellent communication and report-writing abilities, and knowledge of industry-specific regulations, standards, and frameworks. You are passionate about security and believe in due diligence. Responsibilities include but are not limited to.

What you’ll do

• Proactively identify and address system, network, and data to prevent cyber-attacks.
• Developing and executing formal web application and API security testing plan. Involved in test planning, preparation and communication with the development team prior to security test execution. 
• Assess and validate security controls, while suggesting compensating controls to address vulnerabilities and control gaps.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to remediate application and infrastructure vulnerabilities.
• Conduct vulnerability penetration tests and security controls risk assessments.
• Facilitate information gathering and reporting for Internal and External Audit functions.
• Providing recommendations to the Technology Information Security Officer on the risks posture that are related to the Equifax Canada environment.
• Partnering with Technology on security engagements by opening front door requests and collecting evidence for projects.
• Support evidence collection for various security compliance frameworks, including NIST, PCI-DSS, ISO 27001, and SOC assessments.

What experience you need

• Minimum 4+ years in security and 2+ years of experience with the Risk assessment, application security and cloud security.
• 3+ years experience in penetration testing and ethical hacking, including web applications, API testing and cloud environments.
• Proficiency in web application security tool and frameworks including but not limited to BurpSuite, OWASP top 10 and secure coding practices across development languages.
• Good understanding of technical security controls, secure coding standards and Hands-on experience with cloud such as GCP and AWS.
• Strong understanding of PKI, encryption standards, Microservices architectures, Kubernetes security.
• Experience with , Jira, and/or other reporting platform tools including creating workflows, dashboard creation, and optimization.
• Proficient in using AI tooling (Claude, CoPilot, etc)
• Pays attention to team needs and pivots his/ her approaches accordingly to support the delivery of business value.
• Expert in ability to communicate to advanced Technical teams as well as brief management on technical risks and issues
• Exposure to audits like PCI, SOC, ISO 27001 and familiarity with common security frameworks NIST, COBIT, ITIL, ISO
• Proactive, detail oriented and able to work independently and efficiently

What could set you apart

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• Passionate about Cybersecurity.
• Demonstrate passion continuous learning
• Bilingual ( french language is an asset)
• Previous experience working in cyber security and risk management at a large company
• Hold relevant industry certifications in OSCP, OSCE or CEH.

This is an existing role

Primary Location:

CAN-Toronto-5700 Yonge

CAN-Montreal

Function:

Function - Security Governance and Compliance

Schedule:

Full time