We are hiring an Information Security Specialist to join our team in Toronto. In this role, you will assist with building and operating information initiatives for technology, processes, and services to ensure ongoing effectiveness of the information security program and protect the business from security threats. You will bring a combination of technical and business knowledge to improve information security and IT risk in all aspects of the business. You will foster relationships with business and IT stakeholders across the company and its diverse ecosystem of affiliates and partners.

The Information Security Specialist will:

• Provide leadership and execute security activities that align with business objectives of information security program and the defined risk appetite.

• Continually refine security platform and tool fit assessment practices to support merger, acquisition, and integration processes.

• Evaluate and recommend new tools, capabilities, and enhancements to strengthen the security ecosystem.

• Work closely with SOC, IT, and engineering teams to align platform capabilities with business and security objectives.

• Perform platform configuration, hardening, and continuous improvement aligned with security best practices.

• Implement and maintain integrations between security tools and enterprise systems.

• Lead platform upgrades, patching, and lifecycle management activities.

• Monitor platform health, capacity, and performance, ensuring scalability and resilience.

• Troubleshoot and resolve platform-related incidents, collaborating with vendors and internal teams as needed.

• Automate operational tasks to improve efficiency and reduce manual effort.

• Maintain documentation, standards, and procedures for platform usage and administration.

• Provide support to investigate security incidents to digital forensic investigations into security incidents, breaches, and suspicious activities

• Leverage knowledge of attacker tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) to reduce organizational risk and strengthen defenses.

• Identify vulnerabilities through security testing, assessments, and continuous monitoring practices.

• Apply active defense techniques and conduct network forensics to proactively identify suspicious activity.

• Detect and investigate threats using packet analysis, logging, and digital forensic techniques.

• Follow and contribute to a structured six-step incident response process for effective containment and recovery.

• Analyze malware behavior and perform reverse engineering to understand and mitigate threats.

To be successful as an Information Security Specialist with People Corporation, you will need: 

Experience: 

• At least 5 to 8+ years cybersecurity experience, with at least 3-5+ years in security operations.

• Hands-on experience with IT infrastructure and security technologies (e.g., Firewalls, IPS/IDS, WAF, VPN, SIEM, MXDR, EDR, CASB, SSO, MFA, DLP).

• Working knowledge of intrusion prevention, virus detection, firewalls, VPN technologies, authentication, encryption, access controls, DLP, certificate services, protocol analysis, and database security.

• Strong understanding of networking protocols, operating systems, and common vulnerabilities and remediation strategies.

• Experience securing cloud environments, particularly Azure, M365, and/or GCP.

• Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration skills.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.

• Familiar with cybersecurity acquisition due diligence processes to assess regulatory compliance, security posture, and third-party risk.

• Familiar with cybersecurity acquisition due diligence processes to assess regulatory compliance, security posture, and third-party risk.

Education: 

• Post-secondary education in Information Technology, Computer Science, Information Security, or equivalent.

• Relevant senior certification such as CISSP, GCTI, GCIH

• Knowledge of security principles, frameworks, and standards (e.g.MITRE ATT&CK framework and threat actor analysis, Incident Response lifecycle (NIST / SANS)

What's in it for you: 

• Learn by working alongside our experts 

• Extended health care and dental benefits 

• A retirement savings plan with company contributions 

• A suite of Health & Wellness offerings 

• Mental Health programs and support for you and your family 

• Assistance for the completion of industry designations 

• Competitive compensation

At People Corporation we are committed to helping businesses succeed. We are a national provider of benefits, retirement, wealth, wellness, and human resource solutions. Our experts and solutions serve over 20,000 clients representing nearly 3 million Canadians. We offer customized solutions designed to fit the unique needs of businesses and their employees, members and stakeholders.

Providing an inclusive, accessible environment, where all employees and clients feel valued, respected and supported is something we're committed to. We are dedicated to building a workforce that reflects the diversity of the communities in which we live, and to creating an environment where every employee has the opportunity to reach their potential. If you require an accommodation or an alternative format of any posting please reach out to careers@peoplecorporation.com.

Salary Range

The base salary for this position is between $120,000 - 150,000 annually.

This represents base salary only and does not represent other variable compensation components of our total compensation (i.e. annual bonus, commission etc). The actual base salary will vary depending on local market conditions, geography and relevant job-related factors such as knowledge, skills, qualifications, experience, and education/training. If you are selected to move forward in our recruitment process, the Talent Acquisition Specialist will be able to provide additional details of the total compensation for this role.