Cybersecurity Specialist

The client needs a Cybersecurity Specialist

They require the services of a cyber security specialist to join their existing information security team and assist in day-to-day security operations activities, perform ongoing security monitoring, complete security infrastructure maintenance and upgrades, implement improvements to the client's security infrastructure and provide consulting expertise to the client's projects, and ensuring the security infrastructure meets or exceeds the client's information management security requirements and evolves with industry and regulatory changes.

Advantages
Our client, is a leader in the Healthcare industry. This is a remote work environment. Only 1 interview with the client.

Responsibilities
The contractor will provide the following services:
1. Administer and maintain the clientâs security systems and infrastructure (e.g., firewalls, VPNs, vulnerability
scanning tools, web proxies, SIEMs, endpoint security solutions, etc.), and security services within the
AWS cloud environment (AWS GuardDuty, Security Hub, Trusted Advisor, IAM Access Analyzer,
CloudWatch Anomaly Detection, etc.)
2. Performing ongoing security monitoring of events reported by security systems, SIEMs, and cloud
security monitoring services, and assess, respond to, and resolve security events (incidents,
vulnerabilities, threats, and overall risk).
3. Respond to security incidents involving malware events on employee laptops, including isolating the
laptop, containing the threat, communicating to the affected employee, analyzing the source of the
threat, and adjusting existing controls as necessary to prevent recurrence.
4. Conduct vulnerability and risk assessments, perform root cause analysis of security incidents, provide
recommendations for improvements, and implement the recommendations as appropriate.
5. Leverage the security and IT infrastructure to assist the incident response team in resolving critical
technical incidents by combining your expertise in both event analysis through SIEMs and network
packet captures of network traffic traversing across firewalls, routers, proxies, load balancers, and
hosts.
6. Assist with the development and maintenance of the clients security policies and procedures.
7. Provide recommendations for improvements to existing or new security solutions to improve overall
enterprise security.
8. Continuously improve and advance the clients IT infrastructure by assessing overall risk and mitigation
effectiveness in face of evolving network attacks and threat vectors, as well as changes in industry
best practices.
9. Document procedures/processes/implementations for reference and knowledge transfer.
Provide security consulting expertise for the clients projects as needed.

Qualifications
Technical Skills Required
Information Security Firewall Administration / Management
Advanced Networking Knowledge/Experience
Threat Hunting
SIEM Administration / Management
Vulnerability Scanning
Malware investigation & analysis
Incident Response
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
AWS Security Services
VPN Administration
Interpreting Requirements
ITIL
Problem-Solving
Technical Design Documentation

Summary
The client needs a cyber security specialist to work with their current information security team, support daily security operations, carry out continuous security monitoring, finish maintenance and upgrades of the security infrastructure, implement enhancements to the client's security infrastructure, offer project consulting services, and make sure the security infrastructure satisfies or surpasses the client's information management security requirements while adapting to changes in the industry and regulations.

Randstad Canada is committed to fostering a workforce reflective of all peoples of Canada. As a result, we are committed to developing and implementing strategies to increase the equity, diversity and inclusion within the workplace by examining our internal policies, practices, and systems throughout the entire lifecycle of our workforce, including its recruitment, retention and advancement for all employees. In addition to our deep commitment to respecting human rights, we are dedicated to positive actions to affect change to ensure everyone has full participation in the workforce free from any barriers, systemic or otherwise, especially equity-seeking groups who are usually underrepresented in Canada's workforce, including those who identify as women or non-binary/gender non-conforming; Indigenous or Aboriginal Peoples; persons with disabilities (visible or invisible) and; members of visible minorities, racialized groups and the LGBTQ2+ community.

Randstad Canada is committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible workplace for all its candidates and employees by supporting their accessibility and accommodation needs throughout the employment lifecycle. We ask that all job applications please identify any accommodation requirements by sending an email to accessibility@randstad.ca to ensure their ability to fully participate in the interview process.

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