IT & Compliance Specialist

2 months ago

Montréal QC, Canada Akur8 Full time

**Akur8 is a young, dynamic, fast growing Insurtech startup that is transforming insurance pricing and reserving with transparent machine learning.**

Our SaaS platform leverages the power of transparent machine learning and predictive analytics to inject game-changing speed, performance and reliability into insurers’ pricing and reserving processes.

**Powered by skilled R&D, Product & Actuarial teams we’ve developed unique AI algorithms that automate the insurance pricing and reserving in an unprecedented way.**

This results in a pricing solution which not only allows insurance companies to model their risks 10 times faster, with a higher predictive power than traditional methods, but which also incorporates next generation reserving functionalities, helping to predict and legislate for future claims, therefore constituting a major game changer for the insurance industry.

**Akur8 has already been selected**:

- In CB Insights Top 50 World Insurtech Companies 2023
- In Insurtech Global’s Top 100 AIFinTech list 2023
- In Fintech Global’s Top 100 AIFinTech list 2023
- As No.24 in Sønr’s World Top 100 Insurtech Companies 2022
- As 3rd best overall (worldwide) in the CodinGame 2022 Software Engineering Fall Challenge

**With 35 nationalities within our team, and offices in Paris, London, New York, Tokyo, Milan, Cologne, Atlanta and Montréal, Akur8's solution is international by design.**

**Servicing more than 250+ clients across 4 continents and targeting all non-life insurance carriers, we focus on more mature markets for faster expansion.**

To learn more about Akur8, and what we do, click here.

**We’re looking for a skilled security professional to join our North American team, helping to strengthen our security posture during an exciting phase of strategic transformation, from single-product company to a multi-solution provider.**

Playing a pivotal role in enhancing our security framework as we expand our portfolio and global presence, this position presents an exciting opportunity to contribute to Akur8's growth and evolution.

**At the forefront of safeguarding Akur8’s systems and data, your key contributions will include ensuring compliance with top security standards (such as SOC 2 and ISO 27001), embedding security protocols across projects, and collaborating with teams to identify and address potential risks.**

You’ll take ownership of operational security, designing, implementing, and monitoring protocols to protect our IT infrastructure and assets.

Finally, as this is a cross-functional position, you’ll also support our commercial teams in responding to information security requests, helping ensure that customer concerns are promptly addressed.

**As a CyberSecurity & IT Engineer, your typical set of missions shall be**:

- To **maintaining compliance with SOC 2, ISO 27001** (i.e Internal Audits, developing and maintaining security policies, procedures, and guidelines ).
- **Addressing security related customer inquiries** in collaboration with the Sales dept.
- **Help managing the internal IT operations** for Akur8’s offices in North America
- Acting as the liaison between the company's security team and its North American operations.
- **Conducting risk assessments** for new projects to ensure appropriate security controls are in place.
- **Integrating security measures into ongoing projects and mitigating potential risks** (via collaboration with cross-functional teams);
- **Conducting security assessments** of third-party vendors, suppliers, and partners to evaluate their compliance with established security policies, regulations, contracts, and industry best practices.
- **Lead training sessions** to educate employees on security best practices (inc. phishing prevention / other forms of cyberattacks);

**TECHNICAL ENVIRONMENT**:
**_ Cloud:_**_ AWS & Azure ; _

**_Collaboration tools:_**_ Google Workspace, Slack, Atlassian (JIRA & Confluence), Github ; _

**_Security tools: _**_Snyk, SonarCloud, Tenable._

**Requirements**:

- **At least 4 years experience in an Information Security position** (post-graduate);
- A comprehensive understanding of **Risk Assessment, Risk Management, Security Compliance, Security of SaaS Applications;**:

- Experience in **Security Incident Detection & Response;**:

- Experience with **IT management tools and practices** (e.g., SSO, MDM, MacOS) (Build);
- **Broad experience in IT management and operational tasks**. (Run);
- **Excellent communication skills**, with the ability to discuss technical and functional matters with diverse audiences (both client and internal);
- Eagerness to learn and discover new topics;
- Ability to work independently and manage multiple tasks in a fast-paced, dynamic environment;
- **Fluent spoken & written English.**

**_ IMPORTANT: You must possess Canadian nationality or a working visa that will allow you to work from our Montreal office. _**

**Benefits**

**As a newcomer, you'll be joining a diverse, hi

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