Iot Specialist

Are you ready to be part of a leading global engineering design house specializing in the design and development of embedded software/hardware, electronics, and electro-mechanics?

**What we’re looking for**
- Highly motivated and dynamic professionals
- Motivated designers with broad backgrounds and service mindset to be a consultant
- Professionals with ability to work both with in-house projects and on-site assignments at our customer’s locations

**What you'll do**:

- Overview of what other clients have implemented to address cybersecurity.
- Map out levels of cybersecurity applicable to the existing platform.
- Formulate an overarching strategy that covers our medical products.
- Evaluate the cybersecurity measures currently have in place.
- Document any interdependencies, process flow maps or other diagrams relay the information best.
- Create a risk/gap listing and recommend mitigation for any risks/gaps.
- Estimate the work required to implement the mitigations.

**What you'll need to get the job done**:

- ** Cybersecurity Expertise**:

- In-depth understanding of cybersecurity principles, concepts, and best practices.
- Familiarity with different types of cyber threats and attack vectors targeting IoT devices.
- Knowledge of encryption protocols, authentication methods, and access control mechanisms.

**Medical Device Knowledge**
- Understanding of medical device functionality and architecture.
- Awareness of regulatory standards and guidelines for medical device security (e.g., FDA guidance, AAMI and IEC 82340-2, HIPAA, 21CFR PART 11, HL7, ISO 27001, IEC 62304).

**IoT Security**
- Knowledge of IoT protocols and communication technologies (e.g., MQTT, CoAP, HTTP, Bluetooth, Zigbee).
- Experience in securing IoT networks, including firewalls, intrusion detection/prevention systems, and network segmentation.

**Vulnerability Assessment and Penetration Testing**
- Ability to perform security assessments on IoT devices to identify vulnerabilities and weaknesses.
- Conducting penetration testing to simulate real-world attacks and discover potential exploits.

**Secure Coding Practices**
- Proficiency in secure coding practices for developing and maintaining IoT device software and firmware.
- Understanding common vulnerabilities like buffer overflows, injection attacks, and cross-site scripting (XSS).

**Risk Management**
- Capability to assess and manage risks associated with potential security threats and breaches.
- Developing risk mitigation strategies and incident response plans.

**Regulatory Compliance**
- Knowledge of healthcare and medical device regulations related to data protection and cybersecurity.
- Ensuring that IoT devices meet necessary compliance standards.

**Network Security**
- Understanding of network security principles, including segmentation, firewalls, VPNs, and intrusion detection systems.

**Cryptography**
- Familiarity with cryptographic algorithms, key management, and secure key exchange protocols.

**Security Monitoring and Incident Response**
- Experience in setting up security monitoring systems to detect and respond to cyber threats in real-time.
- Developing incident response plans and coordinating actions in case of a security breach.

**Communication and Collaboration**
- Effective communication skills to work with cross-functional teams including engineers, medical professionals, and regulatory experts.
- Collaborating with stakeholders to implement security measures without disrupting device functionality.

**What you’ll love about us**
- **Company Culture** - outstanding people and a flexible work environment with lots of after work activities/groups It’s so great, we even won an award for it
- **Work/Life Balance** - 4 weeks holidays to start and work that stays at work
- **Career Growth Opportunities** - being a design house keeps variety in your work. New opportunities happening all the time
- ** Great Benefits** - and, they start the same day you doand, they include your familyand, the company matches your RRSP contributions

**About Syntronic Canada**

Syntronic provides our customers a complete portfolio of professional services to support their product development including research & development, new product introduction, manufacturing, and aftermarket services. We adopt the latest technologies in electronics design and software development with a pool of technically skilled staff around the world. Among our customers and partners are some of the world’s most technically intensive businesses and organizations. This pushes us forward in designing to satisfy our customers’ needs with a focus on quality, competence, capacity and continuity.

Syntronic values diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status. If you require accommodation due to a disability