Information Security Specialist

3 weeks ago

Toronto, Canada Manulife Full time

**_Are you looking for a supportive, collaborative workplace with great teams and inspiring leaders? You’ve come to the right place. We’re looking for ambitious people who share our values and want to make every day better for people around the world. If this sounds like you, and the career below sounds exciting, we’d like to hear from you. _**

**Working Arrangement**

Hybrid

We are seeking a dedicated Information Security and Risk Officer to join Enterprise Technology & Services team. This is a 1st line of defense IT Governance role in which the incumbent will enable businesses and IT partners to recognize and handle their cyber and information security risks in a vibrant business environment.

You will join an outstanding company known for its dedication to diversity, community involvement and work-life balance. We are committed to the personal and professional development of our team members, including support for attaining and keeping industry designations and certifications.

**Responsibilities**:

- Assisting project teams with identifying and validating security requirements or leading the completion of information risk assessments.
- Perform Risk Control Security Assessments (RCSAs) and support audit and IT control health.
- Performing in-depth risk assessments on projects from technical security perspective to ensure that the security safeguards and controls are in-line with Manulife Security policy and standards.
- Providing input and recommendations to the ETS Service Areas on information security requirements and standard methodologies.
- Assisting with security incident investigations & service provider threat notifications.
- Support other operational security activities including oversight of ongoing security processes (e.g., incident response, ad hoc queries, periodic access reviews and vulnerability management)
- Help define and improve Information Security practices.
- Working with the ETS Service Areas on Go Live Acceptance Reviews for new infrastructure & services associated with that.
- Reporting on security metrics and compliance with company policies/standards.
- Take on other information risk management tasks as required.

**Qualifications**
- 2 to 5 years of relevant information security and information risk management experience.
- Experience with FAIR or comparable quantitative risk management frameworks is a plus
- Post-secondary diploma or degree in computer science fields of study is preferred.
- Professional certification(s) related to information security or information risk management such as CISSP, CRISC, CISM, CISA, GIAC are preferred.
- Solid understanding and experience in the following areas is a plus:

- Security architecture and controls in various infrastructure platforms (i.e. Windows, Unix, RH Linux, Virtual hosting, networking, end user technology, cloud computing including Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) and Platform as a Service (PaaS)).
- Security systems such as privilege management system, SIEM/big data solution for security monitoring, NAC, vulnerability management solution and operating model, PKI/Encryption technology, APT solutions (FireEye, Z-scaler), Firewall/IPS, WAF etc.
- Knowledge of OWASP, SANS, or other security-related frameworks and penetration testing methodologies
- Configuration Management Technologies (i.e. Chef), Infrastructure Automation Technologies (i.e. Terraform), Build Automation Technologies (i.e. Jenkins, Concourse), Containerization & Cloud Orchestration Technologies (i.e. Cloud Foundry, Kubernetes, Dockers)
- Windows and related services (i.e. Active Directory, DNS, IIS, MSSQL), Active Directory Federated Services and Protocols (i.e. ADFS, SAML)
- Collaboration and messaging platforms (i.e. Office 365, SharePoint)
- Mobile Devices along with Mobile Device Management / Mobile Application Management Platforms and Services
- Validated ability to establish relationships, engage and influence others, and work with diverse internal and international user communities as well as vendors
- Previous experience in the Financial, Insurance or Healthcare sectors considered an asset.
- Experience implementing and/or supporting a large-scale corporate enterprise solution.

**Attributes**
- Passionate about helping ETS Service Areas work towards their goals; understands that Information Security must enable the business.
- Strong written and verbal communication and effective negotiation skills.
- Deep technical skills and background with the ability to easily develop strong working capabilities with new technologies and the related security implications
- Influences others across the organization to accomplish their objectives.
- Works independently and takes initiative.
- Handles conflict well and maintains integrity at all times.
- Takes ownership for their objectives and ensures they are achieved.
- Functions well as part of a distributed team.
- Strong analytical skills.
- Ability to step back for cross-organization context or to

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