IT Security Specialist

3 weeks ago


Oakville, Canada Halton Regional Police Service Full time

**The Team you are Joining - Who We Are**:
The Halton Regional Police Service contributes to the safety and well-being of more than 620,000 residents in Halton Region which includes the Towns of Milton, Halton Hills and Oakville, and the City of Burlington. It is our continual pursuit of excellence that keeps Halton at the forefront of policing and as a leader in the public safety arena. Through upstream approaches, partner collaboration, training, community engagement and a strong focus on inclusion and diversity, we have been able to maintain Halton’s status as the safest Canadian municipality with a population of 100,000 or more. This is exemplified through deep collaboration between our growing team of over 1,100 members and our residents, businesses, non-profit organizations, and municipal governments.

The Information Technology team is looking for a new IT Security Specialist to play a pivotal role in supporting the needs of our Service. This is your opportunity to join a team committed to continued leadership in community safety, contribute to the community in a meaningful way and drive continuous improvement in our growing and progressive organization.

**About the Role - How you will Contribute to the Service**:
Reporting to the Senior Systems Engineer (Team Lead), the IT Security Specialist is an essential member to safeguarding the Service’s information system assets by identifying and solving potential and actual security problems. The role works with project teams, technology users and technology staff to ensure security is included in system design and implementation. In addition, the role recommends, installs, and manages systems and processes to ensure the security of the Service’s information technologies. Finally, the scope of the role expands to analyzing and responding to cyber security threats, submitting recommendations for approval to security posture threats within the Service and educating users about maintaining cyber security within their workstations.

What you will be responsible for:

- Performs technology security risk reviews. Recommends and implements solutions.
- Researches and recommends design, implementation of IT security systems and policies.
- _Performs system penetration/ethical hacking tests, as required._
- Produces regular reports on organization’s security posture and remedial action required.
- Protects systems by defining access privileges, control structures, and resources.
- Implements and maintains systems to prevent, detect, and react to IT security threats.
- Recognizes problems by identifying abnormalities and reporting violations.
- Implements security improvements by assessing current situation, evaluating trends, and anticipating requirements.

**What you will Bring to the Role**:
**Previous Experience, Knowledge and Skills**:
Note: The successful applicant will need to pass a background check to the satisfaction of the Service which will include reference checks with previous employers, verification of educational achievements, driving record and a criminal background screen. The role will require flexibility with respect to hours of work and may be called upon to provide services and expertise outside of core business hours.

**What We Offer**:
We offer the opportunity to join a progressive work environment with a leading police service. Our Service is committed to the values of Trust and Respect, Integrity, Accountability, Excellence, Teamwork and Justice. We provide our employees with a competitive salary and benefits package which includes but is not limited to comprehensive healthcare benefits, training and development opportunities, paid leave, onsite fitness opportunities, access to wellness resources and participation in a defined benefit pension plan - Ontario Municipal Employee Retirement System (O.M.E.R.S.). This position is based out of our Oakville Headquarters facility which is located at the QEW and North Service Road West.

**Salary Range: $82, 133 to $90, 916**

**How to be Considered for This Exciting Opportunity**:

- Please Note: The Halton Regional Police Service and HRPA are working on modernizing the job evaluation program. Once the program has been established, all civilian positions, including this position, will be evaluated under the new job evaluation program which may result in a change to the rate of compensation._

We thank all applicants for their interest in joining our organization. Only those who are selected to advance through the recruitment process will be contacted by our team.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Salary**: $82,133.00-$90,916.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Company events
- Company pension
- Dental care
- Disability insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Extended health care
- Life insurance
- On-site gym
- On-site parking
- Paid time off
- Tuition reimbursement
- Vision care
- Wellness program

Flexible Language Requirement:

- French not required

Schedule:

- 8 hour shift
- Monday



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