Cybersecurity Analyst

Job Description

Posted Tuesday, August 12, 2025 at 4:00 AM

Siskinds LLP is a leading law firm located in Southwestern Ontario. We are a team of over 240 lawyers and business professionals covering personal legal services, business law, personal injury law, and class actions law as well as over 25 specialized practice areas. We help clients make the right legal choices, manage their legal affairs, and resolve complicated matters. Our culture and working style strive to make our clients’ experiences comfortable, reassuring, and productive while delivering excellence in the services we provide.

Cybersecurity Analyst – Full Time

What are you looking for?

- Be part of a cohesive team that promotes collaboration and teamwork
- Work in a technologically advanced environment with exposure to many specialized computer applications
- Competitive compensation and benefits
- Strength of a big firm with the culture of a small firm
- Subsidized downtown parking
- Working within State-of-the-art building

Who are we looking for?

The Cybersecurity Analyst plays a critical role in protecting the organization’s digital assets by ensuring the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of its systems, networks, applications, and infrastructure. This position is responsible for proactively monitoring, identifying, analyzing, and mitigating cybersecurity threats and vulnerabilities across both internal and external environments, and maintaining security tools, and advising leadership on best practices.

This is a dynamic and high-impact role that requires strong analytical skills, technical expertise, and the ability to remain calm and focused under pressure. The ideal candidate is enthusiastic about cybersecurity, highly organized, and committed to continuous learning and professional growth.

Qualifications

- Bachelor of Computer Science degree, or related discipline.
- CISSP, Security+, or equivalent certification required.
- 5+ years of experience in enterprise cybersecurity.
- Skilled in the following enterprise technologies:

- Threat detection

- Security Information and Event Management

- Vulnerability management

- Incident response

- Forensics

- Network security

- Endpoint protection

- Identify and Access Management

- Knowledge of cloud infrastructure, cloud security, and data protection.
- Strong grasp of TCP/IP, networking, and security frameworks.
- Committed to continuous learning in cybersecurity.
- Familiar with Canadian privacy laws, PCI DSS, and SOC 2 compliance.
- Proficient in PowerShell scripting.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic & Operational Security

- Monitor emerging threats, technologies, and compliance standards.
- Evaluate and recommend innovative security tools and frameworks.
- Develop and maintain continuity, incident response, and recovery strategies.
- Drive proactive security upgrades and system hardening initiatives.
- Ensure consistent secure configurations across all systems.
- Coordinate audits and penetration tests; manage remediation of vulnerabilities.
- Administer key security controls such as SSL certificates, email filtering, and vulnerability scanning.
- Advise internal teams on security-related matters.
- Perform compliance reviews to verify adherence to operational standards.
- Report system performance and security posture to leadership.
- Lead incident response efforts from detection through resolution.

Security Tools & Infrastructure

- Implement and oversee security platforms such as: privileged access management, email security, security awareness training platform.
- Manage firewall configurations and endpoint protection tools.
- Administer enterprise security across Microsoft 365, Purview, Azure, Intune, Entra ID, and Active Directory (DNS, DHCP, GPO).
- Apply CIS Benchmarks and other standards to strengthen system security.
- Lead evaluation and deployment of new security solutions through proof-of-concept initiatives.

Compliance and Risk Management

- Conduct audits, compliance reviews, and vulnerability assessments.
- Align practices with NIST CSF, CIS Controls, PCI DSS, and ITIL frameworks.
- Develop and enforce security documentation, policies, and procedures.
- Ensure compliance with Canadian privacy laws and other regulations.
- Maintain secure configurations and baselines for all systems and assets.
- Monitor and update security solutions to ensure optimal performance and protection.

Security Monitoring and Incident Response

- Develop and maintain cybersecurity incident response plans.
- Monitor server logs, firewall logs, intrusion detection logs, alerts, and network traffic for unusual or suspicious activity.
- Investigate alerts to interpret activity and implement measures or make recommendations for resolution or improving overall security posture.
- Deliver cybersecurity training and phishing simulations.
- Lead awareness campaigns to improve organizational security posture.
- Oversee the dissemination of end-user information and training including developing and executing ad-hoc awareness campaigns to measure and improve the organization’s security posture.
- Maintain up-to-date detailed knowledge of the IT security industry including awareness of new or revised security solutions, best practices, improved processes, and the development of new attacks and threat vectors.

Operational Management

- Monitor and maintain security solutions to ensure optimal performance; apply necessary configurations, patches, and updates.
- Support daily scanning, deployment, and remediation of security patches across systems, applications, and devices.
- Respond to cybersecurity incidents, including potential extended hours or on-call availability with minimal notice.
- Detect and address insecure features and malicious activity within networks and infrastructure.
- Manage key security controls such as SSL certificates, email filtering, and vulnerability management.
- Proactively identify, prevent, and resolve cybersecurity threats.

Please submit your resume by clicking below “Apply Now”. Deadline for submissions of resumes is Tuesday, August 26, 2025.

We are a cohesive team and being a team player as well as having a strong technical ability and a positive attitude will make you an ideal choice candidate.

We offer a technologically advanced environment with exposure to many specialized computer applications. Our comprehensive in-house training and ongoing support is of the highest level. We offer competitive compensation and benefits.

Siskinds is an equal opportunity employer and will work with and accommodate persons with disabilities throughout the entire recruitment, selection, and on-boarding process. To learn more about us, please visit our website at www.siskinds.com.

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