Senior Cybersecurity Analyst

Closing Date: January 5, 2026 at 4:00 PM

Information Technology Services

ITS provides UNB with professional information and communication technology services, leadership, and expertise to ensure the UNB community can achieve its goals with the support of the best technologies of today and advances of tomorrow.

WHAT WE OFFER

Full-time | Continuing | Fredericton | Hybrid

UNB is committed to ensuring employees can maintain a healthy work-life balance. As such, we are proud to support a hybrid work approach, which includes flexible hours and work-from-home options.

Standard Work Hours: Mon - Fri | 8:15 am - 4:30 pm | 36.25 hours per week

Additional Working Conditions:

• Flexibility in working hours including participation in occasional scheduled on-call after hours support and time shifting.
• Participation in after-hours emergency response.

Salary Range: $78,733 - $107,305 per annum

YOUR FOCUS

Reporting to the Acting Chief Information Officer & Associate Vice-President, ITS, the Senior Cybersecurity Analyst enhances UNB's cybersecurity posture through advanced anomaly detection, prevention, and mitigation strategies. This role collaborates with IT staff to establish robust security protocols, continuously improves monitoring tools and processes, and maintains a keen awareness of the evolving threat landscape. The Senior Cybersecurity Analyst also plays a critical role in incident response and recovery activities, ensuring the organization remains resilient against cyber threats.

• Establish baselines to detect anomalies and events across networks, users, and systems.
• Set incident alert thresholds and correlate event data from multiple sources to enhance detection capabilities.
• Refine and update baseline settings to adapt to evolving threats and organizational needs.
• Implement and improve monitoring tools to ensure proper configuration, maintenance, and consistent use.
• Verify the effectiveness of preventative measures and integrate events into broader monitoring and incident management.
• Enhance monitoring tools to keep pace with emerging cyber threats.
• Maximize the value of cybersecurity tools.
• Define prevention and detection roles and responsibilities with IT staff.
• Ensure prevention and detection processes are in place, maintained, tested, and communicated to the appropriate parties.
• Establish IT security protocols aligned with information security policies.
• Monitor and improve compliance with IT security standards.
• Improve related prevention and detection processes on an ongoing basis.
• Track, report, and investigate notifications from detection systems to support effective response and recovery.
• Prioritize notifications, conduct forensics, and analyse events to understand targets, methods, and impacts.
• Apply insights from analyses to strengthen cybersecurity posture and response strategies.
• Develop and implement standardized responses to vulnerabilities and non-critical incidents.
• Participate in Critical Incident Response Teams to ensure swift and effective containment and mitigation.
• Maintain awareness of the changing threat landscape to address emerging risks.
• Maintain the cybersecurity risk register for reporting to the Board.
• Stay current with UNB's information security needs and risk tolerance.
• Develop a strong understanding of UNB's IT infrastructure, including strengths, weaknesses, and vulnerabilities.
• Keep abreast of information security trends, preventative measures, and industry standards through professional consortiums.
• Participate effectively in project teams and complete independent projects successfully and on time.

WHAT YOU BRING

• Undergraduate degree in Technology or Engineering.
• 5 years' experience progressive experience in security, systems, end point and/or network analysis.
• 3 years' experience in a senior or lead role.

Additional Strengths

• Cybersecurity certifications such as CISSP, CRISC, or CISM are an asset; willingness to work toward certification is considered.
• Solid working knowledge across multiple technology domains, including access management, vulnerability monitoring, network security, mobile and desktop platforms, server operating systems, encryption, change control, secure SDLC, incident response, cloud security, disaster recovery, privacy, security policies, etc.
• Excellent client engagement and relationship-management skills.
• Proven capability to influence leadership and build credibility across the organization.
• Demonstrated leadership qualities with clear and effective written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Works effectively both independently and within a team environment.
• Skilled at prioritising tasks, applying departmental standards, and meeting deadlines.
• Adapts effectively to changes in the work environment.
• Welcomes technology changes and shows initiative in learning new tools and approaches.

The University of New Brunswick employs more than 3,200 full- and part-time staff, including faculty, support staff and students. UNB values people and we have proudly been named as one of Canada's Top 100 Employers for 2025 and one of Atlantic Canada's Top Employers for 2024.

UNB is situated on the unceded territory of the Wolastoqiyik and Mi'kmaq peoples along the banks of the beautiful and bountiful Wolastoq river, a region recognized worldwide for its natural beauty. UNB is a comprehensive university with a long history of excellence in teaching and research.

WHY CHOOSE UNB?

UNB offers a large variety of benefits for employees, including a full pension, a minimum of three weeks of vacation annually, the Employee and Family Assistance Program (EFAP), and dental, life, and health insurance.

ADMINISTRATIVE, PROFESSIONAL AND TECHNICAL GROUP (APT)

This position is part of the non-union Administrative, Professional and Technical (APT) group.

COMMITMENT TO EQUITY, DIVERSITY & INCLUSION

The University of New Brunswick is committed to employment equity and fostering diversity within our community and developing an inclusive workplace that reflects the richness of the broader community that we serve. The University welcomes and encourages applications from all qualified individuals who will help us achieve our goals, including women, visible minorities, Aboriginal persons, persons with disabilities, persons of any sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. Preference will be given to Canadian citizens and permanent residents of Canada.

We thank all who apply; however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.