Bilingual Senior Specialist, IT Security Operations

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Bilingual Senior Specialist, IT Security Operations Position Status: Permanent Full Time

Position Type: Hybrid

Travel Requirement: Limited

Language Skill Levels (Read/Write/Speak): BBB

Security Requirement: Secret

Salary: Our salaries generally range from $104180.28to $130225.36and are based on qualifications and experience.

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Annual paid vacation.

Annual individual performance incentive.

Comprehensive group insurance plan to support your well-being from day one.

Support towards your personal and professional growth with training, mentorship and more.

While positions at CMHC require some in-office presence, alternative work arrangements may be considered for Indigenous candidates.

About the role Join the Information Technology team, in the Bilingual Senior Specialist, IT Security Operations position. In this role, you will be responsible of implementing and executing the IT Security Operations strategy in line with the objectives of security programs and CMHC’s needs as well as safeguarding the interest of CMHC’s overall security environment.

You will provide oversight and governance for IT Security Operations and continuously evaluate overall effectiveness of the service by tracking and reporting key performance and key risk indicators of the overall service and material components of the service.

This role is accountable for the outcomes and the performance of IT Security Operations, including the performance of service providers or partners, for CMHC. You will ensure that data in IT systems are adequately protected through the effective operations of IT security devices and/or controls.

What you will do:

Identify and facilitate the implementation of appropriate controls to effectively manage information risks as needed and reference organizationally relevant security frameworks (ISO 27001/2; ITSG-33; NIST).

Perform oversight and work with service provider to manage day to day IT Security Operations including: maintaining an up-to-date inventory of security controls; providing the requirements for and ensuring the onboarding of new IT projects to security operations; ensuring the scheduling and performance of maintenance activities; evaluating the continued effectiveness of the implemented controls through the establishment and monitoring of key performance or key risk indicators; proposing recommendations for improvement.

Provide expert level advice to senior management to guide and influence the management of security risks across the corporation, as well as complex consultative advice to relevant stakeholders.

Review security procedures to ensure compliance with security policy and guidelines and support IT service providers and other relevant 3rd parties in identifying and evaluating the effectiveness of security controls.

Perform focused information risk assessments of existing or new services and technologies along with business counterparts.

Develop, gather and track key risk and performance indicators to track overall risk status and the information security program performance, and support the development or evolut