Specialist, Network Security

Specialist, Network Security at Holt Renfrew Holt Renfrew offers an inspiring, fashion‑driven environment with opportunities to learn and grow. From our incredible partnerships with iconic luxury brands to our commitments to corporate social responsibility, you will be inspired every day. A job at Holt Renfrew offers a competitive total compensation, a generous employee discount, pension, health & dental benefits, tuition assistance, and continuous learning and development. The Network Security Specialist role is responsible for protecting our critical information assets and brand reputation via a number of security technologies, processes, and governance. The role will ensure compliance with corporate and regulatory policies/standards & industry best practices, enhancing and enabling business initiatives. Specific responsibilities include (but are not limited to): Develop, maintain and improve existing/new security technologies, processes, and governance to effect a proactive security monitoring/detection capability; support implementation and management of the organization’s Information and IT Security roadmap. Provide information and recommendations regarding network security and installations, and develop and maintain process and procedure documentation. Safeguard information system assets by identifying and solving potential and actual security problems while providing timely incident resolutions in alignment with departmental SLAs. Investigate and/or review alerts, violations, and exceptions to security controls by conducting periodic audits and help close gaps identified by third‑party security audits such as PCI, vulnerability and penetration tests; understand when an incident should be escalated into the formal process. Provide security‑related out‑of‑hours and on‑call emergency support, as defined by the team’s operational procedures. Stay current with information security trends and provide threat intelligence for intrusion techniques, vulnerabilities, and social engineering. Advise on applicable trends and recommend solutions. Enforce security governance by monitoring and administering security technologies (IPS/IDS, firewalls, DDoS protection, anti‑virus, server patching, web‑filtering, NAC, data loss prevention, proxy and email filtering, identity management system, and tokenization). Protect systems by defining access privileges, control structures, and resources. Work with external and internal auditors in providing evidence and remediation of findings. Administration access via identity management system: create, issue, and monitor user profiles, passwords, security groups, AD, LDAP, Radius, two‑factor authentication and other account types. Ensure proper authority, review, monitoring, and reporting of access approvals. Maintain technical knowledge by attending educational workshops and reviewing publications. Comply with all Health & Safety policies and requirements. Perform other duties as assigned. The ideal candidate: Post‑secondary degree in a related field or equivalent experience. 3–5 years of experience in network security, preferably in a retail organization. Strong analytical, critical‑thinking, and customer‑service skills. Relevant Cisco certifications. Full knowledge of practices and tools for data centre management and IT operation functions (including ITIL, ITSM, and change management). Advanced technical skills for technology infrastructure management (WAN, LAN, server, network management, telecommunication). Advanced knowledge of TCP/IP, Fortinet firewalls, FortiAnalyzer, Cisco ISE, Windows Server technologies, Cisco switches/routers/controllers/access points/net scaler load balancers, Microsoft Hyper‑V/VMware technology. Advanced knowledge of routing and switching protocols: EIGRP, OSPF, BGP, STP, PVST, RSTP, Ether‑Channel, VTP, 802.1Q, HSRP, VRRP, GLBP, NAT/PAT, TCP/IP, UDP, FTP, SSH, TFTP, SMTP, SNMP, ARP, MPLS. Experience with private and/or public cloud environments (Azure) is an asset. Confident and effective communication (written & verbal) and interpersonal skills. Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook). Holt Renfrew is an equal‑opportunity employer committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace. If you are contacted for a job opportunity and require accommodation, please email and let us know so we can ensure you have an accessible candidate experience throughout the recruitment process. All requests are confidential and used only to meet candidate needs. #J-18808-Ljbffr