Information Security Specialist

Work Location Toronto, Ontario, Canada Hours 37.5 hours per week Line of Business Technology Solutions Pay Details $96,900 - $136,800 CAD TD is committed to providing fair and equitable compensation opportunities to all colleagues. Growth opportunities and skill development are defining features of the colleague experience at TD. Our compensation policies and practices have been designed to allow colleagues to progress through the salary range over time as they progress in their role. The base pay actually offered may vary based upon the candidate's skills and experience, job‑related knowledge, geographic location, and other specific business and organizational needs. As a candidate, you are encouraged to ask compensation related questions and have an open dialogue with your recruiter who can provide you more specific details for this role. Job Description As an Information Security Specialist, you will play a critical role in detecting, investigating, and responding to cyber threats targeting TD. You will work within the Cyber Security Incident Response Team (CSIRT), leading complex investigations, developing detection and hunting techniques, and strengthening our incident response capabilities. This role requires an experienced security professional with deep technical expertise in incident handling and analysis, malware investigation, containment, and the cyber kill chain. You will be responsible for identifying and mitigating cyberthreats, collaborating with stakeholders across Protect Platform, ITS, and business teams to reduce risk and enhance our security posture. The personnel in this role will work as part of a cyber security operations team responsible for carrying out 24x7 security monitoring operations on a rotating shift schedule that involves occasional on‑call and/or weekend support. Essential Job Functions Guide partners on a broad range of technology throughout incidents. Lead Cybersecurity Incidents and Cybersecurity events. Lead or contribute to containment and recovery plans for Cybersecurity Incidents. Contribute to the definition, development, and oversight of a global security management strategy and framework. Ensure technology, processes, and governance are in place to monitor, detect, prevent, and react to both current and emerging technology and security threats against TD businesses and network domains. Develop ongoing operational enhancements for Cybersecurity including alerting, monitoring, and detection across multiple security domains. Adhere to internal policies and procedures, technology control standards, and applicable regulatory guidelines. Contribute to the review of internal processes and activities and assist in identifying potential opportunities for improvement. Adhere to, advise, oversee, monitor and enforce enterprise frameworks and methodologies that relate to technology controls / information security activities. Influence behavior to reduce risk and foster a strong technology risk management culture throughout the enterprise. Job Requirements University degree or equivalent hands‑on work experience. 7+ years of hands‑on relevant experience. Expert knowledge of Information Technology (IT) security and Incident Management practices across multiple cybersecurity domains. Strong hands‑on experience with traditional incidents response detection tools such as SIEM, EDR, XDR, Firewall, WAF, email proxies, NIDS, and equivalents. Advanced hands‑on experience in all modern Operating Systems (Windows / Linux / Cloud / Mobile). Advanced scripting skills; ability to read data structures and software binary code. Advanced knowledge of Enterprise technology controls, cybersecurity, and cyber risk issues. Strong communications, leadership and people‑building skills within IT and/or cybersecurity. Demonstrated ability to participate in complex, comprehensive, and large projects. Ability to serve as a leading expert in technology controls and information security for project teams, the business, organization, and external vendors. Must be eligible for employment under regulatory standards applicable to the position. Preferred Qualifications Extensive experience as an Incident Commander or Manager working on complex information security and cybercrime‑related incidents, coordinating with internal and external teams, vendors, partners. Extensive experience working with cybersecurity events and incidents related to network layer 7/application and internet‑facing attacks. Extensive experience briefing Senior Executives regarding cybercrimes, incident triage, containment, and recovery. Extensive experience authoring complex communications related to cybercrime and incident triage, containment, and recovery. Extensive experience authoring and maintaining electronic and operational playbooks and other process/governance documentation. Understanding of security principles, techniques and technologies such as NIST Cybersecurity Framework, SANS Top 20 Critical Security Controls, OWASP Top 10, MITRE ATT&CK. Expert knowledge of SIEM and UEBA solutions such as Splunk, Azure Sentinel or similar, along with experience of CrowdStrike, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, XSOAR. Expert knowledge of forensic tools such as Encase, Axiom, Autopsy, OSForensics, FTK Imager or similar. Certifications such as GIAC (GCIA, GPEN, GWAPT, GCIH, GSEC, GCFA), CCNP, CCNA, CISSP, Cloud security. Who We Are TD is one of the world's leading global financial institutions and is the fifth largest bank in North America by branches/stores. 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