Director, Security Operations, Information & Corporate Security

CPP Investments | Investissements RPC • Toronto, ON

55d • Hybrid

About The Position

Make an impact at a global and dynamic investment organization When you join CPP Investments, you are joining one of the world’s most admired and respected institutional investors. As a professional investment management organization, CPP Investments invests the funds of the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) to help ensure its financial sustainability for generations of working and retired Canadians. CPP Investments invests across regions and asset classes to build a globally diversified portfolio. It holds assets in public equity, private equity, real estate, infrastructure, and fixed income, and the CPP Fund is projected to reach $3.6 trillion in assets by 2050. The organization is headquartered in Toronto with offices in Hong Kong, London, Mumbai, New York City, São Paulo, and Sydney. CPP Investments successfully attracts, selects, and retains talented individuals from top-tier institutions worldwide. Join our team for access to: Stimulating work in a fast-paced and intellectually challenging environment Accelerated exposure and responsibility Global career development opportunities Diverse and inspiring colleagues and approachable leaders A hybrid-flexible work environment with an emphasis on in-person collaboration A culture rooted in principles of integrity, partnership, and high performance An organization with an important social purpose that positively impacts lives If you have a passion for performance, value a collegial and collaborative culture, and approach work with the highest integrity, invest your career here. Role Summary: The Director, Information Security Operations will be a senior member of the Information Security group and Technology & Data department. The role will manage the Security Operations Center with direct responsibility for Detection & Monitoring Operations, Digital Forensics & Incident Response (DFIR), and Threat Hunting & Intelligence. The successful candidate must have a proven track-record of working closely with internal and external stakeholders to understand and safeguard the assets, people, and processes across a global firm.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree, with a technology or business emphasis, or equivalent education and experience.
• Possess one or more of the following industry certifications: CISSP / CISA / CISM CCSP – Certified Cloud Security Professional SABSA - Security Architecture Other industry recognized Information Security certifications
• Demonstrated knowledge of current cloud platforms, services and security best practices for their protection
• Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of information security industry standards (e.g., ISO17799, ISO27001, NIST, COBIT, ITIL, etc.), and legislative/regulatory requirements (e.g., SAS-70, SOX, B198, PIPEDA, etc.)
• Minimum of 7-10 years experience in information security including: Security Management, Policy & Procedure development, Governance Frameworks, Security Programs
• Experience working with MSS partners
• Developing and implementing cloud security architectures
• Risk Assessment, Risk Management
• Security Architecture, IS Infrastructure Processes
• Operational security (network architecture, application, systems)
• Strong vendor management
• Strong sense of teamwork
• Ability to create solutions to fit a diverse and complex environment
• Adaptable to new technologies and challenges not previously encountered
• Able to build strong relationships and communicate effectively with a diverse set of stakeholders, including business leaders, operational staff and technical engineers
• Proven project management experience
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, with the ability to work with both technical and business users
• Self-motivated with acute attention to detail
• Innovative and proactive
• Exemplify CPP Investments’ Guiding Principles of Integrity, High Performance and Partnership

Responsibilities

• Lead the Security Operations Center, monitor emerging threats, oversee DFIR capabilities, enable outcomes-based metrics, and work closely with internal and external stakeholders for incident responses to determine appropriate courses of actions
• Direct improvements to SIEM and SOC efforts for continuous maturity to response times and SLA compliance
• Work closely with the Managing Director to ensure that information security and risk management are embedded within the culture
• Implement the next generation of cyber controls and threat analytics by leveraging automation, machine learning, and rich data sets.
• Identify and drive the end-to-end remediation of discovered or potential security vulnerabilities and mature operational security processes and procedures.
• With the Director, IT Risk Management, execute periodic security testing and reviews, promptly remediate any findings, and ensure policies, controls, and procedures are effective, documented, and understood by relevant stakeholders/roles through training and education.
• Effectively communicate investigative findings and strategies to technical staff, executive leadership, legal counsel, and internal and external clients

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level