Senior Analyst, IT Security

University of Ottawa•Ottawa, ON

3d•CA$96,570 - CA$120,712•Hybrid

About The Position

Information Technology is a dynamic and collaborative environment. We are focused on prioritizing and optimizing technological investments that facilitate the best student experience, as well as the activities of faculty, researchers and staff. Our greatest strength are the people working with us. People like you, professionals eager to flex their intellectual muscle and achieve new heights in their career. Working here gives you access to a great IT environment, rich with a diverse range of platforms, products, and services. This is a place where innovative ideas are welcome. In a nutshell: working here is challenging and rewarding. It’ll bring out the best of you. We want people that have the drive to advance IT in higher education. We have the technologies to keep your inner fires burning, and benefits that can help you sustain a better lifestyle. And all this minutes away from gyms, the Byward Market, downtown, and the Rideau Canal at lunch time for runners and skaters. Reporting to the Senior Manager, IT Security, the incumbent develops, implements, upgrades, integrates, tests, manages, and supports information security systems and applications. Performs real-time analysis and correlation of logs/alerts from a multitude of infrastructure, network, and security devices with a focus on the determination of whether said events constitute infrastructure, network, or security incidents. Responsible for researching and documenting various mitigation strategies. Provides information security education to the University community and prioritizes remediation of issues in a highly complex environment with critical uptime requirements.

Requirements

University degree in Computer Science, Management Information Systems (MIS) or related field or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Minimum 5 years of experience in a complex and diverse IT environment demonstrating experience in IT security.
Experience in application security, PeopleSoft security, Web Application Firewall technologies, security applications, and DevSecOps practices.
Knowledge of secure coding, vulnerability management, OWASP Top 10, and secure software development lifecycle principles.
Ability to collaborate with developers, technical teams, and business stakeholders to identify application security risks and support remediation activities.
Experience implementing and supporting large-scale, end-to-end information security systems in a multi-platform environment.
Experience with security technologies such as various monitoring and log aggregation platforms (Splunk is an asset), penetration testing frameworks, operating systems, vulnerability scanners, and endpoint security solutions.
Knowledge of various programming languages and scripting languages and of computing hardware, software and software development methodologies.
Experience with writing queries, parsing and correlating data, and various query languages (e.g. SQL).
In-depth analytical skills for complex problem solving – identification, diagnosis, resolution.
Knowledge of Incident Handling phases.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Ability to work a flexible schedule including occasional weekends and evenings.
Bilingual: French and English, spoken and written.

Nice To Haves

Knowledge of the University’s information technology and security policies, procedures and standards would be considered an asset.
Information security certifications would be an asset (e.g.: SANS, EC-Council, ISC2).

Responsibilities

Implement, operationalize, customize, configure, program, test, and maintain complex security systems, platforms, and solutions using multiple technologies.
Provide technical recommendations for improving IT security infrastructure and assists in the coordination of audit and compliance requirements.
Monitor a wide variety of IT assets, network, and data to ensure the prevention of events that negatively impact confidentiality, availability, and integrity.
Build/manage reports and analyze logs and messages to identify and report possible security violations.
Collect and analyse performance reports for various systems, and report trends in hardware and application performance to assist senior technical personnel to predict future issues or outages.
Develop program code/scripts according to technical standards and security policies.
Build/develop use cases for Security and/or Network Operations Centre.
Perform ongoing vulnerability assessments and penetration testing of systems and networks to ensure compliance with security policies, standards, and procedures.
Interface with IT teams on implementing controls.