Senior Manager, Cybersecurity Engineering & Platforms
About The Position
We are seeking a Senior Manager, Cybersecurity Engineering & Platforms to lead the global engineering, governance, and lifecycle management of Vale Base Metals’ (VBM) cybersecurity platform ecosystem. Based in Toronto, Canada, this role carries a global mandate across enterprise IT, cloud platforms, Operational Technology (OT), industrial automation, data environments, and emerging AI-enabled systems. This role owns the technology backbone that every other cybersecurity function depends on. It is accountable for: The full lifecycle of VBM’s cybersecurity platform portfolio Strategic selection, engineering, integration, and optimization of security technologies Platform rationalization and technical debt reduction Ensuring tools are architected as an integrated ecosystem — not as isolated point solutions Alignment to Zero Trust principles, cloud-native architectures, DevSecOps pipelines, and AI-driven business platforms This leader defines and enforces enterprise-wide technical security guardrails, ensuring that every major platform, transformation initiative, and digital solution follows standardized secure design patterns. They serve as the enterprise authority for cybersecurity engineering standards and secure architecture enablement. Operating within a hybrid environment that spans industrial systems, cloud-native technologies, identity ecosystems, and mission-critical operational assets, the role requires advanced technical depth, strategic thinking, and strong influence across IT, OT, Engineering, Digital, and global stakeholders.
Requirements
- Deep cybersecurity engineering expertise
- Enterprise architecture understanding
- Strategic problem-solving capabilities
- Practical experience supporting industrial or OT-integrated systems.
- Ability to lead multi-disciplinary engineering teams.
- Credibility to influence senior technology and business stakeholders.
- Advanced knowledge of cybersecurity engineering principles
- Deep understanding of Zero Trust architecture and identity-driven security models
- Hands-on experience supporting industrial or OT/ICS environments.
- Proven ability to lead engineering teams and manage platform portfolios.
- Experience with cloud-native security architectures (Azure preferred)
- Strong ability to influence senior leaders and architect secure enterprise solutions.
- Undergraduate degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field.
- 11–15 years in cybersecurity engineering, architecture, or secure platform leadership
- Proven experience leading complex engineering programs in hybrid IT/OT environments
- Deep knowledge of Zero Trust, identity security, cloud security, and platform governance
- Experience establishing and enforcing enterprise-wide engineering standards
- Strong ability to lead global teams and manage outsourced service partners
- Cybersecurity engineering and platform management
- Identity security, endpoint protection, PAM, SIEM/logging enablement
- Cloud security architecture and Zero Trust frameworks
- OT/ICS security integration
- DevSecOps and secure development pipeline governance
- Security automation, scripting, infrastructure-as-code
- AI/ML platform security patterns
- Risk analysis, threat modeling, and architecture review
- Strategic influence in global, matrixed environments
- Capability development and team leadership
- High accountability and structured execution
- Strong communication and cross-functional collaboration
- Ability to operate under high pressure and complex decision-making environments
- Ability to drive results across global teams and multiple geographies.
- High adaptability and initiative in dynamic and evolving environments
Nice To Haves
- Master’s degree
- Certifications: Cloud security, architecture, or advanced, Microsoft cloud security certifications (SC 100, AZ 500, SC 300), SANS GDSA or GCSA, CCSP, SABSA, CISSP
- Experience with cloud-native security architectures (Azure preferred)
Responsibilities
- The full lifecycle of VBM’s cybersecurity platform portfolio
- Strategic selection, engineering, integration, and optimization of security technologies
- Platform rationalization and technical debt reduction
- Ensuring tools are architected as an integrated ecosystem — not as isolated point solutions
- Alignment to Zero Trust principles, cloud-native architectures, DevSecOps pipelines, and AI-driven business platforms
- Defines and enforces enterprise-wide technical security guardrails
- Serving as the enterprise authority for cybersecurity engineering standards and secure architecture enablement
Benefits
- Competitive compensation including a variable annual incentive plan
- Participation in a competitive Defined Contribution Pension package
- Comprehensive benefits package (company paid core coverage, health and dental coverage, flex accounts, disability plans, and optional insurances)
- Leave for all of life’s reasons (vacation, personal, sick, parental)
- Work culture dedicated to safety, diversity & inclusion, and career growth
- Employee Family Assistance Program
- Virtual Healthcare online
- Online training and career development opportunities
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
