About the role
AI-First. Future-Driven. Human-Centered.
At OpenText, AI is at the heart of everything we do—powering innovation, transforming work, and empowering digital knowledge workers. We're hiring talent that AI can't replace to help us shape the future of information management. Join us.
Global Information Security (GIS) leverages our people, processes and technology to develop new digitalization efforts that ensure our enterprise systems’ reliability, minimize staff interaction, and most importantly, protect our customers’ data. Companies are recognizing the need to digitize information and manage alternative work scenarios in today’s changing reality. With this in mind, we work tirelessly to drive improvements across our security services and accelerate our customers’ digital journey in a safe and trusted environment.
Security Governance and Sales Support protects and streamlines our global operations by crafting and upholding a thorough security governance program in line with top industry standards and practices. We focus on handling all security requests, including contract reviews to audits, related to sales swiftly and effectively, ensuring the security and privacy of our clients. We're proactive in identifying and reducing security risks with ongoing monitoring and constant improvement of security measures and guidelines. Building a culture of security awareness and responsibility within our team and among our partners is key to us, as is being a dependable resource for our sales teams.
Your Impact:
A Sr. Security Analyst role at OpenText is more than just a job; it's an opportunity to impact lives. As a key contributor, you will understand a wide array of security processes and concepts. You will be involved in monitoring, responding, and protecting information assets by working collaboratively with internal teams, SMEs, external customers, auditors, and other stakeholders. Opportunities exist in the areas of Governance& Risk, Operations, Compliance, and Disaster recovery. You will be encouraged to cultivate an engineering mindset, driving innovative security solutions and processes that address real-world problems and shape the future.
What the role offers:
As a Sr Security Analyst, you will:
- Provide extensive support for pre-sales security reviews (RFPs, contract reviews), security risk assessments, risk reviews, and risk treatment plans.
- Serve in a trusted advisor role with customer engagements.
- The role will also be required to apply risk review concepts to pre and post sales requests for security review of RFPs, security assessments, contracts, and security related contract addendums, customer security audits for our customers in multiple global regions, for the Open Text Commercial platforms for external customers.
- This is a hands-on role that will require detailed knowledge of security concepts, risk models, security controls, security audits and other common IT security domain concepts.
- The candidate must possess superior communication skills and the ability to articulate information security concepts and controls in support of our customers.
What you need to Succeed:
- 3+ years in contracting, product management, security engineering, security compliance or risk and governance
- Familiar with commonly used information security concepts, best practices and standard procedures. Audit framework knowledge for ISO27001, PCI, SOC1& SOC2 desired
- Must be able to apply concepts of security policies and controls to contract documents, RFPs, and security assessment documents
- Strong knowledge of Open Text Commercial products and solutions is desired
- Knowledge of Open Text sales cycle process a plus
- Strong inter-personal skills are required to work across multiple internal teams and to handle customer interface meetings on security related topics.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- CISA, CISM, CISSP or ISSMP certifications preferred
One last thing:
OpenText is more than a corporation—it’s a global community built on trust, character, and purpose. Here, we act ethically, care deeply about people, and always put our customers first. We help teams succeed through collaboration, tackle challenges with resilience, and innovate with intention.
Join us on our mission to drive positive change through privacy, technology, and teamwork. At OpenText, we don’t just have a culture—we live our values. Choose us because you want to be part of a company that empowers you to make a meaningful impact.
OpenText's efforts to build an inclusive work environment go beyond simply complying with applicable laws. Our Employment Equity and Diversity Policy provides direction on maintaining a working environment that is inclusive of everyone, regardless of culture, national origin, race, color, gender, gender identification, sexual orientation, family status, age, veteran status, disability, religion, or other basis protected by applicable laws.
If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or recruiting process, please submit a ticket atAsk HR. Our proactive approach fosters collaboration, innovation, and personal growth, enriching OpenText's vibrant workplace.
About OpenText
OpenText is a world leader in Information Management, helping companies securely capture, govern and exchange information on a global scale. OpenText solves digital business challenges for customers, ranging from small and mid-sized businesses to the largest and most complex organizations in the world. For more information about OpenText (NASDAQ/TSX: OTEX), visit www.opentext.com
About the role
AI-First. Future-Driven. Human-Centered.
At OpenText, AI is at the heart of everything we do—powering innovation, transforming work, and empowering digital knowledge workers. We're hiring talent that AI can't replace to help us shape the future of information management. Join us.
Global Information Security (GIS) leverages our people, processes and technology to develop new digitalization efforts that ensure our enterprise systems’ reliability, minimize staff interaction, and most importantly, protect our customers’ data. Companies are recognizing the need to digitize information and manage alternative work scenarios in today’s changing reality. With this in mind, we work tirelessly to drive improvements across our security services and accelerate our customers’ digital journey in a safe and trusted environment.
Security Governance and Sales Support protects and streamlines our global operations by crafting and upholding a thorough security governance program in line with top industry standards and practices. We focus on handling all security requests, including contract reviews to audits, related to sales swiftly and effectively, ensuring the security and privacy of our clients. We're proactive in identifying and reducing security risks with ongoing monitoring and constant improvement of security measures and guidelines. Building a culture of security awareness and responsibility within our team and among our partners is key to us, as is being a dependable resource for our sales teams.
Your Impact:
A Sr. Security Analyst role at OpenText is more than just a job; it's an opportunity to impact lives. As a key contributor, you will understand a wide array of security processes and concepts. You will be involved in monitoring, responding, and protecting information assets by working collaboratively with internal teams, SMEs, external customers, auditors, and other stakeholders. Opportunities exist in the areas of Governance& Risk, Operations, Compliance, and Disaster recovery. You will be encouraged to cultivate an engineering mindset, driving innovative security solutions and processes that address real-world problems and shape the future.
What the role offers:
As a Sr Security Analyst, you will:
- Provide extensive support for pre-sales security reviews (RFPs, contract reviews), security risk assessments, risk reviews, and risk treatment plans.
- Serve in a trusted advisor role with customer engagements.
- The role will also be required to apply risk review concepts to pre and post sales requests for security review of RFPs, security assessments, contracts, and security related contract addendums, customer security audits for our customers in multiple global regions, for the Open Text Commercial platforms for external customers.
- This is a hands-on role that will require detailed knowledge of security concepts, risk models, security controls, security audits and other common IT security domain concepts.
- The candidate must possess superior communication skills and the ability to articulate information security concepts and controls in support of our customers.
What you need to Succeed:
- 3+ years in contracting, product management, security engineering, security compliance or risk and governance
- Familiar with commonly used information security concepts, best practices and standard procedures. Audit framework knowledge for ISO27001, PCI, SOC1& SOC2 desired
- Must be able to apply concepts of security policies and controls to contract documents, RFPs, and security assessment documents
- Strong knowledge of Open Text Commercial products and solutions is desired
- Knowledge of Open Text sales cycle process a plus
- Strong inter-personal skills are required to work across multiple internal teams and to handle customer interface meetings on security related topics.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- CISA, CISM, CISSP or ISSMP certifications preferred
One last thing:
OpenText is more than a corporation—it’s a global community built on trust, character, and purpose. Here, we act ethically, care deeply about people, and always put our customers first. We help teams succeed through collaboration, tackle challenges with resilience, and innovate with intention.
Join us on our mission to drive positive change through privacy, technology, and teamwork. At OpenText, we don’t just have a culture—we live our values. Choose us because you want to be part of a company that empowers you to make a meaningful impact.
OpenText's efforts to build an inclusive work environment go beyond simply complying with applicable laws. Our Employment Equity and Diversity Policy provides direction on maintaining a working environment that is inclusive of everyone, regardless of culture, national origin, race, color, gender, gender identification, sexual orientation, family status, age, veteran status, disability, religion, or other basis protected by applicable laws.
If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or recruiting process, please submit a ticket atAsk HR. Our proactive approach fosters collaboration, innovation, and personal growth, enriching OpenText's vibrant workplace.
About OpenText
OpenText is a world leader in Information Management, helping companies securely capture, govern and exchange information on a global scale. OpenText solves digital business challenges for customers, ranging from small and mid-sized businesses to the largest and most complex organizations in the world. For more information about OpenText (NASDAQ/TSX: OTEX), visit www.opentext.com