About Us The Technical Standards and Safety Authority (TSSA) is deeply committed to safety and passionate about making Ontario a safer place to live, work, and play. Our unified team - what we proudly call ONE TSSA – works collaboratively to deliver better safety for our province.

TSSA is a not-for-profit regulator that has dedicated over 25 years of expertise and experience to the safety of Ontario. Mandated by the Government of Ontario, TSSA’s team of over 450 professionals works to enhance public safety across multiple sectors we regulate.

As an award-winning organization, TSSA firmly embeds safety in our culture and all aspects of our work. Fostering a strong safety culture has earned us the 5-Star Safety Cultures Award from Canadian Occupational Safety magazine for three consecutive years (2022-2024).

As ONE TSSA we are guided by the following values in all we do:

• Safety: Be safety-focused at all times
• Collaboration: Work well with others
• Accountability: Take responsibility for our actions and deliver on our commitments
• Integrity: Conduct ourselves transparently using risk-informed evidence
• Inclusion: Embrace diversity through respectful leadership
• Innovation: Be forward-thinking, adaptable, and data-driven

Joining TSSA means becoming part of a team of experts from diverse fields, backgrounds, and cultures. It’s an opportunity to hone your skills, expand your knowledge, build a rewarding career, and realize your full potential

Position Summary Collaborate with IT colleagues, business users, and vendor-partners and will be responsible for maintaining security solutions in a customer focused environment.

Job Responsibilities

• Oversee overall Security programs for TSSA On-premise and Cloud data centres.
• Administer and maintain all aspects of security systems, including Cisco security products and various targeted security solutions.
• Perform monitoring and analysis of security performance using SIEM and threat intelligence platforms.
• Monitor and manage security alerts and notifications within the ticketing system.
• Assist with preparation of reports for user and data access tracking to ensure the integrity and security of data.
• Prepare and ensure accuracy of documentation, procedures, guides, and check lists.
• Respond to emergency security service/appliance outages in accordance with business continuity and disaster recovery plans.
• Plan and deploy security awareness training campaigns for all staff, vendors and conducting role-based trainings
• Plan and deploy email threat simulation campaigns.
• Develops, manages and reports on detailed cybersecurity project plans.
• Ensures compliancy with corporate security policies and procedures
• Ensures system security, internal processing controls and audit controls are maintained.
• Organizes periodic infrastructure and application penetration tests
• Organizes and participates in penetration test , vulnerability scans and remediation plans.
• Prepare and participate in incident response report including investigating root cause, containment and recover.
• Provides periodic reporting to IT management team regarding Cybersecurity program
• Collaborates on the production of cybersecurity awareness bulletins
• Provides thought leadership on cybersecurity trends and initiatives of benefit to the organization
• Organize and develop data loss prevention policies

Job Qualifications

• 5 years of experience within IT, with 3 years of experience working in security administration
• Diploma in Information Technology related to field of security is a requirement
• Bachelor’s degree in IT, Computer Science, or related field is an asset
• Relevant network or security certifications preferred
• Experience with configuring and supporting security threat management products/services.
• Experience with end-user, server, workstation and network security equipment and services.
• Proficiency in documentation and ability to verbally articulate technical matters to non-technical staff.
• Strong written and oral communication skills
• Experience conducting email security and threat simulations
• Experience managing IAM and SIEM solutions
• Pentest and vulnerability management

Inclusion and Equal Opportunity Employment TSSA is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion. We are committed to building and maintaining collaborative, caring and positive work environments so that our employees bring their whole selves to work each and every day. We encourage all qualified applicants to apply without regard to race, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, family status or disability. Only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

TSSA is pleased to offer accommodations for applicants with disabilities. If you are interested in applying for a job opportunity, or are contacted by us regarding a job opportunity, please advise of any accommodations you may require.

This job posting is for an existing vacancy within TSSA. We are actively seeking a qualified candidate to fill the current position. We encourage all interested applicants to apply.

TSSA uses AI to support screening of pre-screening question responses. Even if an application is flagged by the system, our team endeavours to review all candidates’ qualifications and experience.