Location: One York, Waterloo, Atria, ON - Flexibility (Victoria Park & Sheppard area in North York) - Hybrid (Once a week in office) Pay Rate: $58.69/hr - $68.64/hr Contract Length: 12 Months

We at Raise are hiring a Senior Information Security Advisor for one of our top clients. After establishing themselves as an industry leader, they’re now expanding their team to meet rising demand. We’re hiring right now; if you’re interested, apply below for your chance to join a great place to work.

Responsibilities

Provide support to the client's line of business initiatives and projects through conducting information security risk assessments, reviewing contracts to ensure inclusion of appropriate security provisions/requirements, performing supplier/third-party risk assessments, and advising on security best practices. Provide support to the line of business to ensure the security controls implemented on their projects and initiatives align with security policy and Directive requirements. Provide security consulting, using technical expertise, to guide and influence the implementation of appropriate security controls in projects and initiatives to ensure the safeguarding and protection of confidential information to prevent accidental disclosure, modification or destruction and improve the overall security posture of clients. Provide preliminary recommendations to the management team on information security-related risks. Track and manage open information security risks to ensure corresponding risk remediation plans and target dates are in place. Work with respective risk owner to ensure risk action plans are valid and risks are remediated in a timely manner. Provide reporting to management team on status of information security risks assessments, identified risks, policy exception requests, and current work activities.

What You Need To Succeed

Minimum 7 years’ experience in Information Security and/or Information Technology (IT), preferably with experience in Information Security Risk Management In-depth knowledge of Information Security and IT principles, protocols, practices, and industry standards Strong understanding of existing and emerging Information Security technologies (e.g., encryption, network/web application firewall, IDS/IPS, advanced malware protection, DDoS, DLP, SIEM, etc.) Extensive knowledge of various attack/threat vectors and determine the corresponding security controls to minimize and/or remediate the risk Strong understanding of cloud security and cloud-based technologies (e.g., AWS and Azure) Experience performing cloud security risk assessments. Experience performing risk assessments of cloud-based (SaaS) technologies including but not limited to AWS and Azure Familiarity with contract wording and interpretation of security clauses Post-secondary education (University degree or college diploma) in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, Information Security and Risk Management or comparable professional education/training in a field relevant to Information Security Professional designation relating to Information Security (e.g., CISSP, CCSP, CISM, CISA) preferred

Preferred Skills

Excellent verbal communication skills – can interface with executives and negotiate with clients Excellent writing skills with emphasis on report writing Self-starter, can work with minimum supervision, strategic thinker, negotiator, and consensus builder Strong consulting skills and ability to influence a win-win outcome Ability to understand client's diverse business units and work with them Must be able to work with the business and interpret technical context into plain language

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Raise is an established hiring firm with over 65 years of experience. We believe strongly in making the world a better place through work, which is why we’re a certified B Corporation and donate 10% of our profits to charity.

We strive to build teams that reflect the diversity of the communities we work in. We encourage all qualified applicants to apply, including people from traditionally underrepresented groups such as women, visible minorities, Indigenous peoples, people identifying as LGBTQ2SI, veterans, and people with visible/nonvisible disabilities.

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