Specialist, Enterprise Vulnerability Management

Job Requisition : 12428

Position Status: Permanent Full Time

Position Type: Hybrid

Office

Location:

Montreal (QC);
Ottawa (ON)

Travel Requirement: Limited

Language Designation: Bilingual

Language Skill Levels (Read/Write/Speak): BBB

Security Requirement: Secret

Salary: Our salaries generally range from $ 86816.59 to $ 108520.74 and are based on qualifications and experience.

The work you do and the work we do together matters. We come to work every day with a common purpose: to contribute to a well-functioning housing system.

At CMHC, we hold ourselves accountable for our results and support our colleagues in their achievements. We thrive on collaboration, connecting across CMHC and involving the right people to get our work done. Our leadership style is guided by trust, where our leaders favour an adaptive approach based on the needs of their teams.

Join us and be part of a team that's committed to making a real difference and be part of something meaningful.

• Annual Paid vacation.
• Annual individual performance incentive.
• Defined benefit pension plan.
• Comprehensive group insurance plan to support your well-being from day one.
• Support towards your personal and professional growth with training, mentorship and more.
• An inclusive workplace culture and environment.

Members of the following employment equity deserving groups will be prioritized for this job:
Indigenous Peoples

Join the Security team, in the Specialist, Enterprise Vulnerability Management position. You will provide specialized expertise to apply and operationalize established vulnerability management standards, application security practices, risk methodologies, and threat intelligence to determine appropriate remediation priorities and control actions within established frameworks and defined operating procedures.

Accountable for the consistent operational execution and data integrity of the enterprise vulnerability management program across infrastructure, applications, cloud environments, APIs, and software delivery platforms. The role ensures vulnerabilities are identified, assessed, prioritized, tracked, communicated, remediated, and escalated in accordance with established security standards, risk methodologies, and service expectations.

The position directly contributes to reducing technology risk by enabling the timely identification, assessment, and remediation of vulnerabilities and by providing reliable vulnerability data to support risk management, compliance, and security oversight.

• Identify, analyze, and assess vulnerabilities across infrastructure, cloud environments, applications, APIs, containers, and related technologies using security scanning and testing tools.
• Validate findings through risk assessments by eliminating false positives and determining exploitability, business impact, and overall risk.
• Classify, prioritize, and maintain accurate vulnerability records using approved risk-rating methodologies, threat intelligence, OWASP guidance, supporting evidence, and remediation tracking.
• Coordinate remediation efforts with infrastructure, development, architecture, cloud, and technology teams, providing guidance on security controls, secure coding practices, and treatment options.
• Monitor remediation progress, validate fixes, drive follow-up actions, and elevate overdue, high-risk, or unresolved vulnerabilities through to closure or formal risk acceptance.
• Support the integration of vulnerability management practices into Agile, Dev Ops, and Dev Sec Ops  workflows while ensuring consistent execution of enterprise standards.
• Develop and maintain reports, dashboards, metrics, and audit-ready vulnerability data to support risk management, compliance, security investigations, assurance, and oversight activities.
• Drive continuous improvement by identifying recurring security weaknesses, recommending process and tool enhancements, staying informed on emerging threats, and influencing stakeholders to strengthen security practices and reduce organizational risk exposure.

• An undergraduate degree in Information Technology, Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• A minimum 5 years of experience in information security, vulnerability management, application security, infrastructure security, Dev Sec Ops , or related technology disciplines.
• A security certification completed or in progress (e.g., Security+, CEH, CSSLP, ISC2 CC,…