Senior Analyst, Cyber Security

Competition Number: REQ 7370

Title:

Senior Analyst, Cyber Security

Division:
Information Technology

Salary:
Payband L, starting rate $50.93 per hour

Schedule:

Monday to Friday, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm

Hours Per Week: 40

Location:

230 Richmond Street East

Work Modality:
Hybrid (minimum 2 days onsite)

Status:
Full-Time Support

Vacancy:
Replacement

Effective Date:
Immediately

Closing Date:
Open until filled.

George Brown Polytechnic is located on the traditional territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation and other Indigenous peoples who have lived here over time. We are grateful to share this land as treaty people who learn, work, and live in the community with each other.

George Brown Polytechnic is committed to creating and sustaining an equitable and inclusive learning and working environment. We encourage and actively seek applications from Indigenous, Black, racialized people, visible minorities, 2

SLGBTQIA+ persons, all genders, and persons with disabilities.

To be a polytechnic renowned for its inclusion, excellence, relevance, impact, and leadership.

• Leads the functional design, implementation, and maintenance of Cyber Security’s operational capabilities.
• Defines security requirements and supports the secure architecture and design of various solutions to meet business needs while minimizing risks.
• Designs security configuration and controls for the introduction of the new software and virtual or physical appliances to assist with security monitoring of the College network and systems.
• Manages the Security Awareness training program for the College staff, which includes in-person training, virtual training, delivery of training exercises and reporting on gaps and non‑compliance.
• Monitors critical solutions and environments to gain visibility, define security baselines, and apply pertinent metrics to measure control effectiveness.
• Identifies patterns of anomalous activity across the infrastructure and recommends opportunities for improvement as part of ongoing risk monitoring, reporting, and compliance.
• Develops, implements, and improves the Cyber Security training and awareness program to influence and mitigate human risks and help foster a risk‑aware security culture.
• Creates, reviews, and updates applicable security‑related documentation to maximize security, service availability, efficiency, and effectiveness of security controls and the program overall.
• Performs security gap assessments and identifies, tracks, and provides support and expertise to remediate the gaps and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Supports Cyber Security’s incident response plan by performing root cause analysis and recommends strategies to contain and eradicate threats while facilitating forensics investigations.
• Conducts risk assessments and infrastructure/architecture reviews to build and sustain an organizational risk profile prioritizing the identification and security of critical business assets.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Four-year degree from a recognized post-secondary institution in Cyber Security, or Information Technology (IT) is required.
• Additional requirements obtained through courses include:
  Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP), Certificate of Cloud Security Knowledge (CCSK), CompTIA Security+, and Microsoft certification in the areas of security design, implementation, or administration.
• Minimum of five (5) years’ of progressive Information Technology and Infrastructure/Architecture experience with a minimum of one year focused on Cyber Security. Experience in planning, configuring, deploying, and maintaining OS security solutions (including cloud) in an enterprise environment.

• Ability to manage numerous complex and demanding tasks and to meet strict deadlines.
• Ability to work independently, take initiative, assign tasks, and set priorities.
• Solid analytical, problem solving, and decision‑making skills to identify problems, determine possible solutions, and select appropriate actions.
• Excellent organizational, planning, coordinating, and project management skills; solid attention to detail and…