Cybersecurity Analyst II

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TRIUMF's diverse community of nearly 600 multidisciplinary researchers, engineers, technicians, tradespeople, staff, and students create a unique incubator for Canadian excellence, as well as a portal to premier global collaborations. Fueling innovation and improving lives, we are committed to accelerating discovery and shaping a better world.
You could be a great fit if you bring:
Cybersecurity risk expertise:
Lead technical security risk assessments across systems, applications, infrastructure, and projects, identifying vulnerabilities and evaluating whether security controls can effectively prevent or detect real-world attacks
Security architecture expertise:
Review networks, cloud environments, applications, and enterprise systems to identify security weaknesses, assess data flows, perform threat modeling, and provide secure design guidance
Detection engineering:
Develop, test, maintain, and improve SIEM, EDR, and other security detection content, while mapping detection coverage to the MITRE ATT&CK framework and addressing security gaps
Identity & access management:
Assess and strengthen IAM environments, including MFA, SSO, privileged access management, federation, directory services, and zero-trust access controls
Incident response & investigation:
Provide senior technical support during complex cybersecurity incidents, from detection and triage through containment, recovery, and root cause analysis
Vulnerability & threat intelligence:
Evaluate vulnerabilities based on exploitability and asset criticality, monitor emerging threats, and translate threat intelligence into practical security improvements
Technical leadership & mentorship:
Serve as a senior technical resource, providing guidance, coaching, and work review for junior and intermediate cybersecurity analysts
Why TRIUMF?  Work at Canada’s national particle accelerator centre and contribute to cybersecurity in a unique scientific research environment. Collaborate with a multidisciplinary community of researchers, engineers, technicians, IT professionals, and scientists. Grow your career through technical leadership, mentorship, continuous learning, and exposure to advanced research environments.
Enjoy a comprehensive total rewards package, including employer-paid health and dental benefits, vision care, pension, disability benefits, wellness benefits, and generous time away.
PRIMARY FUNCTION:  The Cybersecurity Analyst II applies deep technical expertise across a broad range of cybersecurity disciplines to evaluate and reduce risk across the organization's systems, infrastructure, and projects. The primary focus of the role is technical risk assessment and security architecture review, examining how systems are built, how they could be attacked, and whether controls in place would actually stop an adversary.

In addition, the incumbent owns detection engineering and identity and access management security as core functions, ensuring the organization's defensive capabilities are built on sound design and continuously strengthened. The incumbent operates with minimal direction, exercises independent judgment on complex and ambiguous problems, and is trusted to make sound, technically grounded security decisions. The ideal candidate…