Information Security Analyst

Doing business to business, person to person. Payworks is a leading workforce management solutions provider and multi-year winner of the Canada’s Best Managed Companies program. We are proudly Canadian as well as committed to developing world-class products and providing a progressive workplace culture where Doing Right by People is our purpose.

With clients of all sizes and more than 700 employees, we currently have an exciting opportunity on our IT Security team for the right candidate.
Because when it comes to great people, there’s always room for one more.

Reporting to the Manager, Security Operations Center, the Information Security Analyst will be responsible for using an analytical thought process and sound judgment in executing daily analyst activities. Leveraging industry leading security technologies, this role is the first line of defense against information security threats. You will be responsible for identifying and immediately responding to such risks with a strong attention to detail and technical/investigative mindset.

This will include the monitoring of Payworks IT infrastructure and associated alerts as well as responding to tickets and other requests from outside the Corporate Security Team.

• Comprehensive employer paid benefits, including a Health Spending Account, for you and your family and excellent pension plan with employer contributions.
• Plenty of professional development opportunities.
• Community-minded culture – Receive two paid days per year to volunteer and lots of opportunity to “Pay it Forward”.
• Time and flexibility to meet your needs – Hybrid work model with flexible work options, plus 3 weeks vacation to start, flex time and parental leave benefits.
• Cool perks – Annual Lifestyle Spending Account, fun office environment and events, and more!

• Responsible for first response in support of the resolution of security related incident tickets, internal inquiries and events. Proactively monitor Payworks assets, brand and environment for threats, and indicators of compromise.
• Conduct and utilize vulnerability scanners, intrusion detection appliances, collation reports, failed logins, and various system activity tools to analyze security related events, develop solutions or elevate to other Payworks teams to define preventive activities.
• Provide the business with guidance on vulnerability trends, exposures, mitigation, priorities, patching and validation.
• Conduct, manage, and maintain security awareness training for employees to educate them about security best practices and policies.
• Perform security audits and assessments to evaluate the effectiveness of security controls and identify areas for improvement. Contribute to Payworks audit and compliance objectives, help staff and company adhere to policy and process.
• Enhance and support existing incident response process and procedures, overseen and participate in regular tabletop exercises with both the security department and other business departments.
• Embrace emerging technology and security trends, global events, activities and best practices.
• Utilize security tools and technologies such as security information and event management (SIEM), firewalls, intrusion detection/prevention systems (IDS/IPS), anti-malware systems (HIPS/AV), email security solutions, camera systems, security awareness training platform and endpoint detection and response (EDR/XDR) solutions.
• Participate in projects as assigned to ensure security requirements are met and development is in accordance with current policies, standards, and guidelines.

• University Degree or College degree within the IT Security field and approximately 3-5…