Senior Cyber Security Network Analyst in Toronto

The Senior Network Security Analyst will support leadership and utilize organizational change management practices, including operational processes and tools to support business-as-usual activities. You will collaborate with teams within the unit to help meet their business objectives and implement changes to processes to increase agility and reduce costs within the unit. The ideal candidate will have industry-relevant qualifications and certifications in cyber security, Checkpoint, Palo Alto, FortiGate and Cisco certification, the ability to work in a team, including promoting a culture of high performance that celebrates inclusivity and innovation.

What Will You Do?

• Responsible for the day-to-day fulfillment of firewall requests globally.
• Responsible for deployment and life cycle maintenance of site-to-site VPN/Firewall network platform.
• Responding to network security events and incident escalations from the first-level support Service Desk, internal/external clients, and business partners.
• Participate with DevOps/Automation teams to identify opportunities for automation, provide technical requirements and validate functionality before production.
• Performing root cause analysis with vendor engineers and escalation teams for major incidents and recurring problems and implementing permanent solutions.
• Creating/improving support documentation and ensuring reports are documented and kept up to date for major network-related outages.
• Participate in 24 x 7 on-call rotational shifts including evenings and nights.
• Provides on-call Level 2 support for the cyber and network security infrastructure (i.e., firewalls, VPN Business to business connectivity etc.).
• Independently resolves Cyber Security Networks related problems by identifying areas for improvement and implementing solutions that enhance efficiency within scope of responsibility.
• Maintains and enhances relationships with internal teams and external contacts to deliver measurable business outcomes.
• Drives decisions on issues requiring innovative thinking and technical expertise and providing recommendations that influence own team and across other work areas.
• Collaborates with business units, vendors, and internal teams to resolve incidents, deliver technical solutions, and address infrastructure and application security requirements.

What Do You Need to Succeed?

Must-Have:

• In-depth and current technical knowledge of IP Internetworking and security exposures and mitigating designs and processes associated with them.
• Thorough understanding of traditional and next-generation cyber & network security technologies to identify and combat internal and external threats while delivering a secure, scalable and consistent service.
• Minimum 4+ years of experience.
• Experience in cyber & network security technology.
• Advanced security (firewalls, VPNs, NAT).
• Strong understanding of security exposures and mitigating designs.
• 2 or more Certifications: Palo Alto, Cisco Firewall, Fortinet or Checkpoint.
• Network automation and programmability (Python/API Knowledge, Ansible, Terraform).
• IPSEC Site-Site VPN Deployment.

Nice to Have:

• Scrum & Agile methodology for Sprint Planning via Jira Tools Platform.
• Exposed to AI in Cybersecurity.
• Agile Methodology and JIRA Platform.
• ITIL Incident, Change and Problem Management knowledge with ServiceNow Platform.
• Algosec Platform Knowledge (Fireflow and AFA).
• Troubleshooting and Analytical Skills.

What’s in it for you?

We thrive on the challenge to be our best, progressive thinking to keep growing, and working together to deliver trusted advice to help our clients thrive and communities prosper. We care about each other, reaching our potential, making a difference to our communities, and achieving success that is mutual. Leaders who support your development through coaching and managing opportunities. Work in a dynamic, collaborative, progressive, and high-performing team. A world-class training program in financial services. Opportunities to work with the best in the field.