Security Engineer - Jobs in Toronto

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Position: Security Engineer Location: Downtown Toronto, hybrid Job Type: Permanent We are hiring for our client, a leader in the Financial Services industry, who is looking to add a Security Engineer to their engineering team. In this role, you will: - Investigate and advise on latest security related risk, threats and vulnerabilities, security incident management, external security reviews and penetration tests to ensure infrastructure security posture is strong - Collaborate on Information Security policies, standards, and baselines and contribute efforts to measure compliance - Monitor, assess, and perform network penetration tests, vulnerability assessment scans, and risk assessment reviews to ensure that the company #39;s IT assets are properly protected - Define and report key security metrics to drive remediation trends - Report on findings and advise stakeholders in remediation activities as required - Collaborate with the IT Operations, architecture, and project teams to engineer and implement security controls based upon policies, standards, and best practices - Collaborate on and provide results and metrics for consistent reporting for governance purposes; collaborate and coordinate remediation plans and activities - Research and develop testing tools, techniques, and process improvements - Adequately explains, presents, demonstrates, and documents the operational impact of a particular security loopholes or vulnerabilities - Analyze vulnerability results and recommend corrective action and hardening - Manage and configure NGFW, WAF and NSG - Implement DLP solution to enhance data security - Provide mentorship and guidance and share knowledge with other members of the team - Where required, provide recommendations, explanations, guidance on their functional area to other teams in the organization Requirements of the role: - Bachelor #39;s Degree in Science, Engineering, or equivalent - CISSP, GSEC, or other relevant certifications - 5+ years progressive experience in IT security - Demonstrated experience defining, maintaining, and enforcing security best practices - Working knowledge of industry-recognized tools including the following: Middleware, Servers (Linux/Windows), Storage, Databases, Appliances, Web Applications, Network Security Devices, Cisco ACI, Nutanix, Azure Cloud Platform, CyberArk, Intune - Broad understanding of the current cyber security landscape, with a background in networks and server/system management, a strong Cloud Security (Azure, OCI and Nutanix) background and an in-depth understanding in-depth in Zero Trust and SASE security models - Strong knowledge in Authentication, End Point Security, Internet Policy Enforcement, Web Content Filtering, Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), Data Loss Prevention (DLP), Identity and Access Management (IAM) solutions, VMs and common networking services and protocols (TCP/IP, SSH, FTP, DNS, DHCP, SMTP, SSL, etc.) - Working knowledge of Information Security best practices, policies, standards, and baselines, including industry standards and guidelines from ISO 27001/27002, NIST, CIS, and OWASP - Strong experience in database security Please send your resume in Word format to Shubham Sharma at shubham.sharma@quantum-qtr.com. REFER A PERM HIRE AND EARN $1,000! For more details, click here. Conditions apply. OUR VIRTUAL DOORS ARE OPEN! We #39;re also bringing the interviews to you by various web applications, virtually! Contact us today for your next opportunity.