Network Security Analyst - Expert

Job Title: Network Security Analyst
Location: Toronto, ON
Duration: 12 Months

Daily Responsibilities:

1. Perform rigorous testing and validate functionality with development teams in pre-production environment prior to rolling out any type of infrastructure change in production (Code upgrades, configuration changes, automation, vulnerability remediation, etc.)
2. Collaborate and coordinate with a group of Senior analysts when creating and implementing medium and high-risk changes in the infrastructure
3. Review, evaluate, or create step-by-step Manual Operational Procedures for change implementers to follow
4. Work with peer organization within mergers and acquisitions to identify and align processes, procedures, technical documents and key metrics
5. Escalation points for senior Site Reliability analysts for assistance with troubleshooting and resolving technical problems within the infrastructure
6. Lead high impacting network security incidents, ensuring problems and incidents are escalated, communicated, resolved, and determine root cause
7. Collaborate with engineering and project teams to implement security controls and ensure adequate security requirements, monitoring, and response plans are in place for systems
8. Collaborate on security policies, standards & baselines, and contribute to maintain compliance which includes vulnerability management and technical security standards
9. Network security lead for planned activities such as disaster recovery exercises, power maintenance, and major switch upgrades
10. Lead and coordinate SSL certificate management across all network security devices
11. Utilize Jira for tracking, coordinating and implementation of projects using agile methodologies
12. Support and develop custom scripting using XSOAR (Security Orchestration, Automation, Response) platform or perform scripting using Python for automation initiatives and store on private server
13. Diagnose, track, and coordinate Web Application Firewall (WAF) attacks with the SOC and Cloud teams for tuning and/or remediation

Must Have Skills:

1. Certification / Subject Matter Expert in firewall, remote access, and web proxy gateway technologies working with one or more of the following technologies:
2. CheckPoint, Palo Alto, Fortinet, Cisco Firepower, Blue Coat ProxySG, FireEye, Arbor, Akamai, Pulse Secure, Citrix, SSLV
3. College diploma or University degree related to Information Technology, with a focus on Cyber Security or Network Communications
4. Minimum 3 years of experience working in related industry supporting network security devices
5. Advanced understanding of TCP/IP, including packet inspection/protocol analysis using packet analyzers for troubleshooting
6. Strong understanding of key protocols such as HTTP/HTTPS, FTP/SFTP, Telnet, SSL, NAT, IPSEC, HSRP, VRRP.
7. Good oral, written and presentation skills to effectively communicate with technical staff, business, users, and management
8. Experience in configuring, managing, and supporting network and security configurations

Nice-to-Have:

1. CISSP certification
2. CCNA certification or equivalent level of knowledge
3. Understanding of Agile, Scrum, DevOps and Cloud practices
4. Experience scripting using Python, Ruby
5. General knowledge or experience using cloud technologies

Mindlance is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to inclusive, equitable, barrier-free recruitment and selection processes, and work environment in accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA). We will be happy to work with applicants requesting accommodation at any stage of the hiring process.