Information Security Architect Job Brantford Ontario Canada,IT/Tech

Position Summary

Situated on the picturesque Grand River, the City of Brantford is a rapidly growing community of over 100,000 residents, located in the heart of Southern Ontario with direct access to Hwy. 403 and is in close proximity to the GTHA, Waterloo and Niagara regions. As a single-tier municipality, Brantford is responsible for the full spectrum of municipal service areas. We invite you to join our #Team Brantford corporate culture with many progressive initiatives, including our hybrid work environment.

The City is committed to the professional development of our staff and invite you to come, grow with us!

Reporting to the Manager of Information Security, the Security Architect is responsible for leading technical design, strategy, and overall insight related to the planning and implementation and validation of new or updated enterprise security environments and services. This role is responsible for leading the logistical development and integration of network and security policies and systems across the IT Services department, as well as ensuring strategic alignment of enterprise IT standards, practices, and policies.

This position will also assess, design, develop, and implement various security, network, threat, vulnerability and incident response disciplines, shared services solutions, and will also be the primary subject matter expert for security related requests.

Qualifications

A three (3) year College Diploma in Information Technology, Systems/Network Engineering, Security Analyst or related discipline

Post-Secondary courses in any of the following: computer forensics and security, cloud architecture and security are preferred

One or more cyber security certifications (CISSP, CISM, CEH, CCSP, CSSLP) is preferred

One or more architecture certifications (Azure Solutions Architect, Azure Cyber Security Architect, TOGAF, CISSP-ISSAP) is preferred and will be considered an asset

Microsoft Azure Network Engineer, Azure Security Engineer Associate is considered an asset

An equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered

A minimum of five (5) years hands-on experience in Information Systems and Technology in a medium-to-large-sized data center and network security and design environment focused on:
Microsoft products, such as Entra, Active Directory, Windows Operating Systems, Office Productivity Suites, Security Product Suites Network appliances and technologies, VPN, NAC Security appliances and technologies, Next Gen Firewalls (NGFW), Web Application Firewall (WAF), PAM, Vulnerability Management tools, Exposure Management solutions, and Web Application Scanning tools Threat Management technologies, XDR technologies, external threat monitoring tools, and SOAR/AI technologies

3-5 years of experience in disaster recovery planning and incident response planning

Experience in monitoring the threat landscape, mapping potential applicable threats, and ethical hacking methodologies, including threat hunting methods

Experience in vulnerability assessment of end points, switches, routers, gateways, servers, storage, storage area networks, firewalls, applications, web services, cloud services, etc.

Experience with Azure Cloud technologies, and cloud security products (CASB, SASE, SSE) including email security

Maintain currency of knowledge on current and emerging security trends, including but not limited to cloud-based services, IoT, etc.

Good oral, written, interpersonal and organizational skills

Strong analytical, reasoning and problem-solving skills

As a condition of employment, applicants must submit a current Police Information Check (dated within the past 3 months) from their local police service for approval by the Corporation prior to commencing employment

As a condition of employment, proof of current and valid certificate(s) and/or educational qualifications will be required.

What We Offer

The City of Brantford is an equal opportunity employer that values equity, diversity and inclusion. At the City of Brantford, people are our priority. #Team Brantford employees are our most valuable resource and we believe it's important to offer a competitive total rewards package.

Paid training and professional development, the flexibility to work from home in some positions and wellness and work life balance are just some of the great things the City of Brantford has to offer. When you work with us, you'll know you're doing important work that matters and helps build a better Brantford. Come grow with us.

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