Project Manager, Cybersecurity, IT Project Manager

Overview

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As a Senior Project Manager & Security Architect, you will lead large-scale, high-risk security programs that protect Ontario's Critical Valued Assets (CVAs). You'll combine advanced information-security architecture expertise, especially in enterprise Data Loss Prevention (DLP) and enterprise database monitoring (IBM Guardium), with senior program lead experience and project-management skills. You will manage end-to-end delivery, embed “security by design” principles to ensure protection of critical valued assets and enhanced security monitoring.

You will collaborate closely with internal OPS teams and vendors to ensure the successful acceptance, timely execution, and day-2 supportability and operability of all project changes and deliverables.

• Act as Senior Program Lead across CVA security initiatives, balancing scope, schedule, budget, and quality
• Gathers and develops requirements and works with project stakeholders and ITS project managers to create and maintain a detailed project schedule and/or integrated plan
• Define and validate information security architecture for DLP solutions, data classification, encryption schemes, and database-monitoring (Guardium)
• Lead consultative workshops to capture business and security requirements, threat models, and “security by design” patterns
• Develop and manage integrated project schedules, resource plans, risk registers, and change-control processes
• Oversee vendor engagements, third-party integrations, and interoperability with SIEM (Splunk, Azure Sentinel) and SOAR platforms
• Chair Steering Committee and architecture-review boards; provide regular status updates to executives and sponsors
• Proactively identify and mitigate project and security risks, escalating when necessary and recommending compensating controls
• Ensure day-2 supportability: coordinate knowledge transfer, runbooks, operational handover, and monitoring/dashboard enablement
• Champion OPS I&T security and project-management best practices, driving continuous improvement

• Enterprise IT & Cybersecurity Leadership (40%)
• Advanced experience managing enterprise-scale IT modernization and/or cybersecurity projects; deep understanding of security tools, technologies, processes, governance frameworks
• Experience protecting Critical Value Assets (CVAs) in large deployments
• Deep expertise in information security domains and controls, DLP design/implementation, database activity monitoring (e.g., IBM Guardium), encryption, tokenization, and key management
• Proficiency with Identity & Access Management (SSO, MFA, PKI), network security controls (firewalls, NAC, SASE), and cloud (AWS/Azure/GCP) and on-prem security domains
• Solid understanding of security operations tools (SIEM – Splunk/Sentinel, SOAR, EDR) and governance frameworks (PMBOK, ITIL, ISO 27001, FIPPA/PHIPA)

• Manage enterprise-scale IT modernization and cybersecurity programs protecting Critical Value Assets (CVAs)
• Data projection and information security
• Project leadership in cybersecurity domain
• Critical Value Assets (CVAs)

• Mid-Senior level

• Contract

• Project Management and Information Technology

• IT Services and IT Consulting

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