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Security Platform Engineer (SIEM) in Canada

  • Sun Life Financial
  • Full time
  • Email
  • Toronto

Responsibilities

  • Support and manage Splunk Enterprise Security and the Security Visibility platform.
  • Develop security use cases, analyze information systems, and implement security solutions and enterprise security projects.
  • Maintain deployed security technologies and conduct proof-of-concept and proof-of-value evaluations for new technologies.
  • Investigate and respond to security incidents, participate in 24x7 on-call support, and support major incident management calls.
  • Identify business risks, recommend mitigation strategies, and manage the capacity and resiliency of security systems protecting internal and client data.
  • Provide security subject-matter expertise during audits and contribute to risk-driven security controls.
  • Collaborate with security peers, vendors, infrastructure, operations, architecture, application development, and other teams.
  • Use Jira and Confluence to track project work, estimate stories, and manage assignments and completion criteria.
  • Transition and operationalize projects by developing responsibilities, documentation, and training for business-as-usual teams.
  • Maintain cybersecurity playbooks, policies, procedures, and knowledge base articles supporting incident management and CSIRT processes.
  • Continuously improve security platform and operational processes.

Requirements

  • A university degree or college diploma in information technology or a related discipline, or equivalent work experience.
  • Two to five years of information security and engineering experience with enterprise security technologies.
  • Experience with SIEM technologies such as QRadar or Splunk Enterprise Security, IDS/NDR, or threat simulation tools.
  • Broad exposure to security disciplines and in-depth experience in incident response or detection engineering.
  • Knowledge of security controls, risk management frameworks, NIST, and ISO 2700x standards.
  • Experience with endpoint detection and response, intrusion detection, certificate management, email security, and web content filtering technologies.
  • Experience planning, researching, and developing security policies, standards, and procedures.
  • Experience deploying enterprise technology through managed projects using Scrum and Kanban methodologies.
  • Knowledge of networking technologies, firewalls, web application firewalls, intrusion detection and prevention systems, AWS, disaster recovery, and related methods.
  • Strong practical knowledge of AWS and Microsoft Azure cloud technologies and services.
  • Strong troubleshooting, investigative, analytical, critical-thinking, communication, leadership, teamwork, and problem-solving skills.
  • Ability to work independently in ambiguous situations, communicate technical security issues to peers and management, and mature deployed security technologies.
  • Ability to obtain Reliability Status Clearance and satisfactorily complete required background checks.

Benefits

  • Hybrid work arrangement with the ability to work from home or the office based on business, client, and leader needs.
  • Wellness programs supporting mental, physical, and financial health.
  • Opportunities to pursue varied career paths and build networking connections.
  • Reliability Status Clearance, including a law enforcement inquiry, credit check, and review of qualifying time outside Canada, is required before starting employment.

Sun Life Financial

Sun Life Financial provides life and health insurance, group benefits, retirement solutions, and asset management services for individuals, employers, and institutional investors. It generates revenue from insurance premiums and investment management fees, including through MFS Investment Managem...

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