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Cybersecurity Incident Response Manager
Greater Toronto area, OntarioOur client is looking for a Cybersecurity Incident Response Manager to join and be part of their Cybersecurity department. In this role you will act as a Cybersecurity Incident Response manager and advisor. You will be joining and managing a team of Cybersecurity analysts and collaboratively act as a liaison between various teams, business partners and technical teams such as Global SOC, Data Loss Prevention, Compliance, Threat Intelligence, Vulnerability and Risk Management, Governance, Identity and Access Management, Systems and Network Engineering, Software Development, 3rd Party Vendors/Suppliers, HR, Legal, etc.
The ideal candidate possesses a broad knowledge of information security systems and solid skills in Incident Response, Networking, Programming, and System Administration. They should have a background in many domains of IT, but a strong ability and curiosity about learning and championing Cybersecurity and a passion for professional development. This is an ideal role for someone who loves being Technical, but who wants to take on that next-step leadership role.
This position reports to Sr. Manager Cybersecurity Operations.
Responsibilities
Qualifications
Demand For HR is an equal opportunity Recruiting Firm. We do not discriminate against gender, race, persons with disabilities or ethnical background. We thank all applicants for your interest in the roles Demand For HR is recruiting for.
The ideal candidate possesses a broad knowledge of information security systems and solid skills in Incident Response, Networking, Programming, and System Administration. They should have a background in many domains of IT, but a strong ability and curiosity about learning and championing Cybersecurity and a passion for professional development. This is an ideal role for someone who loves being Technical, but who wants to take on that next-step leadership role.
This position reports to Sr. Manager Cybersecurity Operations.
Responsibilities
- Managing a team of Incident responders and Threat Hunters
- Defining and maintaining Information Security Incident Management Process and build procedure documents for incidents handling
- Performing forensics investigation based on logs and other data. Validate containment and remediation measures, Perform Root Cause Analysis (RCA) as vital efficiently.
- Managing, maintaining and improving Incident Response capabilities to detect, proactively hunt for and respond to sophisticated cyberattacks
- Coordinating, monitoring, and supporting general activities related to cases, investigations and risk mitigation and analysis
- Coordinating, communicating, sharing information, and working closely with various business units and teams within the company
- Periodically conducting tabletop exercises to test the readiness of IR function
- Working closely with Cybersecurity Engineering team on new monitoring rules implementation, playbooks, and other manual tasks' automation proficiently.
- Researching emerging threats to gain insight and understanding of the evolving threat landscape and its to the company.
- Ensuring continuous improvement of the Cybersecurity posture
Qualifications
- 5+ years of hands-on experience in Cybersecurity, InfoSec, Security Engineering, Network Engineering with emphasis in Incident Response, Threat Hunting, and Cyber Security Operations
- knowledge in some of the following Cybersecurity domains:
- Securing infrastructure in public clouds (AWS, Azure, GCP, etc.) Required
- SIEM, Log Management, Network Security & Monitoring Required
- SOAR and playbooks automation Required
- Intrusion Detection and Prevention Required
- Data Loss Prevention Required
- Endpoint detection protection and response Required
- Cryptographic services
- Computer Forensics
- Vulnerability Management
- SOAR and playbooks automation
- IAM/PAM
- Threat Intelligence and UEBA
- Excellent problems solving skills, ability to coordinate with different local and global teams
- Ability to move quickly in a fast-paced and fluid environment, as well as influence peers and partners to prioritize issues as needed
- High proficiency in creating and presenting incident summary reports
- Familiarity with security frameworks such as NIST, PCI and CIS
- Ability to plan, organize and prioritize tasks to complete within established time frames
- Ability to work independently without direct supervision, self-motivated, and meet tight timelines
- Outstanding technical skills, knowledge of network protocols and network communication principles, understanding of vulnerabilities and remediation techniques
- Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal skills
- Continuous improvement demeanor
- Professional and courteous in all interactions
- Able to influence, innovate and drive Cybersecurity standard methodologies
- University Degree in Computer Science/Engineering, Information Security/Technology or in a related technical field
- At least one standard industry certification such as GSEC, CISA/CISM/ CISSP/CSCS/CEH or equivalent certifications or willingness to obtain within 12 months
- The role will be based out of one of our Client's offices: Markham, Toronto or Oakville.
Demand For HR is an equal opportunity Recruiting Firm. We do not discriminate against gender, race, persons with disabilities or ethnical background. We thank all applicants for your interest in the roles Demand For HR is recruiting for.