Job Description

Description :Company: CGLDepartment: ITEmployment Type: Regular Full-TimeWork Model: RemoteLanguage: English is required, French is an asset.The Opportunity:We are a leading Canadian financial services co-operative committed to being a catalyst for a sustainable and resilient society and our team is essential to deliver on this strategy. That\xe2\x80\x99s why we prioritize our people, to ensure we provide a strong culture and development opportunities which enables our team to thrive and to live our purpose. The best part is that you will work with people that care passionately about you, our clients, and our communities.The Sr. Enterprise Security Architect is a seasoned expert who takes leadership of and performs the necessary analysis and design tasks related to, the development of an enterprise security architectures for The Co-operators group of companies. As a subject matter expert and consultant to senior Client and IT Management in their area of expertise, the Enterprise Security Architect partners to develop security architecture designs, assess risks, and recommend solutions that address operational imperatives and/or provide a competitive advantage to the organization.How you will create impact:

• Support Enterprise Information Security strategies and solutions to ensure the security of enterprise assets.
• Ensure CGL initiatives are security/risk assessed and that security is designed and documented for project related conceptual and logical architectures.
• Ensure information security is built to address all identified cyber risks to assets within the organization.
• Ensure security architectures meet regulatory and legislative compliance while ensuring security solutions are adoptable across the organization.
• Provide security advisory services for on existing technology platforms and support team. Provide assistance and support to the Enterprise Risk Management, EIS Governance, Compliance and IT Operations functions.
• Work with EIS ESAC team to develop suitable security related documentation for internal publishing to assist clients and partners with best practices and guidance for their IT solution development or acquisition activities.
• Support third party risk management activities which include reviewing contracts and external vendor information security questionnaires and providing feedback to client teams acquisition and procurement activities.

How you will succeed:

• You have an innovative mindset to improve operational efficiencies and ability to influence change, with a primary focus on client needs.
• You use critical thinking skills to recognize assumptions, evaluate arguments, draw conclusions and proactively propose solutions.
• You have strong communication skills to clearly convey messages and explore diverse points of view.
• You build trusting relationships and provide guidance to support the development of colleagues.

To join our team:

• Bachelor\'s degree in Business or Computer Science along with at least 16 years of progressive industry experience in IT.
• Proven experience in multiple IT disciplines (e.g. technical architecture, network design/management, applications development, middleware, information analysis, servers and storage, database management, data centers and operations) in a large, complex shared services environment
• In-depth experience designing and implementing information solutions and creating policy to support effective design for use across the enterprise.
• Desires CISSP, CCSP/CCSK certification, plus the following certifications would be considered a major asset: GIAC GCSEC, SANS Technical certifications, TOGAF, SABSA.
• Deep understanding of key information security tools and concepts such as IAM, SSO, IPS, wireless security, firewalls, vulnerability management, penetration testing, VPN, PKI, LDAP, AD, SAML, SIEM, along with understanding of information security frameworks such as NIST-CSF1.1/2, PCI-DSS, ISO 27001/2, ISO27017/18
• Requires 8+ years of direct information security architecture work experience, including in-depth experience designing and implementing information security solutions, and working with one or more enterprise architecture frameworks such as EISA, DoDAF, IAEAF, SABSA, TOGAF, ZACKMAN.
• Ability to understand the long-term ("big picture") and short-term implications and perspectives of situations and proposed security solutions.
• Highly developed level of creative skills and resourcefulness; must apply critical thinking skills to determine best strategic approach and be results- orientated.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to translate complex technical concepts into understandable terms and is able to tailor communication to audience, mediate and facilitate communications between others, and communicate information architecture to all levels of management and customers.
• Strong leadership skills, communicating and influencing business application owners/champions, users and 3rd party suppliers; must have the ability to gain buy-in from stakeholders on complex issues.
• Ability to establish and maintain a high level of customer trust and confidence. \xc3\xaf\xe2\x80\x9a\xc2\xa7 Strong competency to self-manage activities and priorities as an individual contributor leader.

What you need to know:

• You will be subject to a Background check as a condition of employment, in the event you are the successful candidate.

What\xe2\x80\x99s in it for you?

• Training and development opportunities to grow your career.
• Flexible work options and paid time off to support your personal and family needs.
• A holistic approach to your well-being, with physical and mental health programs and a supportive workplace culture.
• Paid volunteer days to give back to your community.
• In addition to our competitive salary and incentive programs, eligible employees also benefit from a comprehensive total rewards package including group retirement savings plans, pension and benefits (e.g., health and wellness, dental, disability and life coverage), mental health support and an employee assistance program.

The Co-operators