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Senior Security Specialist - Cyber Defense Operations

Job Description:

We are searching for a motivated Senior Security Specialist to join our very collaborative team monitoring and investigating security events to identify attacks. In this role you will identify and implement opportunities for continual improvement our detection of suspicious activities, perform deep down analysis of security logs to identify events, incidents and resolution. You will manage security incidents through all phases of the incident response lifecycle from identification through to closure, and ensure that all Security Monitoring Systems and Consoles are monitored diligently and in a timely fashion.

Key Responsibilities:

• Actively identifies opportunities for continual improvement day-to-day activities regarding monitoring, escalation, and incident response

• Responds and incident manages cyber-attacks, malware, and active threat to reduce potential impact

• Ensures all security and operational controls are followed and enforced to ensure client data remains secure, available, and private, where applicable

• Works across Sage to set standards for and implementing event logging and monitoring tools and procedures

• Improves the efficiency and quality of how we resolve or escalate events, threats and incidents per our specified procedures and processes

• Identifies and implements opportunities for the continual improvement of our methodologies, tools and approaches

Requirements:

• 5+ years’ experience in security operations including major incident management

• Excellent knowledge of IT and security concepts and able to apply that knowledge to identifying, containing, and resolving security threats or incidents

• Experience working in an agile, DevOps/DevSecOps environment

• Expertise performing Network Security Monitoring, assessment of real time log aggregation and analysis of large date sets to identify anomalies and deviation changes to the network infrastructure using network monitoring tools

• Ability to analyse and contain malware, including: worms, viruses, Trojans, rootkits and bots

• CISSP, SANS or similar preferred

• Availability to work in 3 shift schedule - 24/7 service

Benefits & Compensation:

• Competitive salaries that landed us top 5% of similar-sized companies (according to Comparably)​

• 100% paid premiums for health, dental, and vision coverage​

• RRSP contribution match (100% up to 4%)​

• 35 days paid time off (11 holidays, 16 vacation days, 3 personal days, 5 sick days)​

• Work Away, an opportunity to work & play for 10 weeks in a country of your choice (from a Sage-approved list)

• 18 weeks of paid parental leave for birth, adoption, or surrogacy offered 1 year after your start date​

• 5 days paid yearly to volunteer (through Sage Foundation)​

• $5,250 tuition reimbursement per calendar year starting 6 months after your hire date​

• Sage Wellness Rewards Program (annual fitness reimbursement)​

• Library of on-demand career development options and ongoing training offerings​

The compensation offered will be determined by factors such as location, level, job-related knowledge, education, and experience. Certain provinces in Canada require job postings to include a reasonable estimate of the salary range applicable to the role.

For this role, in those locations, the target salary range for new hires is: $106,000 to $132,500.

In addition to base salary, employees will participate in either a bonus plan based on company and individual performance, or a role-based, commission plan. Our talent acquisition team will provide the specific opportunity on our bonus or incentive programs to eligible candidates. The range listed is just one component of the Sage total compensation package.

Hear what our employees say about us:

According to our employee feedback on Comparably, we scored a 4.8/5 rating on our great company culture and our employees gave our CEO a score of 90/100. We also recently won awards for Best Company when it comes to diversity, compensation, women, work-life balance, leadership, and career growth, to name a few. Doesn’t this sound like the place you’d want to grow your career?

What it’s like to work at Sage:​

Careers homepage -https://www.sage.com/en-us/company/careers/​

Glassdoor reviews -https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Sage-Reviews-E1150.htm​

LinkedIn page -https://www.linkedin.com/company/sage-software

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Function:

Global Information Security

Country:

Canada

Office Location:

Richmond

Work Place type:

Hybrid

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