Job Description
Our client, a Banking company, is looking for a Security Specialist for their Toronto, ON/Hybrid location.
Responsibilities:
Requirements:
Why Should You Apply?
Responsibilities:
- Provisioning Security rules
- Timely response to business application deployments via security policy adjustments, implementations and assessments.
- The IT Security Delivery Specialist is responsible for provisioning security rules in support of business objectives while following client's standards across premises and cloud environments.
- This role plays a critical role in safeguarding the bank’s global security footprint.
- The successful candidate will ensure the timely response to business application deployments via security policy adjustments, implementations and assessments.
- The skills required to be effective in this role will include a deep understanding of firewall management using orchestration tools such as Tufin.
- Firewall design & delivery:
- Delivery of enterprise firewall solutions, including both physical and cloud based platforms, in alignment with client’s security architecture and network standards.
- Develop and implement security driven firewall policies that protect critical assets while enabling business initiatives and application onboarding.
- Liaise with application teams, technical asset owners, and business requestors on the crafting and implementation of firewall, segmentation, and policy rules across platforms such as Palo Alto, Guard core, Akamai, and related products.
- Security governance & risk management:
- Ensure all firewall implementations meet internal security requirements, regulatory obligations, and audit expectations as set forth by Enterprise Protect.
- Enforce disciplined change management practices, ensuring solutions are fully documented, peer reviewed, and production ready.
- Act as a subject matter expert in firewall security, providing guidance on risk mitigation, exception handling, and compensating controls.
- Stakeholder engagement:
- Collaborate with security, network, infrastructure, and application teams across the bank to understand technical and business requirements and translate them into secure firewall designs.
- Partner with business stakeholders to balance security objectives with operational needs, clearly articulating risk, impact, and recommended solutions.
- Communicate effectively with senior technical leaders and delivery partners to ensure alignment and timely execution of initiatives.
- Operational excellence & support:
- Provide senior level (Tier 3 / Tier 4) support and consultation for complex firewall related incidents, deployments, and avoiding service disruptions.
- Support large scale initiatives with tight delivery timelines by ensuring firewall services are delivered reliably, consistently, and with a strong focus on quality.
- Contribute to continuous improvement of firewall delivery processes, standards, and operational readiness.
- Demonstrated expertise in enterprise firewall technologies and network security principles (Palo Alto, Guardicore, &/or Netskope experience highly preferred).
- The following are considered highly desirable assets:
- Akamai
- Zero Trust concepts and implementation
- Policy automation tools (i.e.: Tufin)
- This position is foundational to the bank’s security posture.
- The IT Security Delivery Specialist directly contributes to protecting customers, data, and the enterprise by ensuring that firewall controls are carefully designed, rigorously implemented, and consistently enforced.
- Success in this role requires not only deep technical capability, but also the ability to make risk based decisions that support both security and business objectives.
Requirements:
- Strong understanding of how different security devices integrate within a secure enterprise network environment.
- Proven ability to operate independently, exercise sound technical judgment, and influence positive outcomes across teams.
- Exceptional documentation, communication, and stakeholder management skills appropriate for a senior role in a regulated financial institution.
- Strong understanding of one or more of the core technologies and/or concepts:
- Palo Alto Firewall (with Panorama)
- Guardicore Firewalls
- Netskope
- Shape (F5)
- Tufin Policy Orchestration tool
- 5+ years of progressive responsibilities with Firewall Technologies
- Working knowledge of how different technologies mesh together in enterprise environments.
- Working knowledge of security implementation in a hybrid enterprise
- Problem solving and mentoring abilities are crucial to success
- Degree/Level of Education: Computer Science or relevant degree
- Certifications Required: ITIL/V3
- Years of Overall Experience: 5 plus years’ experience
- Preferred/ideal candidate background:
- Palo Alto, Guard core, &/or Netskope
- Automation experience
- Service Now
- ITIL/V3plus
- Strong communication skills
- Strong troubleshooting skills
- CISCO routing is a nice to have
- Banking/ Financial/ Large enterprise experience would be helpful
- Skills:
- Automation experience 5 years
- Experience in Service now 5 years
- ITIL v3 Foundations Certification Yes
- Palo Alto, Guardicore, &/or Netskope 5 years
- Troubleshooting and issue resolution 5 years
- Nice to have:
- Cisco Routers 1 year
- Large enterprise organization experience 1 years
Why Should You Apply?
- Health Benefits
- Referral Program
- Excellent growth and advancement opportunities
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Toronto, ON |
| Industry | Management Consulting Services |
| Salary | $74.54–$79.28 Per Hour |
| Company Size | 2,000 to 2,499 employees |
| Year Founded | 2000 |
| Website | https://www.iconma.com/ |
Benefits
401K, Employee Referral Program, Life Insurance
About Company
ICONMA is a global information consulting management firm providing Professional Staffing Services and Project-Based Solutions for organizations in a broad range of industries.
- Corporate Headquarters in Troy, Michigan; 20+ locations worldwide.
- Certified Woman-Owned Business Enterprise (WBE); certified by Women’s Business Enterprise National Council, National Women Business Owners Corporation (NWBOC); and California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC).
- Founded in 2000
- 2000+ Employees
The company was founded on the principle that success is derived from delivering high quality service and resources in the most responsive, flexible, and innovative way. ICONMA invests in people and resources with a single goal: To provide our customers with the highest quality service in the most responsive manner. Through its network of offices, ICONMA provides the resources to help clients maintain their competitive advantage.
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