Title:  Information Security Analyst Advisory

Requisition ID: 248074

Join a purpose driven winning team, committed to results, in an inclusive and high-performing culture.

The Information security advisor is responsible for contributing to the overall success of the Information Security & Control Advisory Services in Canada, Latin America, and the Caribbean ensuring specific individual goals, plans, initiatives are executed / delivered in support of the team’s business strategies and objectives. Ensures all activities conducted follow governing regulations, internal policies, and procedures. The candidate should be able to conduct enterprise level network and firewall rule request security assessment and review. The candidate should be able to act like a subject matter expert on the threat risk assessment/advisory service processes and enable the advisory team to produce quality assessments.

Is this role right for you? In this role, you will: 

• Provide strategic guidance and technical expertise to business lines, IT support functions, and IS&C Control functions to include security within early stages of the design of Bank´s technological solutions.
• Conducting Firewall rule request review and assessment and meet bank’s network security standard and objectives.
• Conducting Threat Risk Assessments and performing security advisory work on specific applications and infrastructure associated with Scotiabank’s Cloud and other Initiatives ensuring that controls are adequate, meet Bank standards, and enable business objectives. 
• Provide Quality Assurance on Threat Risk Assessments and Threat Modelling as. Provide strategic guidance and technical expertise on security solutions and recommend best practices.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design and implement robust security architectures for various systems, applications, and networks.
• Evaluate existing security solutions and propose enhancements or new designs to address emerging threats and business requirements.
• Ensure alignment with industry best practices, compliance standards, and organizational security policies.
• Identify security weaknesses, vulnerabilities, and gaps in existing systems and recommend remediation strategies.
• Provide support on how to apply the Bank's portfolio of standards to the technology footprint of Scotiabank’s Cloud offering.
• Provide oversight over the specific line of business security posture, ensuring that all tools available to detect and remediate security risks have been applied.
• Conduct industry reviews and benchmarking exercises to ensure our controls are aligned with our peers, emerging threats, and available mitigation strategies.
• Working directly with technical leads from assigned Lines of Businesses supporting their initiatives from an Information Security perspective.
• Providing relationship management function from an Information Security perspective.

Do you have the skills that will enable you to succeed in this role? We'd love to work with you if you have:

• Master’s or bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related field 
• Minimum 5+ years’ experience as information security advisor with emphasis on IT Security and technical solutions or
• Minimum 5+ years’ experience as network security advisor with emphasis on network Security and technical solutions 
• Good to have one of the following Information Security accreditations, CISSP, CISA, CISM, CCNP, CCNA, CCSK, CCSE or Equivalent.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills to include the creation of reports and the manipulation of data using the Microsoft Productivity suite of tools. 
• Experienced in GRC tools (e.g., RSA Archer or ServiceNow) and its implementation. 
• Demonstrates knowledge of risk management and mitigation concepts 
• You have well-rounded interpersonal skills, with the ability to build relationships cross-functionally, based on Scotiabank’s values of respect, integrity, passion, and accountability. 
• You have a dynamic personality, able to work with a wide scope of work that is ever changing.

What's in it for you?

• Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Allyship - We strive to create an inclusive culture where every employee is empowered to reach their fullest potential, respected for who they are, and are embraced through bias-free practices and inclusive values across Scotiabank. We embrace diversity and provide opportunities for all employees to learn, grow & participate through our various Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) that span across diverse gender identities, ethnicity, race, age, ability & veterans.
• Accessibility and Workplace Accommodations - We value the unique skills and experiences each individual brings to the Bank and are committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible environment for everyone. Scotiabank continues to locate, remove and prevent barriers so that we can build a diverse and inclusive environment while meeting accessibility requirements.  
• Upskilling through online courses, cross-functional development opportunities, and tuition assistance.
• Competitive Rewards program including bonus, flexible vacation, personal, sick days and benefits will start on day one.
• Community Engagement - no matter where you choose to work from; we offer opportunities for community engagement & belonging with our various programs such as hackathons, contests, Humans of Digital and much more!

Location(s):  Canada : Ontario : Toronto 

Scotiabank is a leading bank in the Americas. Guided by our purpose: "for every future", we help our customers, their families and their communities achieve success through a broad range of advice, products and services, including personal and commercial banking, wealth management and private banking, corporate and investment banking, and capital markets.  

At Scotiabank, we value the unique skills and experiences each individual brings to the Bank, and are committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible environment for everyone. If you require accommodation (including, but not limited to, an accessible interview site, alternate format documents, ASL Interpreter, or Assistive Technology) during the recruitment and selection process, please let our Recruitment team know. If you require technical assistance, please click here. Candidates must apply directly online to be considered for this role. We thank all applicants for their interest in a career at Scotiabank; however, only those candidates who are selected for an interview will be contacted.