
Senior Security Analyst
- Vaughan, ON
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Oversee monitoring and investigation of security alerts from tools such as SIEM, EDR, and WAF.
- Coordinate with the MSSP to tune and enhance detection capabilities, ensuring threats are identified and contained promptly.
- Act as an escalation lead for high-severity incidents, ensuring effective containment, remediation, and lessons learned.
- Serve as an escalation point during critical incidents, providing technical direction and coordinating with internal and external teams.
- Support after-hours response for priority IT security events as part of an on-call rotation when required.
- Ensure incidents are fully documented with root cause analysis and recommendations for process improvement.
- Lead deployment, configuration, and optimization of security technologies, including PAM, SIEM, EDR, and micro-segmentation solutions.
- Work closely with IT and Infrastructure teams to operationalize new security tools and ensure proper control implementation.
- Oversee vulnerability scanning using various vulnerability management tools, analyze results, and coordinate remediation efforts with relevant teams.
- Ensure vulnerabilities are tracked, prioritized, and resolved in a timely manner.
- Act as the primary coordinator for all PCI-DSS compliance activities, including evidence collection, control validation, and audit readiness.
- Track control owners and compliance status, ensuring timely remediation of any gaps.
- Coordinate with vendors, auditors, and internal stakeholders to ensure successful audit outcomes.
- Own and maintain GRC tooling, procedures, and associated documentation.
- Draft, update, and enforce IT Security policies, SOPs, and user guides to align with industry frameworks.
- Track open risks, maintain a risk register, and follow up on remediation activities to closure.
- Conduct and coordinate third-party vendor security assessments, evaluating compliance with Longo's security requirements.
- Track findings from assessments, penetration tests, and risk reviews, ensuring remediation is completed.
- Support monthly phishing simulations and awareness campaigns using security awareness and training tools.
- Track user awareness metrics, follow up on findings, and recommend improvements to enhance the program's effectiveness.
- Prepare detailed security reports, including threat analysis, compliance metrics, and incident trends.
- Provide regular updates and, when required, present project and compliance status directly to the Senior Manager Cybersecurity.
- Offer technical insights to support leadership decision-making.
- Mentor junior analysts by providing technical guidance, sharing expertise, and supporting their development in detection, response, and compliance tasks.
- Promote a collaborative environment and a culture of continuous improvement within the Cybersecurity team.
- Experience: 4-7 years in cybersecurity or technical security-related roles, with proven experience leading security projects and compliance activities.
- Technical Expertise:
- Advanced knowledge of Cybersecurity frameworks, Windows, Active Directory, and Cloud security controls.
- Hands-on experience with SIEM, EDR, PAM, WAF, vulnerability management, and other security solutions.
- Strong working knowledge of PCI-DSS controls and evidence management.
- Framework Knowledge: Familiarity with NIST CSF 2.0, CIS Controls, ISO 27001.
- Soft Skills: Excellent collaboration, communication, and documentation skills; ability to prepare and present findings to leadership when needed.
- Undergraduate or College Degree in IT/Computer Science/Engineering/Cybersecurity (or equivalent experience).
- Certifications: Security+, CISSP, or CISA preferred. PCIP and cloud security certifications are an asset.
- Hybrid (remote and on-site)
- On-call responsibilities on a rotating schedule.