Cybersecurity Architect
Corus Entertainment View all jobs
- Toronto, ON
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Owning cybersecurity projects from initiation through successful implementation, ensuring adherence to established standards.
- Design secure architectures incorporating segmentation, zero trust principles, VPN, cloud interconnectivity, and secure service integration.
- Chair architectural security reviews for major enterprise initiatives and provide final technical approval.
- Guide secure design across identity systems, including Active Directory, Microsoft Entra ID, privileged access models, and authentication controls.
- Remain hands-on for critical systems and major initiatives, deploying and integrating enterprise security technologies such as web filtering, intrusion prevention, endpoint protection, and logging controls.
- Enhance and tune existing cybersecurity technologies to address inherent and residual risk, improving native network, endpoint, and cloud defenses.
- Optimize logging, alerting, and auditing configurations to support 24/7 SOC monitoring with high-quality detection fidelity.
- Serve as the technical lead for major security incident investigations, directing breach response and coordinating with internal teams and managed service providers.
- Define, maintain, and periodically test incident response playbooks, and support root cause analysis following incidents to translate lessons learned into control improvements.
- Participate in an after-hours on-call rotation as defined.
- Identify, prioritize, and drive the remediation of security vulnerabilities in partnership with infrastructure and development teams.
- Assess third-party vendors by evaluating cybersecurity risk, reviewing controls, and providing technical input for risk-based decisions.
- Provide technical guidance, mentorship, and practical coaching to peers and junior team members.
- Act as the senior technical point of contact for managed service providers supporting SIEM and security operations.
- Post-secondary education in cybersecurity, networking, computer science, or equivalent professional experience.
- 7+ years in cybersecurity roles, including 3+ years performing senior-level responsibilities such as incident response leadership and technical decision-making.
- Proven experience designing and scaling enterprise-class security architectures in complex hybrid environments.
- In-depth knowledge of frameworks (NIST CSF, ISO 27001), the Zero Trust model, and threat landscapes (CVE, MITRE ATT&CK, OWASP).
- Advanced expertise in security operations technologies, including SIEM, endpoint security (EDR, UEM, DLP), and modern IAM solutions (OAuth2, SAML 2.0, AD, Entra ID).
- Strong background in network security (firewalls, IDS/IPS, DDoS mitigation), routing protocols, VLANs, VPNs, and cloud security fundamentals across AWS, GCP, and Azure.
- Relevant security certifications such as CISSP, CISM, or Microsoft AZ-500.