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Information Security Engineer

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full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: CalgaryCanada

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Salary

💰 CA$100,000 - CA$120,000 per year

About the role

  • Manage Endpoint Security Solutions: Oversee and maintain endpoint security tools such as Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR), antivirus, and Data Loss Prevention (DLP) systems
  • Manage the lifecycle, configuration, and integration health of external threat intelligence tooling to enhance detection, response, and strategic risk awareness
  • Policy Development and Implementation: Develop and enforce endpoint security policies and configurations to ensure compliance with organizational standards
  • Fine-tune EDR Detections and Rules: Create, update, and optimize EDR rules, alerts, and dashboards to ensure efficiency minimize false positive and benign positive rates
  • Collaboration: Work closely with IT and other security teams to ensure endpoint security measures are integrated and effective
  • Documentation and Reporting: Maintain detailed documentation of endpoint security configurations, incidents, and response actions
  • Generate reports on security metrics and trends
  • Platform Health: Work closely with peers to audit, co-ordinate remediation, and report on overall platform health
  • Incident Response Escalation: Collaborate on investigating security incidents when required
  • Data Enrichment: Identify opportunities to ensure incidents and detections are populated with contextual information required to make effective decisions during the incident response process

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Information Technology, or a related field
  • At least 3 years of experience with endpoint security as well as threat intelligence tools and technologies
  • Strong understanding of endpoint protection, detection, and response
  • Proficiency in incident response and forensic analysis
  • Knowledge of operating systems (Windows, Linux, macOS) and their security features
  • Relevant certifications such as OSCP, GCIH, or CompTIA CySA+
  • EDR solutions (e.g., Defender, CrowdStrike, Microsoft Sentinel), antivirus software, DLP systems
  • External Threat Intelligence Tooling: ZeroFox, Mandiant TI, Recorded Future, Crowdstrike Falcon Intelligence
  • Scripting Languages: Python, PowerShell
  • Security Tools: Firewalls, Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS), Intrusion Prevention Systems (IPS)
  • Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
  • Strong communication skills for effective collaboration with other teams
  • Ability to manage multiple tasks and work under pressure
Benefits
  • Great people and place to work with a hybrid work opportunity
  • Career advancement and training opportunities
  • Pension and employee stock purchase plans with company contributions
  • Extensive health benefits including group medical and dental benefits, and short-term and long-term disability benefits
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
endpoint securitythreat intelligenceincident responseforensic analysisoperating systemsEDR solutionsscripting languagessecurity toolsData Loss Preventionconfiguration management
Soft Skills
analytical skillsproblem-solving skillscommunication skillscollaborationtask managementwork under pressure
Certifications
OSCPGCIHCompTIA CySA+