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About the role

  • Cybersecurity Architect at Canaccord Genuity designing proactive security solutions. Collaborating with Security team and implementing Microsoft Defender Suite across hybrid environments.

Responsibilities

  • Architect, design, and implement proactive, defense-in-depth security solutions aligned with zero trust principles and industry best practices across on-premises, cloud, and hybrid environments.
  • Collaborate closely with the Security team and Enterprise Technology leadership to align security architecture with business objectives, technical infrastructure, and organizational risk tolerance.
  • Lead enterprise-wide deployment, integration, and optimization of the Microsoft Defender Suite (Defender for Endpoint, Cloud, Identity, Office 365) and complementary security platforms for comprehensive threat detection and response.
  • Design and oversee identity and access management (IAM) strategies, including Azure AD, conditional access, privileged access management (PAM), and privileged password vaulting solutions.
  • Architect network security and application protection solutions including secure segmentation, zero trust network access, load balancing, web application firewalls, and secure remote access frameworks.
  • Design vulnerability management, network detection and response (NDR), and secure access service edge (SASE) architectures to provide end-to-end security visibility and threat prevention.
  • Conduct threat modeling, security assessments, and architecture reviews to identify risks and implement strategic security enhancements across legacy and modern systems.
  • Serve as a change agent, driving security culture transformation and adoption of security best practices through mentoring, training, presentations, and executive communication.
  • Provide strategic security governance guidance aligned with compliance frameworks and risk tolerance; present complex technical concepts to all organizational levels.
  • Drive innovation by evaluating and implementing emerging security technologies, methodologies, and threat intelligence.

Requirements

  • Minimum 3+ years architecting enterprise security solutions with deep expertise in proactive threat prevention and zero trust architecture.
  • Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Defender Suite (Defender for Endpoint, Cloud, Identity, Office 365); SC-100/SC-200/SC-300 or equivalent certification or in-progress.
  • Strong hands-on experience architecting identity and access management (IAM), including cloud directory services, conditional access policies, privileged access management (PAM), and privileged credential management platforms.
  • Proven expertise designing network security architectures: zero trust segmentation, load balancing, web application firewalls, SASE platforms, and secure remote access solutions.
  • Demonstrated proficiency with vulnerability management platforms, network detection and response (NDR) tools, and security information and event management (SIEM) solutions.
  • Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, IT, Computer Science, or equivalent professional experience.
  • CISSP or equivalent advanced certification is a strong benefit.
  • Strong understanding of threat modeling, security architecture frameworks (NIST, ISO 27001), and compliance requirements relevant to financial services (SOC 2, PCI-DSS).
  • Hands-on incident response planning, threat detection strategy development, and security operations experience.
  • Practical knowledge of endpoint protection, mobile device management, and application security controls.
  • Excellent communication and presentation skills with ability to influence across all organizational levels.
  • Proven change management experience; ability to drive security adoption and cultural transformation.
  • Self-motivated innovator who stays current with emerging threats and security technologies.
  • Experience mentoring junior security professionals and building high-performing security teams is a plus.

Benefits

  • Health insurance
  • Professional development

Job type

Full Time

Experience level

Mid levelSenior

Salary

CA$90,000 - CA$120,000 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Tech skills

AzureCloudCyber SecurityFirewalls

Location requirements

HybridVancouverCanada

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