Security Consultant II integrating Akamai security products for government agencies. Advising customers, tuning web security solutions, and improving delivery methodologies.
About the role
- Senior SOC Level 2 specialist protecting OLG’s lottery and gaming operations from cyber threats. Investigating incidents, containing attacks, and improving detection capabilities.
Responsibilities
- Conduct advanced threat analysis and validate and respond to security incidents.
- Investigate escalated alerts and incidents using SIEM, EDR, NDR, firewall, and AD logs.
- Correlate data across sources to build incident timelines.
- Execute containment steps such as isolating hosts, disabling accounts, and blocking IPs.
- Manage the incident lifecycle, including prioritization, categorization, documentation, escalation, recovery, and closure.
- Provide feedback for alert tuning and perform threat intelligence tasks.
- Collaborate with HR on incidents involving employee data or policy violations.
- Participate in on-call rotations and troubleshoot escalated access issues within SLA commitments.
- Support security policies, protocols, compliance standards, risk assessments, and information assurance activities.
- Identify, document, and prioritize system and process problems; update playbooks and SOPs.
- Validate detection during simulations, create investigation guides, and proactively search for undetected threats.
- Maintain detailed security-event records and provide reports to stakeholders.
Requirements
- Post-secondary degree or diploma, preferably in Computer Science or Cybersecurity.
- Cybersecurity Professional Certification is an asset (CC, GSEC, GCIH, GCIA, SC-900, Security+).
- IT Service Management Certification is an asset (ITIL Foundations).
- 3–5+ years’ experience in Information Technology related disciplines is an asset.
- Strong knowledge of cybersecurity principles, access control, cryptography, privacy requirements, and system administration/hardening across multiple platforms.
- Understanding of attacker TTPs and mapping detection to MITRE ATT&CK.
- Hands-on experience with TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP/S, SMTP, SMB, DHCP, SIEM log analysis, endpoint telemetry tools, incident detection/response techniques, threat intelligence, and report writing.
- AGCO Category 2 Gaming Assistant Registration is initiated at offer stage; employment is conditional upon obtaining and maintaining this license.
Benefits
- Public Service Pension Plan: Participation in a highly desirable defined benefit pension plan.
- Paid Time-Off: Competitive paid time-off provisions to support work-life balance and well-being.
- Growth Focus: Comprehensive support for professional development.
- Equity, diversity, and inclusion: OLG’s culture empowers employees to bring their authentic selves and make a meaningful impact across Ontario.
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