About the role

Cyber Security Co-op analyzing threats, data, and intelligence for RBC, Canada’s largest bank. Supporting detection, threat hunting, reporting, and security knowledge management.

Responsibilities

Perform exploratory analysis on various data sources and employ statistical techniques to improve detection of potential cyber threats
Analyze large amounts of information to discover trends and patterns
Present information using data visualization techniques
Propose solutions and strategies to business challenges
Undertake preprocessing of structured and unstructured data
Share intelligence findings and reports with communities of interest and partners
Update intelligence knowledgebase and threat profiles as needed
Proactively search for threats and suspicious behaviour within the enterprise
Develop and maintain process and procedure documentation and stay current with the threat landscape

Currently enrolled at a Canadian post-secondary institution with a focus on computer science, technology, engineering, business analysis or equivalent
Leadership acumen and passion to apply it in a dynamic business environment
Excellent interpersonal and highly developed verbal and written communication skills
Creative and analytical thinker who is self-driven and capable of working in a fast-paced environment
Strong MS Office skills, including Word, Outlook, Excel, and PowerPoint
Experience or understanding of open-source software frameworks such as Hadoop
Experience or understanding of data visualization tools such as Tableau and Splunk
Experience or understanding of databases such as SQL and/or VBA
Ability to research and analyze security threats
Prior experience in data integration of disparate data sources (nice-to-have)
Knowledge of current analytics technologies, architecture, data warehouse concepts and methodologies (nice-to-have)
Relational database concepts and design experience (nice-to-have)
Ability to learn and absorb new business and systems concepts quickly (nice-to-have)
Understanding of incident handling, forensics, Risk Assessment & Quantification methodologies, automated security monitoring systems and log correlation (nice-to-have)
Microsoft Windows and Unix Operating Systems basics (nice-to-have)
Resume and academic transcripts required in one PDF document

Network and build lasting relationships with students from diverse backgrounds from across Canada
Fun events and gamification challenges to help build your career tool kit while enjoying a work-life balance
Leaders who support your development through coaching and learning opportunities
Work in a dynamic, collaborative, progressive and highly performing team
Ability to make a difference and lasting impact
Comfortable work environment with the option to dress casually