About the role

Security Platform Engineer developing automation workflows within Splunk SOAR/Ansible environment. Supporting and managing existing security technologies globally at Sun Life while improving operational processes.

Responsibilities

Developing automation workflows, the successful candidate will develop playbooks to within Splunk SOAR/Ansible environment to triage, alert or otherwise automate manual processes.
The security platform engineer will be responsible for supporting and managing existing security technologies that are currently deployed globally across Sun Life.
The successful candidate will work on security initiatives and enterprise level projects performing proof of technology/concept asks.
Implementing new security controls and capabilities into existing technologies.
Responsible to deploy, support and maintain new security technologies and platforms.
Meet with stakeholders to help refine the requirements for new automation workflows.
Be part of a 24x7 on-call support team and be required to join major incident management calls.
Continuously improve upon operational and security platform process activities.
Smoothly transition and operationalize each project as the implementation phase ends.

An Information Technology University degree/college diploma in related discipline(s) or equivalent work experience
5 years experience in Information Technology
2-3+ years in security IT industry experience
Professional designation in IT security (such as CISM, CISSP, CISA, GIAC, AWS or CompTIA) preferred.
Experience with SOAR tools (Splunk SOAR, Cortex XSOAR, etc)
Experience with Ansible development.
Development experience (Python, YAML, JavaScript, etc)
Knowledge of one or more: end-point detection and response, intrusion detection, crypto technologies, certificate management, email security, web content filtering technologies, cloud security.
Knowledge of Security Information and Event Management platforms including log types.
Experience with Windows and Linux based operating systems.

Wellness programs that support the three pillars of your health – mental, physical, and financial
The opportunity to move along a variety of career paths with amazing networking potential.
Hybrid work options allowing flexibility between home and office