Senior Advisor – IT Security

Job title: Senior Advisor – IT Security

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Job Level NV-10

As a senior IT security advisor, you help protect IT hardware, software and data against modification, destruction, and accidental or unauthorized disclosure. You also assist in authentication and access control by designing, administering and controlling proven security systems. You analyze IT system vulnerabilities and implement protective measures to back up, restore and secure systems.

You lead development projects and complex, highly innovative strategic initiatives, such as the development of IT security standards and policies. Your initiatives require extensive knowledge of your specialty area.

You make recommendations on the planning and execution of operationally and conceptually complex projects and initiatives that require comprehensive analysis and understanding of the organization and line of business. Coordination is critical, so you interact with stakeholders working in many other fields. Interpersonal savvy is therefore essential.

You serve as specialist advisor and subject matter expert, as well as resource person and coach for decision-making bodies.

General Information on the Position

Main Responsibilities

Lead specialized development projects, initiatives and activities that significantly impact the entire organization

Advise your clients and partners to help them position, plan, develop, select solutions for, execute and monitor strategic projects and initiatives

Develop and update policies, standards, models and programs to support your unit’s strategic projects and initiatives

Identify, analyze and diagnose major issues and make recommendations to decision-making bodies

Represent your unit before decision-making bodies

Represent Desjardins’s position when making agreements with external partners and organizations.

Other working conditions

Workplace: Position located in Lévis or Montreal, depending on the applicant selected. The work arrangement for the position is hybrid work

Number of jobs available: 1

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in a related field

A minimum of 6 years of relevant experience

Please note that other combinations of qualifications and relevant experience may be considered

For vacant positions available in Quebec, please note that knowledge of French is required

Desjardins Cross-sector skills Action oriented, Customer Focus, Differences, Nimble learning

Key competencies for the job Interpersonal Savvy, Strategic mindset

Work Location Complexe Desjardins Montréal

Trade Union Non Syndiqué

Unposting Date 2023-12-1

Job Family Information technology (FG)

Desjardins Group is the largest cooperative financial group in Canada, and one of the largest employers in the country. It offers a full range of financial products and services and is home to a wealth of expertise in property and casualty insurance, life and health insurance, wealth management, services for businesses of all sizes, securities brokerage, asset management, venture capital, and secure, leading-edge virtual access methods.

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