Consultant, Cyber Security Operations Centre

Putting people first, every day
 

BDO is a firm built on a foundation of positive relationships with our people and our clients. Each day, our professionals provide exceptional service, helping clients with advice and insight they can trust. In turn, we offer an award-winning environment that fosters a people-first culture with a high priority on your personal and professional growth.

Your Opportunity

BDO Canada LLP is seeking an experienced Consultant to join our growing Cyber Security team.  The successful candidate will contribute to rapidly expanding the Cyber Threat Management (CTM) team that provides managed detection and response services for our clients on a 24x7x365 basis.  As a CTM Analyst, the successful candidate will have the opportunity to work within a culture that is highly collaborative, very supportive, and offers an opportunity to help grow the practice, while developing their cybersecurity skillset.  If you are passionate about security operations, threat intelligence, analytics, offensive security, and incident response, and are looking for a challenging and rewarding career, this is the right opportunity for you.  Our people are our most valuable asset, and we encourage career growth and development opportunities for every individual on our team.

As a Consultant within our CTM practice, your responsibilities will include: 

• Expanding our capabilities in the area of threat detection and response services

• Supporting the expansion of cyber threat management service offering

• Enhancing our threat modelling and defensive planning capability

• Developing our threat intelligence collection and analysis processes and capabilities

• Presenting investigative findings to client personnel

How do we define success for your role?

• You demonstrate BDO's core values through all aspect of your work: Integrity, Respect and Collaboration

• You understand your client’s industry, challenges, and opportunities; clients describe you as positive, professional, and delivering high-quality work

• You understand and demonstrate proven success managing and leading cyber operations teams effectively

• You are focused on effective service delivery to your clients

• You share in an inclusive and engaging work environment that develops, retains & attracts talent

• You actively participate in the adoption of digital tools and strategies to drive an innovative workplace

• You grow your expertise through learning and professional development

Your experience and education

Required:

• This opportunity is for an evening shift position, with working hours from 3:00 PM to 11:00 PM MST (2:00PM to 10:00 PM PST)

• Knowledge and experience with security operations, next generation security operations, cloud security, access management, threat intelligence, security architecture, and IT service Management

• Hands-on experience with SIEM and EDR platforms, including Microsoft Sentinel, Splunk, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, and CrowdStrike

• Proficient in conducting in-depth analysis of security alerts and incidents using SIEM and SOAR technologies to effectively identify and mitigate threats

• Experience supporting incident handling processes across various platforms, with a focus on timely investigation, escalation, and remediation of security incidents

• Experience identifying and resolving gaps in client environments related to detection and data ingestion to improve the quality of security alerts

• Strong understanding of managed detection and response services, and proven ability to deliver on agreed upon service levels

• Knowledge of security threats and common vulnerabilities for legacy and Cloud environments

• Experience presenting to clients or other decision makers to present investigative findings to various audiences (technical and non-technical)

• Strong knowledge of cyber security frameworks and industry recognized security frameworks

Preferred:

• 2+ years experience within a security operations centre or IT operations centre

• Experience working in large teams

• Exposure to threat hunting, vulnerability management or offensive security practices.

• Experience with presenting strategy and vision to internal stakeholders as well as client personnel 

Certification(s) Preferred:

One or more of the following:

• Cloud certifications such as Microsoft Security Operations Analyst, Azure Fundamentals, Azure Security Engineer, AWS Technical Essentials

• CompTIA Security+, CEH, SANS certification (GCIH, GCIA, GSEC etc.)  

Why BDO?

Our people-first approach to talent has earned us a spot among Canada’s Top 100 Employers for 2025. This recognition is a milestone we’re thrilled to add to our collection of awards for both experienced and student talent experiences. 

Our firm is committed to providing an environment where you can be successful in the following ways: 

• We enable you to engage with how we change and evolve, being a key contributor to the success and growth of BDO in Canada. 

• We help you become a better professional within our services, industries, and markets with extensive opportunities for learning and development. 

• We support your achievement of personal goals outside of the office and making an impact on your community.

Giving back adds up: Where company meets community. BDO is actively involved in our communities by supporting local charity initiatives. We support staff with local and national events where you will be given the opportunity to contribute to your community.

Total rewards that matter: We pay for performance with competitive total cash compensation that recognizes and rewards your contribution. We provide flexible benefits from day one, and a market leading personal time off policy. We are committed to supporting your overall wellness beyond working hours and provide reimbursement for wellness initiatives that fit your lifestyle.

Everyone counts: We believe every employee should have the opportunity to participate and succeed. Through leadership by our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Leader, we are committed to a workplace culture of respect, inclusion, and diversity. We recognize and celebrate the valuable differences among each of us, including race, religious beliefs, physical or mental disabilities, age, place of origin, marital status, family status, gender or gender identity and sexual orientation. If you require accommodation to complete the application process, please contact us.

Flexibility: All BDO personnel are expected to spend some of their time working in the office, at the client site, and virtually unless accommodations or alternative work arrangements are in place.

Our model is a blended approach designed to support the flexible needs of our people, the firm and our clients. It’s about creating work experiences that meet everyone’s needs and providing flexibility to adjust when, where and how we work to meet the expectations of our role.

Code of Conduct: Our Code of Conduct sets clear standards for how we conduct business. It reflects our shared values and commitments and includes guiding principles to help us make ethical decisions and maintain trust with each other, our clients, and the public.

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