IAM Security Specialist
Sun Life Toronto One York
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Sun Life
Sun Life is a financial services company providing financial planning, life insurance, health insurance, investments and more.You are as unique as your background, experience and point of view. Here, you’ll be encouraged, empowered and challenged to be your best self. You'll work with dynamic colleagues - experts in their fields - who are eager to share their knowledge with you. Your leaders will inspire and help you reach your potential and soar to new heights. Every day, you'll have new and exciting opportunities to make life brighter for our Clients - who are at the heart of everything we do. Discover how you can make a difference in the lives of individuals, families and communities around the world.
Job Description:
The IAM Security Specialist role would be responsible for working with application and identity owners to remediate identity security issues detected by the Crowdstrike platform. They would also work with teams to support other IAM platforms to prevent or automate remediation for identity risks detected by our monitoring tools or other security vulnerability findings.
What will you do?
- Improve identity and access management solutions and systems for protection against evolving threats and improve efficiency.
- Detect identity misconfigurations or suspicious access requests and block them or respond to them.
- Remediate digital identity security risks identified by security monitoring tools.
- Run campaigns to have identity owners fix security issues detected on their digital identities.
- Work with the owners of IAM tools to prevent identities from being configured with risky configurations or more privileges than are required.
- Responsible for writing Technical Specs.
What will you need to succeed?
- University degree/college diploma in related discipline(s) or equivalent work experience, and/or 5+ years in security IT industry experience
- Industry recognized Information Security designation (e.g. CISSP, CISA, CISM) will be an asset.
- Technical skills in SQL, Active Directory, Linux
- Technical skills in developing/maintaining automation for application security tasks
- Experience with SailPoint IdentityIQ
- Prior experience with the Identity Protection Services part of CrowdStrike.
- Collaborate effectively across technical teams, security engineering teams and IAM teams by getting and providing context for decisions, challenged assumptions etc.
- Experience with other multi-factor authentication platforms and processes is a asset
What’s in it for you:
- Fitness and wellness programs that help you balance work and life and enjoy a healthier lifestyle. Our unique Sabbatical Program gives you the opportunity to take up to 6 weeks off, every five years.
- Care Days available for self-care or care of others (i.e., family or others you may support) and Sick Days to support your well-being As a hybrid organization, you and your leader use business and Client needs to choose where you work, at home or in the office
- We’re honored to be recognized as a 2023 Best Workplaces in Ontario by Great Place to Work® Canada We’re proud to be recognized as a company with a 2023 Most Trusted Executive team by Great Place to Work® Canada
The Base Pay range is for the primary location for which the job is posted. It may vary depending on the work location of the successful candidate or other factors. In addition to Base Pay, eligible Sun Life employees participate in various incentive plans, payment under which is discretionary and subject to individual and company performance. Certain sales focused roles have sales incentive plans based on individual or group sales results.
Diversity and inclusion have always been at the core of our values at Sun Life. A diverse workforce with wide perspectives and creative ideas benefits our clients, the communities where we operate and all of us as colleagues. We welcome applications from qualified individuals from all backgrounds.
Persons with disabilities who need accommodation in the application process or those needing job postings in an alternative format may e-mail a request to thebrightside@sunlife.com.
At Sun Life we strive to create a flexible work environment where our employees are empowered to do their best work. Several flexible work options are available and can be discussed throughout the selection process depending on the role requirements and individual needs.
We thank all applicants for showing an interest in this position. Only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
Salary Range:
61,000/61 000 - 101,000/101 000Job Category:
IT - Technology ServicesPosting End Date:
23/08/2024* Salary range is an estimate based on our InfoSec / Cybersecurity Salary Index 💰
Tags: Active Directory Application security Automation CISA CISM CISSP CrowdStrike IAM Linux Monitoring SailPoint SOAR SQL
Perks/benefits: Equity / stock options Flex hours
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