- Senior
- Ufficio in Montreal
Arobas Personnel is looking for a Lead,IT Security Architect for a mandate or for a temp to perm position at one of its customers located in Montreal.
*Hybrid mode - 3 days/week on site*
Reporting to the IT Director, the Lead IT Security Architect acts as the guardian of cybersecurity across the organization. The role is both strategic and hands-on, ensuring robust protection of IT environments, compliance with industry standards, and the implementation of future-proof strategies.
Your Responsibilities:
- Develop and implement IT security policies, standards, and best practices.
- Write, update, and maintain documentation, operational procedures, and security guidelines.
- Conduct vulnerability assessments, penetration tests, and security audits.
- Oversee remediation of vulnerabilities and compliance issues.
- Collaborate with the SOC to ensure performance and responsiveness.
- Participate in audits, analyze findings, and implement corrective action plans.
- Mentor a security analyst and coordinate external vendors.
- Manage Jira tickets related to security, taking leadership and bridging with IT teams (infra, servers, etc.) and external partners.
- Identify risks caused by changes/requests and raise them to stakeholders/management.
- Be technical enough to handle audits and perform simple security analyses (GPO, vulnerability reports, Nessus scans, etc.).
- Thrive in a small IT/security team, requiring broad security knowledge (networking, cloud, etc.) and strong problem-solving skills.
- Strong asset: knowledge of audit standards (SOC, ISO, etc.) or security frameworks (NIST, MITRE ATT&CK, etc.).
- Huge asset: experience working in a SOC.
What We’re Looking For:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field.
- 8+ years of cybersecurity experience.
- Proficiency with security tools (firewalls, EDR, IDS/IPS, etc.), networks, virtualization, storage, and cloud environments.
- Strong knowledge of compliance and data protection regulations (ITAR, NIST, DFARS, etc.).
- CISSP/NCSP certifications (an asset).
- Bilingual English/French, with excellent ability to explain technical issues in simple terms.
- Autonomous, detail-oriented, solution-driven, with strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to work under pressure and manage multiple priorities.
