Cybersecurity Specialist (IAM Administrator)

Job Requisition ID: 11492  

Sector: Technology and Business Transformation 

 Position Status: Permanent Full Time 

Position Type: Hybrid

• Office Location: Montreal (QC); Ottawa (ON)
• Language Designation: English Essential 
• Language Skill Levels (Read/Write/Speak): ZZZ 

Travel Requirement: Limited

Security Requirement: Reliability Status 

 Salary Range: $84699.11 to $105873.89

About Cmhc

The work you do and the work we do together matters. We come to work every day with a common purpose: to contribute to a well-functioning housing system.

At CMHC, we hold ourselves accountable for our results and support our colleagues in their achievements. We thrive on collaboration, connecting across CMHC and involving the right people to get our work done. Our leadership style is guided by trust, where our leaders favour an adaptive approach based on the needs of their teams.

Join us and be part of a team that's committed to making a real difference and be part of something meaningful.

 

About The Role

As part of its digital and organizational transformation, CMHC embarks on an ambitious phase of growth and modernization of its Office of Security.

This transformation aims to respond to rapidly evolving threats, increasing complexity in technology environments, and the importance of regulatory compliance. It is also part of CMHC commitment to provide a reliable, innovative and resilient digital environment for all its employees, partners and clients.

To support this transformation, CMHC relies on the diversity of experience and expertise to build a multidisciplinary, proactive and committed team, and we are looking for a wide variety of profiles in cybersecurity and information security.

What You’Ll Do:

• Respond to real-time security alerts: analyze, understand, and resolve incidents before they escalate.
• Detect vulnerabilities: conduct vulnerability scans, correct or recommend appropriate protection measures.
• Securing teleworking and the cloud: setting up secure access, managing identities, automating controls.
• Support innovation projects: work with IT teams to secure new tools or applications ("secure by design").
• Automate repetitive tasks: develop scripts or tools to save time and improve security daily.
• Participate in post-incident investigations: understand what happened, learn from it, improve processes.
• Create a real security culture: train, inform, exchange, make cybersecurity simpler and accessible to all.
• You will work with modern tools like: Azure DevOps, Sentinel, Defender, AquaSec, Invictis, Qualys, Python, etc.

What You Should Have:

• Passion, curiosity and love both technology and human contact.
• A minimum of 5 years of experience in Identity Access Management (IAM) Administration
• Bachelor degree in Cybersecurity / Computer Science / Computer Engineering / combination of studies or relevant work experience can be considered

Our commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion 

We’re committed to employment equity and encourage women, Indigenous Peoples, persons with disabilities, veterans and persons of all races, ethnicities, religions, abilities, sexual orientations, and gender identities and expressions to apply. We also welcome applications from non-Canadians who are eligible to work in Canada.

CMHC is an inclusive workplace where diversity of thought – and of people – are recognized, valued, and considered essential to achieving our mission. 

Learn more about our commitment to diversity and inclusion 

To Note

• If you require a medical accommodation, please contact the Well-Being team and inform your HRBP.
• If you require a non-medical accommodation, please contact your HRBP.
• Selected candidates may be required to do a presentation or assessment as part of the interview. If so, they will be ad vised in advance.
• All regular employees must be in their current role for a minimum of one (1) year prior to applying for a new position, if not, they must receive managerial approval to apply for a new position. 
• If applying for a temporary assignment, please ensure that your Manager approves your application prior to submission.
• In all cases, regular employees must successfully complete the corporate probationary period prior to applying for a new position.
• Your application must clearly demonstrate how you meet the requirements.
• All applications submitted to this competition will be kept for a six (6) month period and may be considered for future related vacancies at CMHC.
• We sincerely thank all candidates for their interest, however, please note that only those applicants selected for further consideration will be contacted.