Position: Senior Cybersecurity Specialist

Location: Toronto, ON

Salary Range: $105K - $120K

Work model: Hybrid, 3 days per week

Job Type: Permanent, full-time

Posting Type: Open vacancy

Overview
Our client is seeking a Senior Cybersecurity Specialist to join their collaborative and hands-on cybersecurity team. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced security qualified who enjoys balancing operational security responsibilities with strategic security initiatives and continuous improvement projects.

Working within a small, highly engaged team, you will have the prospect to make a meaningful impact by strengthening the organization’s security posture, responding to security incidents, and driving modernization across multiple security platforms.

Key Responsibilities

Investigate and respond to cybersecurity incidents, including phishing reports, security alerts, and suspicious activity.

Manage and maintain key cybersecurity technologies, including vulnerability management, email security, endpoint protection, and SIEM solutions.

Monitor and analyze security events across cloud and on-premises settings, ensuring timely detection and remediation of threats.





Lead and support cybersecurity projects focused on improving security infrastructure, logging, identity and access management, and automation.

Collaborate with cross-functional teams to strengthen the organization’s security posture, implement security best practices, and resolve complex security issues.

Qualifications

5+ years of hands-on experience in cybersecurity operations, incident response, or security engineering.

Strong knowledge of security monitoring, incident investigation, vulnerability management, SIEM, endpoint protection, and email security technologies.

Experience identifying, investigating, and mitigating malicious activity across enterprise environments.

Excellent analytical, troubleshooting, communication, and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to work effectively across technical and business teams.

Experience in a financial services or other highly regulated environment is preferred; SANS (GIAC), CISSP, or other recognized cybersecurity certifications are considered strong assets.

Additional Information

On-Call Rotation: One-week rotation (including weekends) using a primary, secondary, and tertiary support model.
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📌 Senior Cybersecurity Specialist Ontario (Canada)
🏢 Quantum Technology Recruiting Inc. (QTR)
📍 Canada