Security Specialist V

Location: Toronto, ON

Onsite Flexibility: Hybrid – currently 2 days but will be going in 4 days eventually

Contract Details

- Position Type: Contract
- Contract Duration: 6 month (with potential for extension; conversion to permanent possible)
- Pay Rate: C$90.00–C$100.00 / Hour (CAD)
- Shift / Schedule: Monday – Friday, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM (with some potential overtime)
- Travel Requirements: Not required

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Job Summary

TD Global Security & Defense is home to a team of highly valued professionals who support all Global Technology Solutions related regulatory and support interactions, including business, 2nd, or 3rd LOD led exams. The team provides oversight and governance, independently challenging High/Med severity issues tied to Regulatory, Audit, and ORM — including issue escalations tied to potential overdue and validation failures, issue support for insight, governance reporting, and exams. The team also provides demand management support assurance functions.

We are looking for someone who is well-versed at providing governance, risk, compliance, and issue remediation oversight and control best practices that meet TD's overarching Global Technology Solutions strategy and objectives. The individual will be responsible for partnering with Technology segments to support independent challenge and oversight of issue remediation plans impacting our information security control setting.

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Key Responsibilities

- Lead assessments of audit and regulatory finding remediations required to mitigate risk within technology infrastructure and applications, working with stakeholders across the three lines of defense to ensure effective risk mitigation and remediation
- Provide advice and guidance to Technology segments and Technology Risk Services on various areas requiring subject matter expertise and interpretation: Audit & Assurance Standards; IT Risk Governance Control Frameworks; and GRC (Governance, Risk, and Compliance) frameworks




- Contribute to the development of mature Governance Oversight & Control practices, through improvement of Risk Identification, Control Design, and Operating Effectiveness
- Identify emerging themes, understand trends, and provide specialized business management advice to senior management and respective teams while raising industry, external and internal, enterprise, and business awareness
- Lead continuous improvement projects, leveraging agile / lean continuous improvement practices/methods that demonstrate sustainable and leading edge solutions (e.g., Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML), Power BI/Apps, Python, etc.)

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Required Skills

- Very strong communications skills — written and verbal (key requirement)
- 10+ years as an IT Risk Specialist with relevant experience in governance, risk, and compliance management within regulated industries
- Practical experience performing assurance, validation, or quality assurance reviews of audit/regulatory findings
- Formal training or demonstrated competency in audit testing techniques, evidence evaluation, issue remediation validation, root cause analysis, and control operating effectiveness assessment
- Strong attention to detail

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Preferred Skills

- Six Sigma
- CISSP certification or equivalent experience
- AI security/risk experience and tools
- ServiceNow

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Education Requirements

- University degree in a relevant field or equivalent experience
- CRISC, CISM, or CISA certification (or equivalent experience) required
- CISA certification or equivalent experience required
- CRISC certification or equivalent experience required




- CISSP certification or equivalent experience (a plus / preferred)
- Professional audit, risk, information security, or technology control certification preferred (e.g., CISA, CRISC, CIA, or equivalent)

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Required Experience

- Minimum 10 years of overall experience as an IT Risk Specialist with relevant experience in governance, risk, and compliance management within regulated industries
- Background in IT Audit and GRC strongly preferred

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Work Environment / Physical Requirements

- Role involves interaction with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders (approximately 25% of time in meetings)
- On-the-job training provided
- Hybrid work environment — currently 2 days onsite per week, with expectation of increasing to 4 days onsite
- Some overtime possible

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- Medical Insurance Plan
- Vision Insurance Plan
- Dental Insurance Plan
- 401k Retirement Fund

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About the Client

This client is a leading multinational financial services and banking institution operating across Canada, the United States, and international markets, and is consistently ranked among the largest banks in North America by assets. Employing tens of thousands of professionals globally, the organization brings together technology, risk, compliance, and business teams in a fast-paced, collaborative environment. Roles across the technology division include IT risk specialists, security professionals, governance and compliance analysts, software developers, and data engineers who work together to support one of the most complex regulated financial technology ecosystems in the world.

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About GTT

GTT is a minority-owned staffing firm and a subsidiary of Chenega Corporation, a Native American-owned company in Alaska. We highly value diverse and inclusive workplaces and support Fortune 500 organizations across banking, financial services, technology, life sciences, biotech, utilities, and retail sectors throughout the U.S. and Canada.

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Job Number: 26-14008

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📌 Security Specialist (Toronto)
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