About the Role Powerex Corp., the wholly owned energy marketing subsidiary of BC Hydro,is responsible formarketing clean electricity across North America. Cybersecurity is fundamental tomaintainingthe reliability, integrity, and availability of the systems that support our business.
Our Cybersecurity Operations team protects a complex enterprise environment. We continuously evolve our capabilities to defend against sophisticated cyber threats while enabling the secure adoption ofnew technologies.
We are seeking an experienced Cybersecurity Operations Analyst to join our growing Security Operations team. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys solving complex security challenges, continuously learning,sharing knowledge,and improving cybersecuritycapabilitiesthroughcollaboration,automation, andinnovation.The ideal candidatedemonstratestechnical ownership, sound judgment, curiosity, and initiative in complex security operations environments.
Why Join Powerex?
Protect critical business systems supporting North America's energy markets.

Work alongside a highly skilled cybersecurity team tackling sophisticated threats.

Influence the evolution of enterprise cybersecurity capabilities.

Access opportunities for technical growth, mentorship, and continuous learning.

Comprehensive compensation, pension, and perks package.

Key Responsibilities Incident Detection & Response
Investigate, analyze, and respond to cyber incidents across theenvironment.

Performsecurity event correlation using multiple data sources todeterminebusiness impact, root cause, andappropriate remediationand mitigation measures.

Perform proactive threat hunting using behavioral analytics, threat intelligence,indicators ofcompromise (IOCs), and attacker tactics, techniques,and procedures (TTPs) toidentifysuspicious or malicious activity.

Analyze malware-related indicators, network traffic, endpoint telemetry, cloud activity, identity events, and system logs toidentifymalicious behavior anddetermineattack methods.

Coordinate response activities with infrastructure, networking, cloud, application, and business teams tocontainand remediate security incidents.

Develop andmaintainincident response plans and procedures, playbooks, and operational documentation.

Security Operations & Monitoring
Play a key role in the delivery ofsecurity operationsservicesacross monitoring, threat detection, identity protection, vulnerability management, security analytics, and operational reporting.

Support, administer, and continuously improve the organization's cybersecurity technologies, includingSIEM, EDR/XDR, identity and access management,network security,emailsecurity,EPM/application control,cloudservices, vulnerability management, security monitoringandanalytics, and automation/orchestrationplatforms.

Develop, tune, andoptimizemonitoring rules, detection logic, dashboards,



alerts,reports,and use casesto improve visibilityand detection coverage.

Review security events, telemetry, and existing controls toidentifyopportunities to improve detection capabilities and operational efficiency.

Validate security configuration changes and ensure cybersecurity controlsremaineffective.

Provide cybersecurity operations input on selected technology projects, including review of operational requirements, implementation considerations, and transition into production support.Provide recommendations that align with security best practices, Zero Trust principles, and defense-in-depth strategies.

Vulnerability & Risk Management
Perform orassistwith vulnerability assessments,exposure management,security assessments, and audit activities.

Assistwith remediation activities by providing guidance and prioritization recommendations based on business risk, exploitability, asset criticality, and threat intelligence.

Monitor external intelligence sources, vendor advisories, CERT notifications, and industry reports toidentifyemerging threatsand vulnerabilities,and assess their impact on the organization.

Key Qualifications Required
5+ years of hands-on cybersecurity operations, incident response, detection engineering, or equivalent security operations experience.

University degree ina technicaldiscipline such as Engineering or Computer Science.A combination of education and other IT/securityexperiencemay be considered.

Demonstrated curiosity, sound judgment, attention to detail, and strong analytical problem-solving skills.

Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively with technical and business teams.

Strong experience investigating security events using SIEM, EDR/XDR, identity, network, cloud, and endpoint telemetry.

Solid understanding of enterprise networking, Windows/Linux systems, Active Directory/Entra ID, Microsoft 365, and common attack techniques.

Experience developing or tuning detection logic, alerts, dashboards, playbooks,andoperational procedures.

Working knowledge of vulnerability management and risk-based remediation.

Ability to coordinate incidentresponsewith infrastructure, cloud, application, and business teams.

Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Preferred
Relevant certifications such as GCIH, GCIA, GCFA, CISSP, CISM, Security+, SC-200, AZ-500, CCNA/CCNP Security, or equivalent practical experience.

Experience withthreat hunting, forensic analysis,



or advanced incident response.

Experience with SOAR, scripting, automation, or security orchestration workflows.

Familiarity with IAM/PAM,EPM,DLP, cloud security, or Microsoft security platforms.

Experience mentoring junior analysts or contributing to security operations maturity.

Experience in energy, financial services, regulated industries, or other business-critical technology environments.

Work Arrangements & Other Requirements Full-timeposition

This rolemayrequireparticipationina scheduledafter-hoursandweekendon-call rotation.

Must be located in the Vancouver/Lower Mainlandarea.

Must be legallyauthorized to workin Canada.

A background check and references will berequiredfor the position.

What We Offer Compensation: The expected salary range for this role is $109,680–$148,400and eligibility for applicable on-call compensation programs.

Comprehensive benefits package including extended health, dental, vision, and pension.

Opportunity to build and shape a critical cybersecurity function in a growing, high-impact energy trading organization.

A collaborative,innovation-driven IT culture that is actively embracing AI and modern cybersecurity practices.

Professional development support, including funding for certifications and training.

About Powerex Powerex Corp. is a market leader in the trading and marketing of clean and renewable wholesale electricity and associated environmental products. We are at the forefront of the clean energy transition, helping our wholesale customers throughout Western North America meet their increasingly ambitious environmental goals. Our customers include electricity and natural gas utilities, global energy companies, large financial institutions, and global technology companies. We are an established, entrepreneurial, and consistently successful company that is a wholly owned subsidiary of BC Hydro.Powerex’sfinancial success directlybenefitsthe citizens of British Columbia asPowerex’sincome helps lower BC Hydro’s electricity rates.
Fast paced, dynamic, and empowering are words that describe a career with Powerex. We pride ourselves on having a supportive and fun culture, and a strong commitment to the development and wellbeing of our employees. With an average tenure of 15+ years on our trade floor, Powerex stands out as an employer of choice in Vancouver. Ask any Powerex employee what they love about their job, and their first comment willlikely be“the people I work with every day.”
At Powerex we believe that a diverse team is a strong team, and our dedication to equity and inclusion is intertwined with our performance-based culture. We strive for excellence in everything we do, and we recognize that diverse perspectives and backgrounds fuel innovation and drive superior performance.

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📌 Cybersecurity Operations Analyst (British Columbia)
🏢 Powerex
📍 British Columbia