Security Analyst - Vancouver, Canada - Kobalt Security Inc.

Kobalt Security Inc.

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Vancouver, Canada

3 weeks ago

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Sophia Lee

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Are you looking for an opportunity that will help develop your career within the technology industry?

is looking for a proactive and technical Security Analyst

Job Description:

is an equal-opportunity employer looking for team members who have a real passion for security. The Security Analyst - Delivery is an engaged contributor role within Kobalt's security delivery team.

The Security Analyst is responsible for supporting the client's security journey by tailoring cyber security protocols, including policies, procedures, and protocols.

Security Analyst also assists vCISOs with various types of security assessments and technical implementation projects.

The Security Analyst will work directly with clients on creating policies that are aligned with the client's operations.

The Security Analyst will also assist vCISOs with assessments with the goal to tailor a security journey based on clients' needs.

In addition, the Security Analyst will provide security education and conduct regular phishing tests for clients.

Lastly, as Kobalt is a certified partner of Vanta, the Security Analyst will leverage the Vanta platform to accelerate the client's compliance journey as a part of the security program.

If you are ready for a new challenge and want to join a growing team, this is your opportunity.

Kobalt is a rapidly growing cyber security services and technology firm focused on addressing the needs of small and mid-sized businesses.

Founded in November 2018, Kobalt has been recognized as an emerging company on the Ready to Rocket Emerging ICT list, 2020 Startups to Watch by Techcouver, and has worked with over 250 companies addressing cyber security challenges since inception.

Your Responsibilities:

Assist vCISOs in executing elements and projects, such as risk assessments, within a security program
Work directly with clients to understand their operations and tailor security policies and procedures that are fit to the organization
Design and deploy phishing tests to clients on a regular basis
Provide compliance audit readiness support as required
Provision, implement, and manage Vanta, or a similar GRC platform, for clients
Troubleshoot compliance monitoring issues within Vanta, or a similar GRC platform, for clients
Build new tools and techniques to compress humanintensive tasks into work that can be achieved in a fraction of the time
Document best practice procedures for commonly used technologies for standardization of deployment
Identify system misconfigurations and draw up recommendations for clients and assist where necessary
Collaborate with team members to assist with improvements, discovery, and production of creative and insightful security usecases
Capture regular metrics highlighting key activities, measurable accomplishments, and blockers
Support the design and development of Kobalt's service offerings through insightful feedback and a positive attitude as a contributing member of our security delivery team
Help drive improvements in our bestinclass security services through the creation of knowledgebase articles and services documentation
Complete technical certifications to help gain necessary technical knowledge and support Kobalt vendor partnerships

Your Qualifications & Skills:

12 years experience in Security Technologies, Information Security, Business Resilience, Technology Risk or related fields
Customerfirst focus.
Can work independently and with teams to identify and resolve challenges and overcome roadblocks.
Ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing, with clients and internal audiences
Understanding of cybersecurity domains, including Security Operations (onpremise and cloud), Security Engineering, Information Risk Management, etc.
The ability to articulate secure best practices of various aspects of information risk management in the context of people, processes and technology
Report Writing: Emphasis on Spelling, Grammar, Word usage, and ability to write a summary that answers the Who, What, Where, When, How, and to the best of your ability, Why.
Strong communication skills: Be able to perform summarization and commonality detection and "connect the dots" so that a group of facts is turned into contextual information. Then take that contextual information and determine if it proves your hypothesis right or wrong.
Ability to quickly learn and adapt security best practices to a wide variety of technologies in use by clientele

Desired Qualifications:

Enthusiasm, curiosity, thirst for knowledge
Intermediate coding/scripting skills to help automate processes and scale implementation efforts
Ability to perform in high pace environments
Strong Team Player
Ability to provide onthejob training and knowledge sharing to other team members
Selfinitiative with strong time management
Solid sense of integrity and identification with the mission.