Cybersecurity Specialist (Application Security)
Job Requisition ID: 11491
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.
What’s in it for you
We’ve got the purpose, the people and the perks you need for a fulfilling career. Here’s the comprehensive and generous benefits you get when you’re a permanent employee:
- Annual Paid vacation.
- Annual individual performance incentive.
- Defined benefit pension plan.
- Comprehensive group insurance plan to support your well-being from day one.
- Support towards your personal and professional growth with training, mentorship and more.
- An inclusive workplace culture and environment.
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 Application Security dealing with development security, application vulnerability management, penetration testing, secure by design.
- 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
What happens after you apply
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If you applied before and you were not successful don’t worry – we're always posting new positions, so don’t hesitate to give it another shot. We’re excited to see what you bring to the table this time around!
