Director, Technical Solutions for Cloud and Platform Security Services to lead the engineering and operating Security Technology Solutions for an insurance

Director, Technical Solutions for Cloud and Platform Security Services to lead the engineering and operating Security Technology Solutions for an insurance client.

Location: Winnipeg, Toronto, London - 1 day in office

Duration: 1-year Contract

Responsibilities:

• Oversee the product/technology security roadmaps, architecture, design, and implementation for Platform and Cloud Security Services. The underlying technologies supporting the above services include but not limited to Rapid 7, Kenna, PKI, AppView X, IPS, DDOS, NGFW, SDN/ACI, AWS Cloud Security, Azure Cloud Security, GCP Cloud Security
• Lead a cross-functional team to design, build and operate Platform and Cloud Security solutions to meet business requirements
• Collaborate with Cloud Dev/Ops and network squad to ensure effectiveness of security polices
• Provide security technology innovation by promoting a culture of technology innovation and by rapid prototyping of new and emerging technologies
• Drive service/platform automation and engineering improvements that will accelerate delivery, increase quality, and reduce maintenance and change fail rates.
• Ensure service/platform instrumentation is in place for proactive monitoring, observability and responsive incident triage and resolution
• Implement and maintain platform automation and engineering best practices, standards, and guidelines
• Build strong and trusted relationships with internal and external partners
• Manage risk and compliance in accordance with Canadian and Global standards. Ensure alignment/adherence to enterprise technology standards, vendor management standards, and risk standards.
• Ensure solutions are enhanced, secured, and upgraded to evolve the product roadmaps

Must Haves:

• 10+ years experience in engineering and operating Security Technology Solutions
• Lead IT transformational initiatives in sophisticated environments
• IT service management practices based on ITIL as well as agile philosophies like DevOps
• Automated testing and automated deployments