Senior Technical Business Analyst (Cyber Security) to act as a strategic liaison between internal stakeholders, vendors and IT teams

Senior Technical Business Analyst (Cyber Security) will act as a strategic liaison between internal stakeholders, vendors and IT teams

Duration: 4 Months (Extensions likely)

Location: Toronto (Hybrid - 3 days/week)

The Opportunity

The Senior Technical Business Analyst (Cyber Security) will act as a strategic liaison between internal stakeholders, vendors and IT teams. This role will focus on defining requirements, data analysis, guiding the development of solutions, and identifying opportunities for improvement. You will work closely with the Enterprise Security team to help driving complex projects, deliver outcomes, and enhancing Cyber Security systems.

Who you will work with

You will report to the Director, Business Analysis & Process Transformation and collaborate with cross-functional teams, including software developers, testers, operations team and IT security professionals. You will also engage with vendors and industry peers.

What you will do

• Facilitate working sessions and meetings to gather requirements, monitor progress, move roadblocks, and identify risks.
• Prioritize business requirements and user stories in alignment with key milestones and overall project timeline.
• Lead the analysis of existing processes, and ability to visualize the process through workflows.
• Assist with testing new systems and processes to validate that business requirements are fulfilled.
• Work with vendors to ensure solutions are meeting client requirements with expected quality expectations.
• Oversee the defect management cycle, develop solutions and mitigation strategies where requirements are impacted.
• Provide cybersecurity advisory and consulting services to development and operations teams, ensuring that security requirements and best practices are embedded in the design, development, and delivery of software products and services.
• Research and evaluate emerging security trends, threats, and technologies, and provide recommendations and insights on how to enhance current practices.
• Build and maintain effective relationships with stakeholders and represent the Enterprise Security, Technology Risk & Cyber Security Program teams on various working groups.
• You will be expected to demonstrate strong cyber security and business analysis leadership, collaboration, coaching, and innovation in your role, while upholding the organization's values of being performance-driven, inclusive, agile, curious, and courageous.
• Responsible for making recommendations related to the organization's cyber security practices within the governance, and program delivery practices, based on your expertise, judgment, and analysis of relevant cyber security good practices. You will also be responsible for escalating and communicating significant security risks and issues to senior management and relevant stakeholders, as well as providing recommendations and solutions to address them.

Must Haves:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in a related field such as Computer Science, Engineering, Business or a related field.
• Facilitate the requirements gathering process by assessing and analyzing needs from a range of stakeholders, including executive leadership, IT departments, and other end users.
• Conduct in-depth analysis of existing and future business processes, identifying areas for improvement while aligning them with industry’s best practices.
• Experienced in implementing/enhancing applications and tools including IAM, SIEM, SASE, ServiceNow solutions using JIRA, Confluence, etc.
• Proven experience in facilitating delivery of complex projects with competing priorities.
• A minimum of 7-10 years of progressive experience in Business Analysis type roles.

Nice to have:

• Cyber security or information security experience in the financial services industry is considered an asset.
• Past experience for cloud migration is highly valued.
• Professional certification(s) in Business Analysis/Process (e.g. CBAP, CBPP) and Agile Methodologies is considered an asset.