Senior Technology Architect (Cybersecurity)

Join our team and what we'll accomplish together

We live in and work in a rapidly evolving digital world where cyber security is critical. The Global CSO function for TELUS Health brings a focus on the Security of our Sensitive Health Information (PHI) and regulatory compliance, to meet and exceed the expectations of our global customers as the most trusted wellbeing company in the world. The TELUS Health CSO team strives to always be steps ahead, tackling the toughest cyber security challenges head-on with top talent and cutting-edge technology.

The security architecture team protects TELUS Health's systems and information by setting security strategy, selecting solutions, identifying weaknesses, and integrating new technologies securely and performing risk assessment by analyzing proposed architectural changes and applying the latest security standards. 

As part of the Security Architecture team, you are a senior professional who thrives on analyzing services, designs and implementations from security perspectives. You will be a Subject Matter Expert (SME) in the field of information security, designing security into processes and technical systems, applications, and standards. You will be a respected peer to IT architects, network engineers, and software developers deeply understanding the fundamentals of their work and goals. This opportunity will allow you to make a difference in protecting the availability, integrity, and confidentiality of TELUS Health services, information, and other assets. 

What you'll do

• Perform security risk analysis, identity and access control standards and modelling, identity/system/application-level security reviews and analysis on a wide variety of TELUS Health services and product offerings
• Create system/application security architecture and guidelines in collaboration with internal and external TELUS
• Health teams, helping to ensure TELUS Health systems and network infrastructure solutions are designed and implemented to the highest security standards and controls
• Provide leadership within information security working groups and industry partnerships
• Work closely with other peers at TELUS Health to enhance our identity, system, network and application security posture
• Apply standards and best practice to solve identity and information security problems
• Conduct security reviews, evaluations, and risk assessments
• Evaluate and design security and controls for new technologies to address such areas as infrastructure, security administration, user identification/authentication, data security, network/host intrusion prevention/detection/monitoring
• Educate and coach peer groups of architects/engineers on how to better design security into their various projects 

What you bring

• Bachelor or Higher Degrees in Engineering or Computer Science
• 10  years of experience with 5+ years in Enterprise security or Healthcare security
• Experience with Cloud Computing platforms (e.g. AWS, GCP)
• In-depth knowledge and expertise in information/network security technology, audit and control measures, monitoring/investigation methodologies and privacy legislations
• In-depth knowledge of major security standards, guidance and frameworks including NIST CSF, ISO/IEC 27000, CIS, OWASP, PCI etc.
• Skilled in project management and system deployment methodologies
• Eligible to obtain Canadian Government Secret II security Clearance (or currently in possession of one)

Great-to-haves 

• Security certifications such as CISSP; CISA; CISM; CCSP, SANS/GIAC
• GCP / AWS certifications
• Experience of system administration, infrastructure build, and software development in a security- focused environment