Foresters Financial™

Information Security Administrator

Toronto Full time

Career Opportunity

Role Title

Information Security Administrator

Purpose of role

The Security Administrator works closely with various business units to assess and address information security requirements, oversees the implementation and management of security controls, and administers relevant security tools.

Job Description

Key Responsibilities

  • Monitor SIEM/EDR alerts, investigate suspicious activity, and escalate incidents.
  • Participate in Provision/deprovision access, enforce least privilege, manage MFA and privileged accounts.
  • Assist with detection, containment, evidence collection, and post-incident actions.
  • Run vulnerability scans, assess risk, coordinate remediation, and validate fixes.
  • Apply secure baselines, harden systems, and manage configuration drift.
  • Administer endpoint protection, firewalls, VPNs, and network security controls.
  • Manage cloud security posture, permissions, and misconfiguration controls.
  • Support encryption, DLP, data classification, and secure data handling.
  • Enforce policies, collect evidence, and support regulatory audits.
  • Maintain procedures, incident records, and security metrics.
  • Develop positive working relationships with various teams involved in security and privacy matters
  • Conduct security research in keeping abreast of latest security threat landscape and stay abreast with the current information technology trends

Key Qualifications

  • 2 years of related work experience
  • Strong hands-on experience with tools such as: Email gateways, Firewalls, IDS/IPS, Security scanners, MS Azure, AWS
  • Good knowledge and understanding of information security controls
  • Proficiency in network infrastructure, including routers, switches, firewalls, and the associated network protocols and concepts
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills.
  • University/College degree required.
  • Professional certification such as CompTIA Security+, AZ‑900 (Azure Fundamentals)

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Salary Range:

$55,000.00 - $77,000.00

 

The actual base salary for this position will depend on several factors, including job-related skills, experience, and education. In addition to base pay, eligible employees may participate in a discretionary variable incentive plan, results are subject to both individual and company performance.

Please note that this posting is intended to fill an existing vacancy; however, there may be instances where more than one vacancy is available for the same role.

Equal Opportunity Employment and Inclusion – at Foresters Financial, we are committed to sustaining an equal opportunity environment for all job applicants. We embrace Inclusion, Diversity and Equity (IDE) as a core strategic objective for building strong, innovative teams in which all our employees can show up wholly and authentically as themselves.

Foresters Financial strives to provide an accessible candidate experience for prospective employees with different abilities. If you anticipate needing any type of accommodations during the recruitment process, please email accommodations@foresters.com in advance of your appointment.

Thank you for choosing Foresters. Only those candidates who will be selected for further consideration will be contacted by our Talent Acquisition Team.