Skip to main contentA logo with &quat;the muse&quat; in dark blue text.

Information Security Specialist

AT TD Bank
TD Bank

Information Security Specialist

Toronto, Canada

Work Location:
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Hours:
37.5

Line of Business:
Technology Solutions

Pay Details:
-

TD is committed to providing fair and equitable compensation opportunities to all colleagues. Growth opportunities and skill development are defining features of the colleague experience at TD. Our compensation policies and practices have been designed to allow colleagues to progress through the salary range over time as they progress in their role. The base pay actually offered may vary based upon the candidate's skills and experience, job-related knowledge, geographic location, and other specific business and organizational needs.

As a candidate, you are encouraged to ask compensation related questions and have an open dialogue with your recruiter who can provide you more specific details for this role.

Want more jobs like this?

Get jobs in Toronto, Canada delivered to your inbox every week.

By signing up, you agree to our Terms of Service & Privacy Policy.


Job Description:

Department Overview:

Building a World-Class Technology Team at TD

We can't afford to be boring. Neither can you. The scale and scope of what TD does may surprise you. The rapid pace of change makes it a business imperative for us to be smart and open-minded in the way we think about technology. TD's technology and business teams become more intertwined as new opportunities present themselves. This new era in banking does not equal boring. Not at TD, anyway.

TD Information Security covers the development and management of security strategies, policies, and programs to assess, prioritize, and mitigate business risk with technology controls. Priorities include: mitigating and managing cyber security threats, ensuring systems availability, aligning with global regulatory risk and compliance requirements, managing systems and network complexity, and partnering with businesses for better technology delivery by providing advice on technology controls.

There's room to grow in all of it.

Job Description:

About This Role

We are looking for someone to develop and implement Technology Controls and Information Security related policies, programs, and tools. You will provide specialized expertise and guidance on assessing risks, identifying potential gaps, and providing security solutions to mitigate risks and protect TD. You may also participate on projects of moderate to high complexity and provide complex reporting, analysis, and assessments at the functional, business line or enterprise level.

Meaningful work is fueled by meaningful performance and career development conversations with your manager. Here's some of what you may be asked to perform:

• Develop and maintain information security hardening standards and procedures based on industry best practices, regulatory requirements, and organizational needs.

• Collaborate with multiple teams to understand business processes and technical requirements and translate them into testable security requirements.

• Influence compliance and governance as code operations for infrastructure security.

• Analyze new information, consolidate content into user-centric documents for various personas and fully embrace an agile working environment with complex, fast-paced projects.

• Manage multiple projects and priorities simultaneously in an Agile environment.

• Write for a variety of audiences, from non-technical end-users to developers, system administrators and integrators.

• Guide partners on a broad range of specific Technology Controls and Information Security programs, policies, standards, and incidents.

• Ensure technology, processes, and governance are in place to monitor, detect, prevent, and react to both current and emerging technology and security threats against TDBG's business.

• Conduct research on emerging security threats and vulnerabilities and incorporate mitigating security controls into the hardening standards.

• Review existing security controls and hardening standards and make recommendations for improvements.

• Keep up to date with industry trends and regulatory requirements related to information security.

• Contribute to the review of internal processes and activities and assist in identifying potential opportunities for improvement.

• Adhere to, advise, oversee, monitor, and enforce enterprise frameworks and methodologies that relate to technology controls / information security activities.

• Influence behavior to reduce risk and foster a strong technology risk management culture throughout the enterprise.

Job Requirements:

What can you bring to TD? Share your credentials, but your relevant experience and knowledge can be just as likely to get our attention. It helps if you have:

• University Degree.

• Information Security Certification / Accreditation an asset.

• 7+ years of relevant experience.

• Experience with developing and maintaining security hardening standards with a focus on security, public cloud, software, and/or infrastructure.

• Expert knowledge of IT security and risk disciplines and practices.

• Advanced knowledge of organization, technology controls, security, and risk issues.

• Demonstrated ability to participate in complex, comprehensive or large projects and initiatives.

• Ability to serve as a lead expert resource in technology controls and information security for project teams, the business, organization and outside vendors.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to synthesize information from a multitude of resources and compile all relevant information clearly and comprehensively.

Additional Information:

Join in on what others in TD Technology Solutions are doing:

• Inspire a positive work environment and help champion quality, innovation, teamwork, and service to the business.

• Learn voraciously, and stretch your thinking.

#LI-Tech

Who We Are:

TD is one of the world's leading global financial institutions and is the fifth largest bank in North America by branches/stores. Every day, we deliver legendary customer experiences to over 27 million households and businesses in Canada, the United States and around the world. More than 95,000 TD colleagues bring their skills, talent, and creativity to the Bank, those we serve, and the economies we support. We are guided by our vision to Be the Better Bank and our purpose to enrich the lives of our customers, communities and colleagues.

TD is deeply committed to being a leader in customer experience, that is why we believe that all colleagues, no matter where they work, are customer facing. As we build our business and deliver on our strategy, we are innovating to enhance the customer experience and build capabilities to shape the future of banking. Whether you've got years of banking experience or are just starting your career in financial services, we can help you realize your potential. Through regular leadership and development conversations to mentorship and training programs, we're here to support you towards your goals. As an organization, we keep growing - and so will you.

Our Total Rewards Package
Our Total Rewards package reflects the investments we make in our colleagues to help them and their families achieve their financial, physical, and mental well-being goals. Total Rewards at TD includes a base salary, variable compensation, and several other key plans such as health and well-being benefits, savings and retirement programs, paid time off, banking benefits and discounts, career development, and reward and recognition programs. Learn more

Additional Information:
We're delighted that you're considering building a career with TD. Through regular development conversations, training programs, and a competitive benefits plan, we're committed to providing the support our colleagues need to thrive both at work and at home.

Please be advised that this job opportunity is subject to provincial regulation for employment purposes. It is imperative to acknowledge that each province or territory within the jurisdiction of Canada may have its own set of regulations, requirements.

Colleague Development
If you're interested in a specific career path or are looking to build certain skills, we want to help you succeed. You'll have regular career, development, and performance conversations with your manager, as well as access to an online learning platform and a variety of mentoring programs to help you unlock future opportunities. Whether you have a passion for helping customers and want to expand your experience, or you want to coach and inspire your colleagues, there are many different career paths within our organization at TD - and we're committed to helping you identify opportunities that support your goals.

Training & Onboarding
We will provide training and onboarding sessions to ensure that you've got everything you need to succeed in your new role.

Interview Process
We'll reach out to candidates of interest to schedule an interview. We do our best to communicate outcomes to all applicants by email or phone call.

Accommodation
Your accessibility is important to us. Please let us know if you'd like accommodations (including accessible meeting rooms, captioning for virtual interviews, etc.) to help us remove barriers so that you can participate throughout the interview process.

We look forward to hearing from you!

Language Requirement (Quebec only):
Sans Objet

Client-provided location(s): Toronto, ON, Canada
Job ID: TD_bank-R_1376167
Employment Type: Full Time