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Working Business Language: This role is considered a head-office role and will be required to communicate with internal stakeholders across Canada where the primary business language utilized is English.
Salary: At Wawanesa, salary is one component of a holistic, comprehensive and competitive offering that we provide to our employees. The salary offered is determined with consideration to various factors, including but not limited to: your work location, local labour market conditions, external market salary data, internal pay equity and the knowledge, skills, experience and anticipated proficiency in the role. The actual salary offered is expected to be in the range listed below, however candidates with salary expectations outside of the range are still encouraged to apply.
$71,000 - $92,000
At Wawanesa, we're proud to offer a hybrid work environment that offers flexibility to our employees in balancing in-office (2 days per week OR 15 hours per week in a Wawanesa office) and remote work. You may work from any of the following locations: Winnipeg, MB; Wawanesa, MB; Vancouver, BC; Calgary, AB; Edmonton, AB; Lloydminster, AB; Lethbridge, AB; Toronto, ON; Kitchener, ON; Thunder Bay, ON; Ottawa, ON; Montreal, QC; Moncton, NB; Dartmouth; NS
The Wawanesa Mutual Insurance Company, founded in 1896, is one of Canada's largest mutual insurers, with over $4 billion in annual revenue and assets of $12 billion. Wawanesa Mutual, with executive offices in Winnipeg, is the parent company of Wawanesa General, which offers property and casualty insurance in California and Oregon; Wawanesa Life, which provides life insurance products and services throughout Canada; and Western Financial Group, which distributes personal and business insurance across Canada. Wawanesa proudly serves more than two million members in Canada and the United States. Wawanesa actively gives back to organizations that strengthen communities where it operates, donating well above internationally recognized benchmarks for excellence in corporate philanthropy. Learn more at wawanesa.com.
We are currently looking for dedicated, driven, and enthusiastic individuals who thrive in an environment that welcomes change and are looking for an opportunity for diverse experience and advancement on a growing team.
Job Overview
The Information Services organization at Wawanesa Insurance provides value to our customers by contributing to the goals of the business through leadership in the development and effective delivery of information technology services.
We continue to initiate strategic projects that will enable our business community to achieve their goals. As a result of these initiatives, we are growing our team! Consider this exciting, challenging Winnipeg based opportunity:
Under general supervision, this job contributes to Wawanesa's success by ensuring security systems are performing optimally and in accordance with corporate policies, security standards and recognized industry best practices.
Job Responsibilities
- Works with the information security team to develop strategies and plans to enforce security requirements and address identified risks.
- Detecting and assessing technology threats and incidents and determining their impact to Wawanesa's business operations, employees, or facilities
- Perform investigation and escalation for complex or high severity security threats or incidents.
- Assist in defining and driving strategic initiatives.
- Proactively identify and assist with implementation of products and tools to ensure security of our infrastructure and applications, collaborating with all areas of technology to harden our environment.
- Contributes to the planning of application and infrastructure vitality.
- Conducts technical health assessments of the security technologies.
- Performs system maintenance activities across multiple environments/technologies.
- Creates and maintains documentation to support systems within area of responsibility.
- Assists with researching, evaluating information-security-related hardware and software.
- Assists with solution design using the existing technology portfolio.
- Installs hardware and/or software in test and production environments for information security systems.
- Configuring security systems, analyzing security requirements, and recommending improvements.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
- Minimum 2 years of Information Technology/ Services related experience; previous Information Security experience is an asset.
- Working knowledge of mainstream operating systems including Windows, AIX, and Linux
- Working knowledge of network protocols including: IPv4, IPv6, TCP, UDP, DNS, HTTP, IPSEC and SSL
- Broad knowledge of technologies such as: Web Servers, Application Servers, Virtualization Infrastructure, Cloud Infrastructure, Automation/Integration technologies
- Proven skills in deploying multi-platform solutions.
- Good working knowledge of ITIL practices and processes.
- Ability to communicate in a clear, concise, and persuasive manner.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills to analyze system requirements and apply structured troubleshooting techniques.
- Works well in a team setting and treats others with respect and courtesy.
- Strong attention to detail with the ability to perform comprehensive reviews.
- Knowledge of the following would be considered an asset: Identity & Access Management technologies, Intrusion Detection/Prevention Systems, Firewalls, Cryptography, Endpoint Security solutions, Multi-Factor Authentication technologies, Security Information & Event Management platforms, Vulnerability Management Platforms
- Certified or working towards an Information Security certification with ISC² (CISSP), SANS GIAC or ISACA, Security plus, Network plus is considered an asset.
Wawanesa is proud to be one of Manitoba's Top Employers for 2023 recognizing that we are an exceptional place to work!
Wawanesa provides its employees with a respectful, challenging and rewarding environment where they can maximize their potential while contributing to the company's goals. Our full-time permanent employees are provided with highly competitive compensation packages (salaries, generous vacation allowance, leave top up, annual bonus plan, premium free benefits and a pension plan). Wawanesa provides a stable environment for its employees in today's challenging markets.
Wawanesa is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to fostering a diverse workforce that is equitable and inclusive for all. Wawanesa provides equal employment opportunity to all employees and applicants without regard to an individual's protected status: race/ethnicity, colour, religion, creed, sex or gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, family or marital status, pregnancy/childbirth or related conditions, national origin, disability, military or veteran status, or any other protected status. Accommodations are available upon request throughout all aspects of the selection process. Candidates requiring accommodations may contact, in confidence, jobs@wawanesa.com.
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