Threat Hunting Specialist
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Our client requires an IT Threat Hunting Specialist to support the clients Chief Security Office (CSO) as they lead mandatory security assessments across the organization to protect people, assets, and information, in line with provincial policies. Focused on Red Team Exercise, Threat Hunting and Incident Response.
Work is hybrid with minimum of 1 day per week onsite at client location in either Orillia or Toronto, ON.
Toronto or Orillia, Ontario (Hybrid)
Responsibilities
Deliverables Include:
- Lead threat hunting and red team exercises to simulate cyber-attacks and identify vulnerabilities.
- Conduct penetration tests, code reviews, and vulnerability assessments for OPP systems and applications
- Define and assess security architecture requirements across systems and projects.
- Ensure IT security and contingency measures are integrated into system development.
- Advise on security risks, privacy concerns, and compliance with industry standards.
Mandatory Requirements
Mandatory Requirements Include:
- 10+ years’ experience in red team tactics and techniques
- 10+ years’ experience network threat hunting
- 10+ years’ experience network and application security
General Skills:
- Strong understanding and expertise in security architecture, application and network security testing.
- Experience in vulnerability assessment/penetration testing of web applications by identifying, analyzing and exploiting common vulnerabilities contained in web applications by using manual techniques and automated tools appropriate for enterprise use.
- Experience with vulnerability assessment methodologies, tools and techniques used to conduct network vulnerability assessments, threat hunting, red team exercises and penetration testing.
- Knowledge of techniques to secure information assets and the planning, design, and implementation of security technologies, safeguards and controls.
- Proven techniques to discover gaps or weaknesses in security architecture to identify and mitigate known security threats, bugs, vulnerabilities and/or inherent weaknesses.
- Knowledge and understanding of relevant legislation and corporate directives related to the security and confidentiality of information (e.g. Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act) in order to identify and assess areas of concern and risk.
- Solid knowledge of current security and contingency technology and techniques (e.g. digital signature, encryption, access controls, firewalls, authentication, virus protection, etc.); and a proven working knowledge of security audit procedures and protocols.
- Experience in establishing secure environments at a network, operating system or application level.
- Experience with implementing security on complex and distributed systems in a high sensitive, law enforcement environment.
- Experience in writing reports, documenting risks and making recommendations for a diverse audience including executive/non-technical management level and technical resources.
- Awareness of emerging IT trends and directions, especially as related to security, privacy and compliance in a public sector environment.
- Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills; written and verbal communication skills; interpersonal and negotiation skills.
- A team player with a track record for meeting deadlines, managing competing priorities and client relationship management experience.
Desirable Requirements
- Experience with multiple operating systems (such as Windows and Linux), multiple programming languages (such as.NET and Java), multiple architecture, development methodologies, and common network services and protocols.
- Experience in Penetration Testing, Red Team Exercises and Threat Hunting methods along with hands on experience with relevant tools, tactics, techniques and procedures.
- Knowledge and understanding of Information Management principles, concepts, tactics, techniques and procedures.
- Experience in Incident Response (IR), business recovery and Disaster Recovery (DR) planning.
- Experience in performing threat and risk assessment.
- Experience in Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) development and operation.
- Experience in secure design frameworks, principles and methodologies as part of systems development projects in an agile, fast paced technology driven public safety/law enforcement business operation.
- Experience in Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS), intrusion Protection Systems (IPS) and Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) systems.
- Experience in mitigation tools for malicious software.
- Experience in network monitoring, threat hunting and related tools. tactics, techniques and procedures.
- Experience in incident response and forensic investigation tools, techniques and procedures.
- Experience with source code review (DAST, SAST), log collection and analysis.
- Knowledge and understanding of Information Management principles, concepts, policies and practices.
Job Posting ID: 56868
Location: Toronto or Orillia, Ontario (Hybrid)
Estimated Starting Date: ASAP
Estimated End Date: 1 year + pos. extension
Posting Closing Date: June 9, 2026
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