Information Security Analyst - Remote

At Kinaxis, who we are is grounded in our common belief that people matter. Each one of us plays an important part in accomplishing our work, building our culture and making a global impact.

Every day, we’re empowered to work together to help our customers make fast, confident planning decisions. This is how we create a better planet – for each other, for our customers and for generations to come. Our cloud-based platform RapidResponse ensures that the products we need – everything from medicine and cars, to day-to-day items like toothpaste – make it to market and into our hands when we need them with minimal ecological footprint.

We make the world better, and you can too.

Job location: This is a remote position. You can work from home and be located anywhere in Canada and USA as long as you are able to work within the PST time zone within the time frame of 10AM to 6PM PST.

About the team

The Information Security Analyst provides day to day cybersecurity response with a team of globally located Information Security Analysts.  This role will also have direct involvement in the protection and maintenance of Company-wide information security. 

You will work closely with the cross functional teams within Kinaxis such as Corporate IT, SaaS Operations, Development, Business Systems teams, and technology partners to ensure security from the initiation stage through ongoing operations.

This role will report directly to the Manager, Security Operations Centre.  The team is responsible for all security related handling for Kinaxis Corporate and Kinaxis RapidResponse Software-as-a-Service.

What you will do

• Act as the first responder to information security events, coordinate with subject matter experts, and provide timely reporting
• Curate our set of cybersecurity tools to discover threat agent actions
• Identifying potential threats - allowing for proactive defense before an actual incident
• Initiate the Security Incident Response Process
• In rotation with the team, be on call to respond to serious cybersecurity incidents
• Provide guidance (e.g., information security risk severity assessments / relative cost benefit analysis etc.) and provide recommendations regarding prioritization of investments and projects that mitigate risks, strengthen defenses and reduce vulnerabilities
• Implement and support approved information security projects and internal/external security audits
• Understand potential and emerging information security threats, and vulnerabilities and communicate this information to appropriate team members throughout the Company on a timely basis
• Assist with disaster recovery and business continuity planning

What we are looking for

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Security, Computer Science, Information Management Systems, or similar.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in IT Operations, IT Security, IT Audit, or similar.
• Ability to describe acronyms like WAF, VLAN, DMZ, VPN, and TRA without looking it up first.
• Ability to work on-call as required (rotating with other staff)
• Ability to travel as required and possess a valid passport (infrequent)
• Successful candidate must be able to fulfill all security and confidentiality thresholds for this position (CGRP, etc.)
• Successful candidate will be required to work UTC-10 core hours (Alaska time zone), or optionally UTC-11.

Skills and experience that are nice to have

• CompTIA Security+ (CySA+), CISSP, CCSP, CCNA Security, CISM, or GIAC certifications
• Experience with Indicators of Compromise (IOCs), Indicators of Activity (IOAs) and attack Tools, Techniques and Procedures (TTPs), under the ATT&CK framework
• Microsoft Azure platform knowledge and experience
• Experience with Sentinel or ELK

What we have to offer

• Challenging Work - We love solving highly complex problems. And as the global leaders in our industry, we never stop innovating—our work is never “done. That’s because across our teams and in all roles, every employee is empowered to bring their best ideas forward and to jump in and solve the problems they’re passionate about.
• Great People - We take our work seriously, but we don’t take ourselves too seriously! It’s in our DNA to celebrate, laugh, and have fun. We are stronger, together, when we are open, honest, and above all, real. Every person is valued here and plays an important role in our shared success.
• Global Impact - As a global team spanning continents, boundaries, and cultures, every day we are inspired by the impact our work has on our colleagues, our customers, our communities, and the world at large.
• Diversity, Equity and Inclusion - Diversity, equity and inclusion are more than words to us. They are the guiding principles for building a culture where we celebrate each others’ differences, continuously strive for equality and recognize that inclusion makes us stronger as individuals, a company and a global citizen. 

For more information, visit the Kinaxis web site at www.kinaxis.com or the company’s blog at http://blog.kinaxis.com/.

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