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IT Advisor - Technology Cybersecurity
Number of positions: 1 Job Location: Dunsmuir 08
Employment type: Permanent Region: Lower Mainland
Hours of work: Full-time (37.5 hrs/wk) Flexible Work Role: Hybrid
Annual salary: $ 109,700.00 - 138,700.00
What you'll do
- Reporting to the Technology Cybersecurity Manager, the IT Advisor will conduct cybersecurity security reviews, risk, and
compliance activities within the Technology KBU.
- Conduct cybersecurity risk, threat, vulnerability, and security impact assessments for technology and corporate initiatives.
Identify risks, assess control effectiveness, recommend improvements, and support risk-informed business decisions.
- Determine, document, and monitor risk treatment plans and risk acceptance decisions in accordance with organizational
risk management processes.
- Support cybersecurity governance activities through the development, maintenance, and application of cybersecurity
policies, standards, procedures, and control frameworks.
- Maintain knowledge of emerging cyber threats, industry standards, regulatory requirements, and internal policies and
procedures.
- Lead and coordinate third party penetration testing activities and track remediation of identified findings.
- Conduct internal penetration testing, vulnerability assessments, and security reviews using approved tools and
methodologies.
- Lead and coordinate third party cybersecurity risk assessments, including evaluating vendor security posture, assurance
reports (e.g., SOC 2 Type II), and compliance with security and regulatory requirements.
- Review Privacy Impact Assessments (PIAs) and assess the adequacy of security controls and privacy safeguards.
- Participate as a cybersecurity risk and governance SME on projects and initiatives to improve BC Hydro's cybersecurity
posture.
- Develop cybersecurity risk reporting, communicate risk findings and recommendations to stakeholders, and support
responses to internal and external audits, assessments, and compliance reviews.
What you bring
- University degree or experience in relevant discipline or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Ability to obtain security clearance for a Security Sensitive Position classification.
- Minimum of 7 years of progressively responsible experience in cybersecurity, information security, governance, risk,
compliance, audit, or security assurance.
- Experience across cybersecurity governance, risk management, security reviews, vulnerability management, third party
