IT Security Design Specialist

Founded in 1967, ADGA is a privately owned and operated Canadian company. We employ over 700 highly skilled team members who apply their knowledge and expertise in service delivery of advanced technology solutions for clients in the Defence, Security and Enterprise Computing markets across Canada.

Celebrating over 50 years in business, we are proud to be one of Canada’s most trusted professional engineering and consultancy firms. Our clients continue to rely on ADGA to provide subject matter expertise, and quality talent to fulfill their business objectives. We have done so successfully by anticipating and responding to the constant changes in technology, and evolving with agility.

Our culture of commitment, trust, and accountability guides our business, fosters our growth, and is at the core of our relationships with clients, employees and consultants. Whether your projects are complex, large-scale requirements, or dependable, professional resources to execute on time, and on budget, you can count on ADGA to deliver. We are dedicated to your success.

ADGA has an immediate contract for a Senior IT Security Design Specialist.  Within this role you will be responsible for the following tasks in both cloud and on-premise environments:

• Review, analyze, and/or apply market and technology trends to apply them within architecture roadmaps and solution designs. (examples: web services security, incident management, identity management);
• Review, analyze, and/or apply best practices and standards related to the concept of network zoning and defence in-depth principles;
• Review, analyze, and/or apply IT Security protocols at all layers of the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) and Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) stacks;
• Analyze IT Security statistics, tools and techniques;
• Analyze security data and provide advisories and reports;
• Prepare technical reports such as requirement analysis, options analysis, technical architecture documents, mathematical risk modeling;
• Brief senior managers;
• Provide support to security architecture design and engineering;
• Conduct data security designation/classification studies;
• Prepare tailored IT Security alerts and advisories from open and closed sources;
• Complete tasks directly supporting the departmental IT Security and Cyber Protection Program;
• Develop and deliver training material relevant to the resource category.

• 10+ years of professional experience working as an IT Security Design Specialist or related experience
• 10+ years of experience completing tasks identical or similar in nature to the job description
• Professional working experience in reviewing, analyzing, and/or applying Architectural methods, frameworks, and models such as TOGAF, US government FEAP, Canadian government BTEP and GSRM, Zachman, UMM;
• Professional working experience in reviewing, analyzing, and/or applying a broad range of security technologies including multiple types of systems and application architectures, and multiple hardware and software platforms such as: Directory Standards such as X.400, X.500, and SMTP; Operating Systems such as MS, Unix, Linux, and Novell; Networking Protocols (e.g., HTTP, FTP, Telnet); Network routers, multiplexers and switches; and Domain Name Services (DNS) and Network Time Protocols (NTP);
• Professional working experience in reviewing, analyzing, and/or applying Secure IT architectures, standards, communications, and security protocols such as IPSec, SSL, SSH, S-MIME, HTTPS;
• Professional working experience in reviewing, analyzing, and/or applying IT Security protocols at all layers of the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) and Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) stacks;

• Client is based in Ottawa but this role can be fully remote from across Canada 
• Must currently hold a Government of Canada clearance at the level of Secret
• Contract is full-time starting immediately and runs until  March 31st 2022

ADGA commits to putting diversity into action to build a stronger, more representative team and help our customers and communities thrive. We are a proudly Canadian and woman-led company, striving to further diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace and provide every individual with the opportunities and resources to help them reach their full potential.

ADGA s'engage à mettre la diversité en action pour bâtir une équipe plus forte et plus représentative et aider nos clients et nos communautés à prospérer. Nous sommes une entreprise fièrement canadienne, dirigée par une femme. Nous nous engageons pour promouvoir la diversité, l'équité et l'inclusion dans le milieu de travail et d'offrir à chaque personne les possibilités et les ressources qui lui permettront de réaliser son plein potentiel.