City : Toronto

Category : Full time

Industry : Financial Services

Employer : Interac

Information Security Intern

As one of Canada's most trusted brands, security is critical to our success - that's why Interac operates by a Security First mandate, which ensures security is at the forefront of our thinking across the organization.

The Information Security team plays a critical role in protecting the Canadian payment ecosystem through top tier, best-in-class cybersecurity technology and tooling, in protecting Interac’s information, assets and people.

This role would allow a student to dive into a world of information security, participate in cyber security activities in a real work environment in a team of experts. You’ll be able to touch technologies used in real organizations, such as SIEM solutions, AV tools, firewalls, IDS/IPS, WAF and other.

You would be working across the following teams:

• Identity and Access Management is responsible for how users at Interac Corp. will be provided access to networks, systems and applications. 

• Security Operations team defines, oversees, and delivers effective technology security operations practices and capability across the organization, to protect and secure Interac’s assets and ensure compliance with standards.

• Governance, Risk and Compliance team enables Information Security to align information security strategy with the business, drive a risk aware culture, and provide management with objective risk and compliance information on which to base decision-making.

Who Are You:

• You are working towards a degree/diploma in Information Systems, Information Security or Computer Science and understand the IT landscape

• Passionate about IT and especially Information Security  

• You want to build your career in Infosec

• You want to make the world a better place by protecting organizations from cyber threats

• Must be eligible to work for Interac Corp. in Canada in a Full Time Capacity

Must Have Skills:

• We expect you to have excellent technical skills but also to be able to help us document some processes/technologies we use and by doing so learn not just the tool but also processes surrounding it

• You enjoy investigating complex problems, analysis and making sense of information. You're confident in your ability to communicate detailed information in an impactful way 

• Strong problem solving and communication skills, including technical and business writing 

Nice To Have Skills:

• Experience with ticketing applications like ServiceNow and Jira.  

• Familiar with Information Security Control Policies and industry standards 

• Experience in IAM/PAM solutions like Sailpoint, Saviynt, CyberArk 

• Experience in advancing continuous improvement agendas including process documentation

• Experience with IS Risk Management/Risk Assessment  and GRC Tooling 

• Experience with TPRM information

PLEASE NOTE: to be eligible for Interac internship roles, the candidate must be currently enrolled in a post secondary academic institution.