Manager, Information Technology (IT) Security

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Work environment

The Courts Administration Service (CAS) is one of Canada’s Top Employers. We invite you to join an organization that is committed to ensuring an inclusive workplace and respect for all!

The IT Services Branch is growing its team of results driven people passionate about making a meaningful contribution to Courts Administration Service (CAS). Candidates will have a talent for service delivery, teamwork, business solutions, and relationship management.

This opportunity will provide many benefits to you:

- Career development and learning opportunity
- Chance to develop new skills and competencies
- Gain valuable experience in building relationships across government
- Work in an engaging, empowering role

We are looking at hiring qualified Public Service employees! If you’re innovative, action-oriented, adaptable, and love to collaborate, we want to hear from you!

Intent of the process

A pool of qualified or pre-qualified candidates may be established to staff similar positions with various tenures, various linguistic profiles and various security requirements within the Courts Administration Service.

Positions to be filled: 1

Information you must provide

Your résumé.

Contact information for 2 references.

In order to be considered, your application must clearly explain how you meet the following (essential qualifications)

Successful completion two years of an acceptable post-secondary educational program in computer science, information technology, information management or another specialty relevant to the position to be staffed.

Degree equivalency

Significant** experience in providing IM/IT advice and guidance to management (Managers or Directors) or colleagues or clients as a subject matter expert.
Significant** and Recent* experience Performing SA&A (Security Assessment and Accreditation) of services, solutions, projects and contracts.
Significant** and Recent* experience implementing IT security on complex and distributed systems such as; Custom .NET Apps, Integrated Systems, MS Exchange, MS SQL, Datacenter, O365, Azure Cloud, etc.
Significant** and Recent* experience in writing IT Security policies, procedures, directions and guidelines.

Recent* is defined as being performed/acquired within the last year.
Significant** is defined as being performed for a period of at least 2 years.

If you possess any of the following, your application must also clearly explain how you meet it (other qualifications)

Successful completion of one or more occupational certifications in the field of Information Security, including:

- Completion of CSE IT Security courses or in possession of CSE IT Security certifications;
- SANS / GIAC certifications;
- Certified Information Security Systems Professional (CISSP);
- Certified Information Systems Manager (CISM);
- Certified Information Systems Auditor Designation (CISA);
- Information Technology infrastructure Library (ITIL);
- Any other professional certification held with good standing that is relevant to this position.

Degree equivalency

Experience acting as an Information Systems Security Officer (ISSO) role in the Federal Government of Canada
Experience working with Government of Canada classified systems
Experience coordinating or managing IT projects
Experience with guiding the implementation of the results from a Threat and Risk Assessments (TRA) and Security Assessment and Authorization (SAA)
Experience in writing IT Security policies, directions and guidelines.
Experience in conducting security awareness training for employees.

The following will be applied / assessed at a later date (essential for the job)

Bilingual - Imperative (BBB/BBB)

Information on language requirements

Abilities and Skills
Knowledge of the “Overview of IT Security Risk Management: A Lifecycle Approach (ITSG-33)”
Ability to analyze and make recommendations
Effective Interpersonal Relationships
Judgement
Initiative
Dependability
Oral communication
Written communication

The following may be applied / assessed at a later date (may be needed for the job)

Willingness and ability to work overtime on weekend and evenings occasionally, sometimes with short notice

Secret security clearance

Other information

The Public Service of Canada is committed to building a skilled and diverse workforce that reflects the Canadians we serve. We promote employment equity and encourage you to indicate if you belong to one of the designated groups when you apply.

Information on employment equity

Applications submitted by email will not be accepted. You must apply on-line through www.jobs.gc.ca.

Persons with disabilities preventing them from applying on-line are asked to contact 1-800-645-5605.

If you are already a public servant, please identify the following on your application: substantive group and level; employment status; Personal Record Identifier (PRI).

Persons are entitled to participate in the appointment process in the official language(s) of their choice. Applicants are asked to indicate their preferred official language(s) in their application.

Candidates must clearly demonstrate in the screening questionnaire how they meet the education and experience factors listed as essential and asset qualifications on the statement of merit criteria. In order to do so, the candidate must provide the information as part of their answer to the pertinent screening question, using concrete examples, in the provided area and within the limited characters provided by the system. The assessment board cannot and will not make any assumptions about your experience. Note that it is not sufficient to only state that the qualifications are met or to provide a listing of current or past responsibilities. Resumes may be used as a secondary source to validate the experience described in the experience questionnaire. Failure to clearly demonstrate in the questionnaire how you meet the education and experience, both essential and asset, where applicable, may result in the rejection of your application. Candidates will not be solicited for incomplete or possible missing information.

Communication for this process will be sent via email. It is the responsibility of the candidate to ensure accurate contact information is provided and updated as required. Candidates who apply to this selection process should include an email address that accepts email from unknown users (some email systems block these types of email).

Indeterminate employees at the same group and level or equivalent may be considered for deployment. If no deployment is made, applicants from other groups and levels may be considered in the advertised appointment process.

A top down selection of candidates may be used in the determination of those to be given further consideration in the assessment process.

The assessment board reserves the right to contact references other than the ones submitted by the candidates (only within the Public Service), if found necessary, in order to make a suitable assessment of the candidates.

All the information collected during the selection process, from the time of application until the end of the process, will be used to assess the candidates.

Asset qualification(s) may be applied in this selection process.

Written communication may be assessed via candidate's job application.

Preference

Preference will be given to veterans and to Canadian citizens, in that order, with the exception of a job located in Nunavut, where Nunavut Inuit will be appointed first.

Information on the preference to veterans

We thank all those who apply. Only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.