IT Security Specialist V

Position Title: IT Security Specialist V
Start Date: ASAP
Duration: 8 months with possible extension (based off of business needs and performance)
Schedule: M-F, core business hours – 37.5 hours per week, 7.5 hours per day
Work Location: 310-320 Front Street West Corporate, Toronto, Ontario

• hybrid – 2 days on site, 3 days work from home – could be 4 days on site at some point.
• Anchor Days (if applicable): Flexible

Travel Required: No
Must-Have: 8+ years of experience in cybersecurity metrics, cyber risk/GRC or InfoSec BI, strong understanding of core security domains (SOC, IAM, vulnerability, cloud, AppSec), advanced Excel/PowerPoint skills, and hands-on experience with a BI tool (Power BI/Tableau/Qlik) with the ability to present to executives.
 
Story behind the need:

• Reason for request/why opened: Project support
• Scope of Project: uplifting reporting space within GRC groups
• Team Size/Culture: 10 people, collaborative working environment
• Training Period: onboarding and hit the ground running
• Selling Points of Position (CVP): Opportunity for long-term, very high visibility work with leadership team, opportunity to network and grow within bank

 
Candidate profile details:

• Degree/Level of Education: Post secondary is a nice to have – work experience is more important
• Certifications Required: Nothing required
• Years of Overall Experience: 8+ years with flexibility
• How will performance be measured: hitting deliverables and timelines
• Preferred/Ideal Candidate Background: banking or financial experience is an asset, strong BI tool experience and advanced level Excel skills

 
Summary of the role:

• Typical Day-to-Day Responsibilities
• How much time is being spent in meetings – 25% of their day will be spent in meetings
• Who are they interacting with (internal/external) – internal partners
• Will the contractor have access to any customer data? No

 
Role Summary
The Senior Security Metrics and KRI Design Analyst is responsible for defining, governing, and driving adoption of enterprise security performance metrics, including Key Risk Indicators (KRIs), Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), and operational security metrics. This role partners with cyber domain leaders (IAM, SOC, Vulnerability Management, GRC, Cloud Security, AppSec, Third Party Risk, etc.) to translate security strategy and risk appetite into measurable outcomes, and to ensure metrics are implemented, trusted, automated, and consumed by operational teams and executives.
This role is accountable for full lifecycle delivery: strategy -> design → stakeholder alignment → implementation → data quality → reporting → continuous improvement.
Key Responsibilities
1) Metrics Strategy, Design & Standardization

• Lead design and ongoing evolution of security metric taxonomy, ensuring consistent definitions for KRIs, KPIs, and operational measures.
• Build/maintain a security metrics library including:
  • metric definitions (name, intent, formula, thresholds)
  • risk mapping (control objectives, risk statements)
  • tiering and criticality (enterprise vs domain vs team level)
  • target ranges and escalation logic
• Ensure metrics align to:
  • enterprise risk appetite/tolerance
  • security strategy and OKRs
  • regulatory or audit expectations (as applicable)

2) Stakeholder Engagement & Socialization

• Facilitate working sessions with security leaders to drive alignment on:
  • metric definitions
  • thresholds / limits
  • performance expectations
  • ownership and action plans
• Translate technical security outcomes into business-relevant language suitable for executives and non-technical stakeholders.
• Establish strong partnership with ERM, Audit, Compliance, and Technology leaders to ensure metric credibility and broad adoption.

3) Implementation Leadership (Build & Operationalize)

• Drive implementation of metrics into reporting workflows and tooling (e.g., Power BI/Tableau, Archer, ServiceNow, Splunk, Jira, CMDB, EDR platforms).
• Partner with data engineering teams to automate metric feeds and reduce manual reporting.
• Define data requirements and map sources to metric logic.
• Build repeatable metric operational procedures:
  • refresh cycles
  • validations
  • approvals
  • artifact retention

4) Reporting, Insights & Executive Readouts

• Develop executive-ready reporting packages for:
  • Security leadership
  • Technology leadership forums
  • Risk committees / Board materials (as required)
• Provide analysis beyond the numbers:
  • trend drivers
  • root cause hypotheses
  • leading indicators vs lagging indicators
  • recommended actions
• Prepare talking points and narrative summaries to ensure metrics drive decisions—not just reporting.

5) Data Quality, Controls, and Governance
Establish controls to ensure metrics are:

• accurate
• complete
• consistent across domains
• traceable back to systems-of-record

• Implement documentation, QA checkpoints, and periodic metric reviews (e.g., quarterly definition validation).
• Enforce metric governance and reduce metric sprawl.

Key Competencies

• Metrics design + governance mindset
• Executive presence / ability to brief leadership
• Strong facilitation and workshop leadership
• Ability to balance precision with pragmatism
• Data storytelling and narrative building
• Ownership mentality; proactive problem solver

 
Deliverables / Success Measures (first 6–12 months)

• Established and published Security Metrics Library with approved KRIs/KPIs
• Implemented reporting for priority security domains with automated feeds
• Built executive dashboards with consistent definitions and thresholds
• Operationalized review cadence:
  • monthly operational reporting
  • quarterly threshold/definition reviews
• Reduced manual reporting and improved trust in security metrics

 
Must-have hard skills:

• 8+ years experience in cybersecurity metrics, cyber risk reporting, cyber operations, GRC, or business intelligence supporting InfoSec/IT.
• Strong understanding of security domains such as:
  • -SOC / incident response
  • -vulnerability management
  • -IAM / PAM
  • -cloud security
  • -AppSec / SDLC security
  • -third party risk
• Excel (advanced), PowerPoint (executive storytelling)
• At least one BI tool (Power BI/Tableau/Qlik)

 
Soft skills:

• Strong communication skills (written and verbal)
• Comfortable presenting and speaking to executives

 
Nice-To-Have

• Experience with frameworks such as NIST CSF, NIST 800-53, ISO 27001, CIS Controls
• Experience with metric automation sources/tools:
  • -Splunk, Sentinel, CrowdStrike, Qualys/Tenable
  • -ServiceNow (IRM/GRC/SecOps)
  • -Archer
• Certifications (nice to have):
  • -CISSP / CISM / CRISC
  • -Security+ (if earlier-career senior)
  • -ITIL Foundation
• Experience building KPI/KRI governance or measurement programs

Prior banking or financial institution experience 
 
At SPECTRAFORCE, we are committed to maintaining a workplace that ensures fair compensation and wage transparency in adherence with all applicable state and local laws. This position’s starting pay is: $ 75.00/hr.