Job Description:

The Opportunity:

As the Security Identity Consultant, you will report to the IAM Manager to help us build and grow our cyber practice from the ground up. This is a rare full-time opportunity to join us on our journey on the forefront of cybersecurity, grow with us, and help shape the future of Maple Leaf Foods.  ?

This role requires a motivated self-starter with strong analytical and problem-solving skills combined with an ability to synthetize technical information into clear and concise summaries and recommendations. You will have a deep understanding of Active Directory (on premise and cloud), conditional access policies, privileged identity management, and privilege access management.  Preferred candidates will have a solid foundation in IAM identity and access management principles as well as foundational knowledge of industry-specific regulations, standards, and frameworks. You are passionate about security and compliance and believe in due diligence.

Maple Leaf Foods offers a flexible hybrid working model working out of our Mississauga office. 
 

Snapshot of a Day-in-the-Life:

• Lead enterprise-wide AD/Entra and overall infrastructure on IAM operations and design
• Foster process improvement, automation and best practice in our current AD/Entra landscape
• Proactively identify and remediate process, procedure, and implementation gaps
• Troubleshoot AD/PAM access issues and document the one time and automated resolutions
• Support AD controls compliance and visibility through reports and documentation maintenance
• Design, document and deliver scalable, secure, and highly available AD based solutions
• Collaborate with the Infrastructure, Database, Security Engineering, User Experience, and Project Office to deliver on projects
• Participate in identity based risk remediation activities
• Ensure compliance with policies and procedures to meet requirements and industry regulations  
• Supports control activities throughout the IAM Lifecycle (joiner/leaver/mover/access review)
• Audit and implement access based on practices of least privilege, segregation of duties
• Drive scheduled and ad hoc access reviews for user, privileged, and administrative access
• Ensure continual IAM lifecycle improvements policies, procedures, design, and automation
• Where applicable, action users, groups, roles and access policies for AD/Entra
• Perform access and security audits in accordance with regulatory and audit compliance
• Identify potential IAM risks unique to each situation and help mitigate potential threats
• Other collaboration, documentation, and implementation work as needed

What You’ll Bring:

Skills:

• Strong analytical skills with high attention to detail and accuracy
• Risk management, tracking, and resolution cross functionally (e.g Infrastructure, Cloud, Data)
• Organize, prioritize and track project and operational activities on a day-to-day basis
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills at all levels of the organization
• Working knowledge of large IT organization operations including change management
• Hands-on ability to work with AD/Azure and underlying technologies (e.g. MS Windows servers)
• Implementation level knowledge of IAM principles: PAM, SSO, SOD, RBAC, Least Privilege, etc
• Established ability to interface with architecture in creation of connection kits and patterns
• Ability to generate reports (e.g. PowerShell) and perform analysis (e.g. Excel and PowerPoint)
• Exceptional analytical abilities, providing IAM lifecycle and risk context to recommendations
• Produce and update procedural documents to ensure IAM program success/business continuity
• Knowledge of local, cloud and hybrid Directory Service architecture
• Experience supporting security administration, operations, or security architecture
• Proven clarity in documenting complex problems at senior management level

People:

• Collaborate while balancing business, security, and organizational needs
• Work cross-functionally with technical teams (Infrastructure, Cloud, Data, Security etc.)
• Interface with and provide clarity between technical and non-technical teams
• Manage expectations, solve problems, and actively foster Maple Leaf core values
• Ability to create allies through thorough understanding of business/security value adds

Experience:

• 5+ years of hands on experience in various security and IAM functions (AD, IAM, PAM, etc.)
• 3+ years of experience in project delivery
• Extensive practical experience with AD/Azure IAM functions e.g. groups, access policies
• Some hands-on experience in PAM/IAM tools as well as user lifecycle management
• Project experience in proactively identifying, tracking and closing risks and issues
• Comfortable in delivering multiple workstreams accurately and within timelines
• Familiarity with Zero Trust principles relating to the Identity pillar

Certifications & Education:

• Microsoft certifications on AD/Entra (preferred)
• IAM product specific certifications such as Delinea, or SailPoint
• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Engineering or Computer Science
• Certifications in Information Security such as CIAM, CIMP, CIST, CISSP, CISM, CRISC, CC