Job Description

Join an innovative team that is accelerating public cloud adoption at RBC!  We are looking for a passionate and creative Cloud Security Operations Analyst who is excited about problem solving and working with the latest technologies.

As a Cloud Security Operations Analyst, you will utilize your cloud security, software, systems engineering, and operations background to support large-scale, fault-tolerant systems. Your role is to support our customers and the security, reliability, and maximum uptime of RBC’s Cloud Platforms.

You’ll be joining a team that is passionate about what we’re doing.  As a member of the Public Cloud Operations team, you will be working with members of the Cloud program including; Technical Support Analysts, Site Reliability Engineers, Platform Engineers, Cloud Architects, and Cloud Security Professionals, through your contributions and by participating in the Security Operations on-call rotation.

What will you do?

Work as part of the team managing our public cloud environments (Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform)

Manage, maintain, and administer security monitoring & alerting systems and processes, ensuring ongoing visibility into the security of our environments

Develop, maintain and execute on system & application maintenance plans for all Information Security Monitoring and Alerting systems

Provide first level Security coordination of Cloud Security event and incident response of incidents and to escalate incidents as appropriate 

 Develop and execute automated remediation activities for patching and continuous hardening of images and systems to adhere to best practices

Monitor reported information security events on a daily basis, and ensure critical events are immediately escalated and documented in order to quickly respond and protect against threats to the organization

Work with RBC’s purple team to facilitate the simulation of threat scenarios, with the goal of improving effectiveness of security controls, detection, and monitoring.

Effectively liaise and communicate with the cloud operations group, internal customers, security operations center, key business stakeholders and management regarding information security incident events and trends

Refine and automate the security operations processes to improve the incident investigation and triage efficiency

Work flexible hours when necessary and be part of a 24/7 on-call rotation

Demonstrate and promote best practices for teams using our cloud platform by creating educational material and by helping to host cloud native educational events.  Create educational documentation on how-to’s and best practices

Must Have’s:

Intermediate experience managing cloud platforms: Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud Platform

Intermediate experience monitoring and searching though data with Splunk

Demonstrated ability to analyze complex security incidents, events and advanced attack techniques

Intermediate experience building/provisioning/automating infrastructure resources in cloud environments

Intermediate experience automating security response plays with Python

A relevant degree or certificate in Security, Computer Science or a comparable field of study, or equivalent practical experience

A background in PaaS/SaaS environment practices, including: maintaining SLAs, load-balancing, high availability, operating system patching, networking, and security management/patching

Strong technical understanding in a variety of hardware and software platforms (Linux & Windows)

Experience with the operational aspects of systems such as monitoring, centralized logging, and alerting with relevant tools

Experience working with Python and PowerShell

Nice-to-Have’s:

Certifications in information security, AWS, Azure, Google Cloud

Creativity, energy, and passion for leveraging technology to transform our industry; the belief that automation is the only way and the ability to talk for hours as to why

A good understanding of modern, cloud centric architectures and DevOps principles

Above average performance. You are competitive and passionate. You thrive on challenge and have a proven ability to set ambitious but achievable goals and surpass them

A team player. At RBC we work together. You will be the type of person that brings that approach to your work. You will have a proven ability to build, grow, and maintain relationships both internally and externally

What’s in it for you?

A comprehensive Total Rewards Program including bonuses and flexible benefits, competitive compensation, commissions, and stock where applicable

Leaders who support your development through coaching and managing opportunities

The ability to make a difference and lasting impact

The opportunity to work in a dynamic, collaborative, progressive, and high-performing team

A world-class training program in financial services

We thrive on the challenge to be our best, progressive thinking to keep growing, and working together to deliver trusted advice to help our clients thrive and communities prosper. We care about each other, reaching our potential, making a difference to our communities, and achieving success that is mutual.

RBC requires as a condition of employment that all successful candidates in the United States and Canada be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 prior to their start date, and may require proof of the same. Reasonable accommodation is available where required by law