Who We Are
We are an organization comprised of industry thought leaders who are passionate about health data and want to make a difference in the health care field. We are an independent, not-for-profit organization and together with our partners we provide essential information on Canada's health systems, enabling decisions that lead to healthier Canadians. As a valued member of the CIHI team, you and your work will have a pivotal role in the evolution of Canada's health care systems.
CIHI is recognized as an exceptional place to work that embraces diversity, respect, integrity, collaboration and innovation.
At CIHI, we recognize what matters to our employees. Some of the benefits of working at CIHI include
- HOOPP Pension Plan (Defined Benefits Pension)
- Retirement Planning Program
- Generous vacation days for permanent and long-term contracts
- Work-life balance
- Career Planning Program
- Learning and Professional Development Program
- Flexible benefits program from your first day on the job for permanent and long-term contracts
Why is this role important?
CIHI requires the services of a co-op student interested in a future career in cyber security to join our existing information security team and assist in day-to-day security operations activities, perform ongoing security monitoring, discover and report vulnerabilities affecting IT assets, complete security infrastructure maintenance activities, engage in threat hunting, participate in responding to any potential malware incidents, and help ensure the information security program meets or exceeds CIHI information management security requirements.
Please note that this position can run from September 2022 to December 2022 with the possibility of extension until April 2023 if the applicants' co-op program allows.
Minimum 1 day per week in any CIHI office (Ottawa, Toronto or Montreal); Work from home option available 4 days a week.
What You'll Do
- Review access control lists of enterprise-grade firewalls to identify redundant and obsolete firewall rules
- Perform vulnerability scanning of systems and web applications and assign vulnerability ownership to asset owners
- Perform routine security monitoring through live dashboards, investigate suspicious events, and respond to alert notifications
- Participate in responding to any malware incidents
- Use a SIEM to perform threat hunting
- Remain current of emerging cyber security threats and inform affected parties
What You'll Bring To The Table
- Knowledge of the inner workings of TCP/IP and common protocols (DHCP, DNS, HTTP, SSH, TLS)
- Experience in modifying and optimizing firewall rules
- An understanding of the differences and relationships between risks, threats, and vulnerabilities
- Technical knowledge and experience with using Microsoft Windows systems
- Hands-on experience and comfort in using command-line interfaces to remotely configure systems
- Ability to take guidance from other members and work independently on researching and completing assigned tasks
- An ability to effectively use the internet (whitepapers, blogs, KB articles, YouTube, etc.) to learn on your own
- Excellent attention to detail
- Experience with using Nessus, Nmap, OpenSSL, Metasploit, sqlmap, tcpdump is an asset
- A genuine interest and motivation to push your boundaries in learning cybersecurity
To find out more about this role and other exciting opportunities visit our website at www.cihi.ca and check out our 'Careers' section.
We thank all those who apply, however, only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.
Vaccination remains the most effective tool to reduce the risk of COVID-19. CIHI is committed to ensuring the health and safety of our employees in the workplace, and therefore CIHI requires proof of vaccination for all of our employees unless a valid accommodation under legislation exists.
At CIHI we are committed to fostering an inclusive, barrier-free and accessible environment. Part of this commitment includes arranging accommodations to ensure an equitable opportunity to participate in the recruitment and selection process. If you require an accommodation, we will work with you to meet your needs.