Job Description:Location: Hybrid
What will you do?- In Splunk SOAR, the successful candidate will develop playbooks (Python) to triage, alert or otherwise automate manual processes.
- Within the Ansible Automation Platform, you will develop automated workflows (YAML) to manage accounts, certificates when new systems are built & deployed.
- Triage and remediate errors within the automation environments.
- Meet with stakeholders to help refine the requirements for new automation workflows.
- The successful candidate will work on security initiatives and enterprise level projects performing proof of technology/concept asks, implementing new security controls and capabilities into existing technologies and be responsible to deploy, support and maintain new security technologies and platforms.
- The security platform engineer will be part of a 24x7 on-call support team and be required to join major incident management calls to provide support and consultation for technologies supported by the team.
- Continuously improve upon operational and security platform process activities.
- Smoothly transition and operationalize each project as the implementation phase ends. This includes developing roles & responsibilities (RACI) documents and educating the teams who will be performing BAU (Business as usual) the day-to-day work.
- Document, update and maintain cyber security playbooks, policies and knowledge base articles used to support the established Incident Management and CSIRT processes.
What you need to succeed?- Python development experience 2-3 years.
- An Information Technology University degree/college diploma in related discipline(s) or equivalent work experience, and/or 5 years experience in Information Technology
- 2-3+ years in security IT industry experience
- Professional designation in IT security (such as CISM, CISSP, CISA, GIAC, AWS or CompTIA) preferred.
Preferred skills - Experience with SOAR tools (Splunk SOAR, Cortex XSOAR, etc)
- Development experience 2-3 years (Python, YAML, etc)
- Experience with Ansible development.
- Experience planning, researching, and developing security policies, standards, and procedures.
- Knowledge of one or more: end-point detection and response, intrusion detection, crypto technologies, certificate management, email security, web content filtering technologies, cloud security.
- Knowledge of Security Information and Event Management platforms including log types.
- Experience with Windows and Linux based operating systems.
- Experience in deploying enterprise level technology via managed projects.
- Knowledge of networking technologies, firewalls, web application firewalls and intrusion prevention systems.
- Knowledge of cloud technologies.
- Knowledge of disaster recovery, technologies, and methods.
- Strong communicator spoken and written with the ability to communicate technical issues to peers and management.
Reasons why you should join us under the sun- We are proud to be on the 2026 Best Workplaces in Canada list by Great Place to Work
- Wellness programs that support the three pillars of your health - mental, physical, and financial
- The opportunity to move along a variety of career paths with amazing networking potential.
- As a hybrid organization, you and your leader use business and Client needs to choose where you work, at home or in the office
The Base Pay range is for the primary location for which the job is posted. It may vary depending on the work location of the successful candidate or other factors. In addition to Base Pay, eligible Sun Life employees participate in various incentive plans, payment under which is discretionary and subject to individual and company performance. Certain sales focused roles have sales incentive plans based on individual or group sales results.
Salary Range:65,000/65 000 - 105,000/105 000
Job Category:IT - Technology Services
Posting End Date:26/08/2026
