Royal Bank of Canada

Senior Cyber Security Specialist, IAM Onboarding (Global Security)

Royal Bank of Canada$100K — $120K *
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years of extensive experience in IAM solutions
  • Strong understanding of IAM concepts and security controls design
  • Proven ability to manage and execute projects independently in high-pressure environments
  • Experience in cross-functional collaboration with various teams
  • Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite and Atlassian tools like JIRA and Confluence
  • Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret data sets
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills for diverse audiences

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with business partners to explain and document the application onboarding process
  • Ensure ongoing compliance of onboarded applications with security standards
  • Understand and learn relevant architectural patterns for IAM services
  • Provide consulting to ensure adherence to RBC standards
  • Identify and report security risks as per policies
  • Analyze and define onboarding technical requirements and specifications
  • Support the creation of test case scenarios and assist with testing efforts

Benefits

  • Comprehensive Total Rewards Program including bonuses and flexible benefits
  • Leadership support for your personal and career development
  • Opportunity to make a significant impact in the organization
  • Dynamic and collaborative team environment
  • Access to a world-class training program in financial services
  • Engagement in challenging and meaningful work
Full Job Description
Job Description

What is the Opportunity?
The Identity and Access Management (IAM) Onboarding Team is looking for a Senior Cyber Security Analyst to work towards onboarding applications to RBC's Identity and Access Management solutions in accordance with the IAM onboarding strategy and IAM goals. This role will require you to work with a wide range of technology and business stakeholders to ensure onboarded applications continue to comply with security standards. You will identify business problems and opportunities in the context of the requirements and recommend solutions that enable the organization to achieve its goals and meet sponsor/stakeholder needs.

We are looking for an ambitious, adaptable, and proactive individual with knowledge in the IAM, who challenges the status quo, is constantly thinking about flexibility, robustness, and simplicity in everything we do.

What will you do?
  • Work with business partners and application teams across RBC Enterprise to explain the onboarding process and document requirements.
  • Work with business partners and application teams to ensure onboarded applications continue to be complaint.
  • Learn architectural patterns relevant to RBC's IAM services.
  • Provide consultative services to ensure requirements are following RBC Standards.
  • Identify and report security risks in accordance with RBC Standards.
  • Review, analyze, and define onboarding requirements as well as contribute to the technical development specifications.
  • Contribute to test case scenarios creation and assisting with test case writing
  • Assisting with DEV, SAI (UAT) and PIV testing.
  • Provide support with tasks and ad hoc requests as required.
  • Identify and implement solutions to improve the efficiency of the onboarding process.
  • Provide direction in the optimization, efficiency, and capacity planning of initiatives.
  • Function as point of escalation and resolution for incidents and project related issues.
  • Provide guidance, coaching, and mentoring within the team to drive optimal performance.


What do you need to succeed?
Must-have

  • Extensive in-depth experience with IAM capabilities and solutions
  • Strong understanding of IAM concepts and solutions designs for efficient security controls.
  • Ability to manage, lead, prioritize, and execute with minimal direction or oversight in a high-pressure environment.
  • Deadline-driven and results-oriented; able to meet consistently high-quality standards while handling a variety of tasks and deadlines simultaneously.
  • Cross-functional collaboration and negotiation with internal teams for effective task completion.
  • Proficient technical experience with Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Visio, etc.), Atlassian products (JIRA, Confluence), and ServiceNow.
  • Understanding data sets and generating meaningful reports.
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills and experience presenting to a wide variety of audience sizes.


Nice-to-have
  • Experience with CyberArk PAS, SailPoint IdentityIQ, and Entra ID
  • Professional certification(s) related to information security or information risk management such as CRISC, CISA, CISM, CISSP.


What's in it for you?
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.
  • 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
  • Ability to make a difference and lasting impact
  • Work in a dynamic, collaborative, progressive, and high-performing team
  • A world-class training program in financial services
  • Opportunities to do challenging work

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Job Skills
Atlassian Confluence, Atlassian JIRA, Communication, Critical Thinking, CyberArk Privileged Access Management, Cyber Security Management, Data Reporting, Decision Making, Detail-Oriented, Identity Access Management (IAM), Information Security Management, Information Technology Security, Interpersonal Relationship Management, IT Security Architecture, IT Security Standards, Microsoft Excel, SailPoint IdentityIQ, ServiceNow Platform, Time Management

Additional Job Details

Address:

16 YORK ST:TORONTO

City:

Toronto

Country:

Canada

Work hours/week:

37.5

Employment Type:

Full time

Platform:

TECHNOLOGY AND OPERATIONS

Job Type:

Regular

Pay Type:

Salaried

Posted Date:

2026-09-01

Application Deadline:

2026-09-16
Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the application deadline date above

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