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At CIBC, we embrace your strengths and your ambitions, so you are empowered at work. Our team members have what they need to make a meaningful impact and are truly valued for who they are and what they contribute.

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What you'll be doing

CIBC’s Advanced Threat Detection team is hiring Information Security Coordinator Co-ops. As a Co-op in this department, you’ll assist with ensuring that vulnerabilities within CIBC’s environment are being identified, tracked, and remediated, triaging information security alerts, monitoring security events, and investigations for potential security incidents by performing research activities.  You will escalate events of interest to senior level investigators when appropriate, and provide assistance where required to the investigations team.

At CIBC we enable the work environment most optimal for you to thrive in your role. Details on your work arrangement (proportion of on-site and remote work) will be discussed at the time of your interview

Important

• We may ask you to complete an attribute-based assessment and other skills tests (such as simulation, coding, French proficiency, MS Office). Our goal during the application process is to get to know more about you, all that you have to offer, and to give you the opportunity to learn more about us.
• You must be currently enrolled in post-secondary education and returning to full-time studies to be eligible. However, you do not need to be in a registered Co-op program to be considered for this role.
• Recruitment timeline: Application review – January/February; Interviews – January/February; Offers – February/March.
• Please include your resume (no more than 2 pages), a cover letter (no more than 1 page), and your most recent unofficial transcript with your application. These should all be uploaded into the Resume section of the application as one PDF document.
• 4-month opportunities available

How you'll succeed

• Threat Hunting – Through the use of various scanning tools, our asset management database, and intelligence feeds, you will be required to identify and assess cyber threats.  You will assess vulnerabilities to determine impact and overall risk, while engaging the appropriate remediation teams to close down or mitigate risk. 
• Communication – You will package and communicate risk advisories, reports, and decks to effectively convey the state of newly identified, current, and outstanding vulnerabilities. 
• Organization Skills: You will need to have organization and planning skills sufficient to schedule, organize and carry out work assignments and independently adjust work schedules accordingly.
• Learning agility: You will need to have a willingness to learn and a positive attitude. Flexibility and ability to adapt to rapidly changing priorities are an asset. 

Who you are

• You know that details matter. You notice things that others don't. Your critical thinking skills help to inform your decision making.
• You give meaning to data. You enjoy investigating complex problems and making sense of information. You communicate detailed information in a meaningful way.
• You are drawn to cyber security. You have an interest in the various aspects of cyber security and risk. You’re currently enrolled in a post-secondary Information Security, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related program. Knowledge of Jira or confluence is preferred, but not a necessity.
• You enjoy problem solving. You enjoy being presented with problems or issues and working with a team to find innovative solutions.
• You have strong organization skills. Your time management skills are strong and you are able to prioritize competing priorities to ensure successful outcomes.
• Values matter to you. You bring your real self to work and you live our values - trust, teamwork, and accountability.

What CIBC Offers

At CIBC, your goals are a priority. We start with your strengths and ambitions as an employee and strive to create opportunities to tap into your potential.

• We work to recognize you in meaningful, personalized ways including a competitive compensation, a banking benefit, wellbeing support and additional offers such as employee and family assistance programs and MomentMakers, our social, points-based recognition program.

• Our spaces and technological toolkit will make it simple to bring together great minds to create innovative solutions that make a difference for our clients.

Subject to program terms and conditions

What you need to know

• CIBC is committed to creating an inclusive environment where all team members and clients feel like they belong. We seek applicants with a wide range of abilities and we provide an accessible candidate experience. If you need accommodation, please contact [email protected]

• CIBC is committed to clarity in our hiring process. All roles posted are opportunities we’re actively recruiting for, unless stated otherwise.

• You need to be legally eligible to work at the location(s) specified above and, where applicable, must have a valid work or study permit

• We may ask you to complete an attribute-based assessment and other skills test (such as simulation, coding, French proficiency).

• We use artificial intelligence tools during the recruitment process. Our goal for the application process is to get to know more about you, all that you have to offer, and give you the opportunity to learn more about us.

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