CSIS Technical Advisor Jobs Careers 2022-2023 Canadian Security Intelligence Service Jobs

• Plan and provide guidance on the execution of assigned development activities.
• Design and implement solutions including system/software and associated infrastructure to support project requirements.
• Lead and coordinate project resources.
• Identify evolving business requirements and establish plans for future technical capabilities.
• Develop and implement systems integration strategies.
• Develop detailed technical specifications for system / solution design.
• Liaise with clients to assess and propose options to address business requirements.
• Participate on departmental, interdepartmental, national or international technology working groups.
• Maintain knowledge of trends and developments in software and systems design and in project management and implementation techniques and practices.

• Undergraduate degree* and three (3) years of relevant experience**
• Technologist diploma* or Professional technologist equivalency designation and four (4) years of relevant experience**
• College diploma* and six (6) years of relevant experience**
• Secondary school diploma and seven (7) years of relevant experience**. 

The successful applicant will be required to meet certain pre-determined post-secondary educational requirements within a specified time frame.

*Education: Computer science, electrical engineering, electronics, network security, telecommunications, or engineering. 

The educational program must be from an accredited learning institution recognized in Canada. 

If you completed a program outside of Canada you will be required to obtain proof of a Canadian equivalency at your expense through a recognized credential assessment service.

Note: Any higher level of education could be recognized as experience.

Stream 1:

**Relevant Experience is defined as experience working in an IT environment where the incumbent’s responsibilities include two of the following:

• Providing end user support in a multi-system environment
• Building and maintaining effective relationships or partnerships for the purposes of delivering projects or services
• Managing or developing processes, procedures and/or standards related to IT systems, applications, databases and/or infrastructure
• Working with enterprise IT service management tools and technologies (e.g. ServiceNow)

Candidates must also possess recent¹ experience in all of the following:

• Experience in researching, analyzing and recommending current trends, standards, practices and/or products, such as ITIL methodologies, in an IT environment.
• Experience in extracting, consolidating and integrating data from various sources for the purposes of generating reports for technical and non-technical audiences.
• Experience analyzing requirements and/or providing advice and guidance on IT matters to various audiences such as clients and management.
• Experience working in a client service environment and in dealing directly with employees of different levels

¹Recent experience is defined as experience acquired within the last five (5) years.

Stream 2:

**Relevant Experience is defined as recent¹ and significant² experience in designing, implementing, operating, configuring or troubleshooting in a multi-system traditional data centre or private/public cloud environment, any two (2) or more of the following:

• Directory services (Active Directory, Active Directory Federation Services, Azure Active Directory)
• Server hardware
• Server operating systems
• Backup/restore systems
• Enterprise storage (SAN) hardware
• Storage fabrics (iSCSI or Fiber Channel)
• Disaster recovery, high-availability, or business continuity technologies and infrastructures
• Cloud infrastructure (Infrastructure as a Service) or server virtualization technologies
• Server middleware applications (IIS, Apache, Java Runtime Environments)
• Microsoft end devices Management tools( for ex. SCCM, GPO Policies, InTune, etc)
• Identity Management – (PAM, MFA, Access Management , PKI)
• Monitoring of systems and applications

In addition to the above criteria, candidates must possess experience in the following:

• Experience in analyzing requirements and/or providing advice and guidance on IT matters to various audiences such as clients and management.
• Experience as a participant in the development of policies, processes, procedures and/or standards related to IT systems and/or infrastructures.

¹Recent experience is defined as experience acquired within the last seven (7) years.

²Significant experience is defined as the depth and breadth of experience that would normally be acquired by a person in a position where the performance of these duties constitutes his or her main functions over that period of time.

Stream 3:

**Relevant Experience is defined as significant² experience in installing and troubleshooting LAN connectivity network equipment (routers, switches, firewall, load balancers) or IT security infrastructure (IPS, IDS, Anti Malware, VA testing) across multiple sites in a traditional data centre or private/public cloud environment.

In addition to the above requirement, candidates must possess a minimum of two (2) years of recent¹ experience in the installation, configuration and support in any four (4) of:

• LAN/WAN equipment (switches and routers)
• Firewalls
• Enterprise Anti Malware solutions
• Network packet capture solutions
• Web Filtering Gateway solutions
• Web Proxy Servers
• DLP solutions
• Network Load Balancing solutions
• IDS/IPS solutions
• Network Monitoring solutions
• Virtual Private Network solutions

¹ Recent experience is defined as experience acquired within the last five (5) years.

²Significant experience is defined as the depth and breadth of experience that would normally be acquired by a person in a position where the performance of these duties constitutes his or her main functions over that period of time.

Stream 4:

**Relevant Experience is defined as recent¹ and significant² experience in designing, implementing, operating, configuring or troubleshooting in a multi-system traditional data centre or private/public cloud environment, any one (1) or more of the following:

• Network directory services
• Backup/restore applications, configurations and databases
• Monitoring and alerting software
• Email systems
• Desktop hardware/software
• Application software
• Mobile computing systems
• Office collaboration systems 
• Telephony systems
• Microsoft M365 suite of tools and applications
• Microsoft end devices Management tools ( for ex. SCCM, InTune, GPO Policies, etc)

In addition to the above criteria, candidates must possess experience in the following:

• Experience in analyzing requirements and/or providing advice and guidance on IT matters to various audiences such as clients and management.
• Experience as a participant in the development of policies, procedures and/or standards related to IT solutions or infrastructure.

¹Recent experience is defined as experience acquired within the last seven (7) years.

²Significant experience is defined as the depth and breadth of experience that would normally be acquired by a person in a position where the performance of these duties constitutes his or her main functions over that period of time.

• Collaboration
• Initiative
• Innovation/Creativity
• Communication Skills
• Adaptability/Flexibility

Official Language Proficiency:

The immediate need is to staff various positions with various linguistic profiles. Therefore, we encourage all interested candidates to apply.

For bilingual non-imperative positions, offers will be conditional upon meeting the linguistic requirements within two (2) years of appointment.

IT Market Modifier designated positions; therefore, successful candidates may be eligible to the IT Market Modifier. 

Some relocation expenses may be reimbursed.