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Reporting to the Vice President of Information Technology as the first hire on our Security Operations Centre (SOC) team, you will be responsible for threat detection, investigation and incident response across endpoint, cloud, identity and production environments across the Financeit business.
In partnership with our cybersecurity team, you will handle escalated and complex investigations, build and maintain SOC detection content, and service as the main point of contact for confirmed security incidents. As this is a new team you will help establish the investigation standards, runbooks and working practices for the SOC team.
With a focus on automation and AI tooling, you’ll help build and tune automated detection and response workflows, apply judgement to the output they produce, and develop detection coverage for AI-related threats. This is a hands-on and technical role with a growing team!
Financeit is a point-of-sale financing provider serving some of the largest home improvement and retail organizations in Canada. Our platform helps businesses close more sales by offering customers affordable monthly payment options for their next big home improvement, vehicle or retail purchase.
We are small enough that you can make an impact within the company and large enough to make an impact in the market. Financeit is a company where collaboration, inclusivity, fairness, and respect aren’t just ideas that get talked about, but are part of who we are. If such a workplace intrigues you, we hope you’ll join us.
Reporting to the Vice President of Information Technology as the first hire on our Security Operations Centre (SOC) team, you will be responsible for threat detection, investigation and incident response across endpoint, cloud, identity and production environments across the Financeit business.
In partnership with our cybersecurity team, you will handle escalated and complex investigations, build and maintain SOC detection content, and service as the main point of contact for confirmed security incidents. As this is a new team you will help establish the investigation standards, runbooks and working practices for the SOC team.
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With a focus on automation and AI tooling, you’ll help build and tune automated detection and response workflows, apply judgement to the output they produce, and develop detection coverage for AI-related threats. This is a hands-on and technical role with a growing team!
Lead complex investigations, cloud/host forensics, and containment for high-severity incidents across endpoint, cloud, and SaaS environments; participate in an on-call rotation.
Write, test, tune, and manage detection rules and response playbooks as code across EDR, cloud, and log analytics platforms, mapping coverage to MITRE ATT&CK.
Conduct hypothesis-driven threat hunts and translate financial-sector threat intel and purple team findings into durable detections.
Document attacker activity for executive briefings and regulatory reports, driving post-incident corrective actions with IT and engineering partners.
Document and maintain investigation runbooks, operational data and case detail behind SOC metrics and reporting, and evidence of audit, assurance, and client security
Partner with cybersecurity function to align detection and response priorities with the organizations risk picture
Build and maintain automated response and enrichment playbooks within approved guardrails and evaluate new security tooling and automation
Supervise AI triage and investigation agents day to day, develop detection and investigation capability for AI-related threats, and tune agent configuration with results and analyst feedback
As you are supporting cybersecurity, evening and weekend hours may be required
You enjoy evaluating AI/automated triage outputs with healthy skepticism to override or validate machine conclusions
You can write clear technical reports and translate complex security incidents for executive and non-technical stakeholders
You’re a team player and can participate in an on-call rotation for critical security incidents
If what you just read excites you, we’d like to hear from you! Please submit your application and we’ll contact you if you are selected to move forward in the process.
Financeit is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diverse backgrounds and perspectives because we know they make our team stronger and our product better. We hire based on talent, potential, and culture add - no matter your background, identity, or life experience, you are welcome here.
We may use AI to support our hiring process. While these tools assist our team, applications are ultimately reviewed and assessed by our recruiters. If you require accommodation at any stage of the recruitment process, please let our People Success team know. Please note that this posting is for an existing vacancy, and all employment offers are contingent upon a successful background and credit check, among other verifications.
Canadian point-of-sale financing company helping home-improvement, recreational-vehicle, and retail merchants offer consumer payment plans.
Visit company websiteCAD 110000-125000 yearly / year
Full-time
Senior · 5+ years experience
Hybrid
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