Senior Technical Specialist, Corporate Security

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Wealthsimple is Canada’s leading financial innovator. The company offers a full suite of simple, sophisticated financial products across managed investing, do-it-yourself trading, cryptocurrency, tax filing, spending and saving. Wealthsimple currently serves more than 4 million Canadians and holds over $125 billion in assets under administration. The company was founded in 2014 by a team of financial experts and technology entrepreneurs, and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

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We are seeking a Senior Technical Specialist, Corporate Security to oversee and optimize our Physical Protection System (PPS). In this critical role, you will be responsible for ensuring the integrity and effectiveness of all technical physical security measures, including access control, video surveillance, intrusion detection, and related infrastructure. You will lead technical projects end-to-end, manage our security integrator relationship, and serve as the subject matter expert on Genetec Security Centre across our enterprise environment.

You will stay informed on emerging security technologies, industry standards, and evolving threat landscapes to proactively identify and address potential vulnerabilities. This position requires a detail-oriented professional with deep hands-on technical expertise, strong project management discipline, and the communication skills to work effectively across all levels of the organization.

*Please note - This is an on-site position requiring presence in our Toronto office 3 days per week.

As a Senior Technical Specialist, Corporate Security you will:

• Own all aspects of the Physical Protection System (PPS), with Genetec Security Centre (access control and VMS) as the primary platform — including configuration, maintenance, troubleshooting, and optimization across a multi-site enterprise architecture.

• Serve as the first point of contact for PPS troubleshooting, conducting root cause analysis and driving defect resolution in partnership with our security integrator and internal IT.

• Oversee and manage the Wealthsimple security integrator relationship, holding vendors accountable to SLAs and quality standards.

• Lead technical planning, testing, and implementation of new security technologies and system integrations, managing projects from scoping through delivery.

• Work with IT/Security teams to improve the existing and future integrations with our IdP, ensuring user onboarding and offboarding is automated correctly and user audits can be done by our IT and Compliance teams.

• Develop and maintain complete technical documentation and controls, system audits, and infrastructure records in partnership with internal and external stakeholders.

• Organize and lead annual penetration testing exercises and oversee remediation of identified vulnerabilities.

• Manage access control credentials and site access programs.

• Develop and lead training, as well as the creation of technical policies and procedures.

What You Bring

• 5+ years of hands-on experience managing enterprise physical security systems, with demonstrated depth in Genetec Security Centre — Omnicast VMS and access control modules are required; advanced troubleshooting and multi-server architecture experience strongly preferred.

• Post-secondary education in Electronic Engineering Technology, Engineering Sciences, Information Technology, Network Engineering, IT Security, Computer Science, or a related field.

• Working IT and networking knowledge and an understanding of standard IT security practices including network segmentation, SSO and app integration, compliance auditing. You will need to gather requirements from IT/Security teams and execute those requirements in the PPS.

• Proven project management experience: you've led large scale security technology projects from requirements through commissioning and can manage timelines, vendors, and competing priorities without hand-holding.

• Understanding of procurement requirements and processes.

• In-depth experience project managing a security integrator or third-party service vendor.

• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills — able to produce clear technical documentation and present to non-technical stakeholders. You are able to communicate and build relationships with cross-functional stakeholders.

• Ability to handle sensitive and contentious issues with discretion and integrity.

• Previous experience in a fintech, financial services, or critical infrastructure environment is highly desirable.

• Security or technical certifications are an asset: Axis Certified Professional, CISSP, CISA, or equivalent.

Why Wealthsimple?

Top-tier health benefits and life insurance

Long-term group savings with employer match, through Wealthsimple for Business

20 vacation days, 4 wellness days, and unlimited sick and mental health days per year

✈️ 90 days away: work outside Canada for up to 90 days per year

Employee resource groups, including Rainbow (2SLGBTQ), Women of WS, and Black at WS

We are a hybrid team with over 1,500 employees across North America. The people are one of the best parts of working here: you'll collaborate with incredibly talented, curious, and driven teammates who are deeply committed to doing great work.

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Technology & Innovation at Wealthsimple: We move quickly and build thoughtfully. That means we're always looking for better ways to work — whether that's new tools, AI, or rethinking how we approach a problem. We don't expect you to have all the answers, but we do expect curiosity and a willingness to evolve alongside the products we're building.

Inclusion Statement: We're building products for a diverse world, and we need a diverse team to do it well. We strongly encourage applications from everyone, regardless of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability status.

Accessibility Statement: We're committed to an accessible hiring experience. If you need any accommodations throughout the interview process, please let us know — we'll work with you to make sure you have what you need. We also welcome any feedback on how we can better accommodate candidates with accessibility needs.

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