Chief Information Security Officer H/F (IT)

Information Security Officer 3 (Security Architect, Application and Product Security)

Job Title: Information Security Officer 3 (Security Architect, Application and Product Security)

Ministry: Technology & Innovation

Location: Remote across Alberta

Full or Part-Time: Full Time

Permanent/Temporary/Wage: Permanent

Classification: Systems Analyst Level 3

Salary: $3,847.03 to $5,095.52/ bi-weekly ($100,407 - $132,993/ year)

The Alberta Public Service works to build a stronger province for current and future generations. To learn more about us, please visit our ministry’s web page Technology and Information and Cybersecurity in Alberta.

The passionate and solutions focused people that we hire help us to drive vital programs and services that affect Albertans. We’re growing our Cybersecurity Services team and looking for an exceptional security professional to join our Application and Product Security group. Do you have a curious mind and a broad set of technical skills to back it up? As an Information Security Officer, you will play a critical role in safeguarding the Government of Alberta’s digital services, ensuring the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of key systems and data. In this role, you will help uphold the Government of Alberta’s Information Security Management Directives (ISMDs) and related cybersecurity policy instruments, with a focus on application and product security. Your contributions will directly support the secure and reliable operation of the province’s computing environment and digital services. Additionally, you may lead or support the design and implementation of security controls including cybersecurity technologies, processes, policies, and awareness initiatives to continuously enhance Alberta’s cybersecurity posture. The Security Architect (Information Security Officer 3) is a senior-level role where you’ll lead security initiatives, projects, or teams while applying deep, expert-level knowledge of security architecture. This position plays a hands‑on leadership role, driving impactful information security outcomes across the organization.

Development, maintenance, advocacy, and compliance for security architecture and DevSecOps framework and policy instruments such as directives, frameworks, policies, standards, and guidelines.

Secure data architecture.

Consultation, evaluation, and delivery of digital service products throughout the solution development life cycle (SDLC) for conformance to IMT cybersecurity policy instruments including formulation of options and recommendations.

Conduct security review, consult, and advise on secure coding, secrets management, on-premises, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Azure, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), and third-party hosted solutions with verbal and written report.

Provide security advice to business and technical stakeholders, including senior executives.

Participate in projects as an information security subject matter expert with a focus on security architecture and security capabilities within a DevSecOps framework to protect digital service development and operations.

Participate in the identification of information security requirements, as well as the development of strategies and solutions to meet these requirements across the organization.

Facilitate or perform identification, assessment, and treatment of information and technology security threats and risks.

Ensure risks and treatment plans are documented in the Government of Alberta's Information Technology Security Risk Register.

Communicate cyber threat information to stakeholders.

Perform cyber threat or cyber security controls related research as requested by Cybersecurity Services management.

May be required to assist in cybersecurity incident response as required.

Excellent verbal and written communication skills for executive briefings and technical discussions.

AI-First Mindset

The role is designed with an AI-first approach to help you work smarter, not harder. You will leverage AI tools to:

Develop and track KPIs using AI to surface trends and predict outcomes.

Demonstrate proficiency in utilizing AI to address complex problems and automate analysis of extensive datasets.

Competencies are behaviors that are essential to reach our goals in serving Albertans. Creative Problem Solving: You will assess options and implications in new ways to achieve outcomes and solutions.

A commitment to lifelong learning and the desire to invest in the development of the long-term capability of yourself and others.

A university degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.

Securing continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD).

DevSecOps, testing, and security architecture.

Assets:

Experience with AI-powered cybersecurity tools and techniques.

***Terms of Employment: Up to one (1) permanent, full-time position, with the potential for one (1) additional temporary, full-time position.

Hours of Work: 36.25hrs/ week – Monday to Friday.

Location : Remote across Alberta.

These positions are eligible for remote work. You must reside in Alberta to work remotely.

Depending on the project, on-call rotation and overtime may be required.

Any costs associated with obtaining the required documents/checks as noted or interview travel expenses, will be the responsibility of the candidate.