Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams (ALERT) is a non-profit corporation that brings together the province’s most sophisticated law enforcement resources to investigate serious and organized crime. ALERT is comprised of personnel from municipal police agencies, RCMP, and civilian staff that work together on elite teams throughout Alberta focusing on organized crime, human trafficking, auto crimes and child exploitation.

ALERT is looking to hire one (1) full-time IT Systems Security and Infrastructure Analyst (Edmonton Office). This position reports directly to the ALERT IT Team Lead and indirectly to the Innovation and Technology Manager. The Systems Security Analyst ensures that the managing information system related security risks is consistent with the organization’s mission/business objectives and overall risk tolerance established by senior leadership.

The salary range for this position is $94,028.46 to $110,000.00 per annum.

The work arrangement for this position is in-person, on-site (not hybrid or remote).

RESPONSIBILITIES & ACTIVITIES:

Responsibilities include:

• Design, implement, and maintain IT infrastructure, including servers, networks, firewalls, storage systems, network segmentation strategies, and intrusion detection/prevention systems (IDS/IPS), with a focus on cybersecurity best practices.
• Monitor the performance and availability of infrastructure systems, ensuring minimal downtime.
• Monitor systems, networks, and logs for security breaches, unauthorized activities, and performance issues, ensuring timely detection and response.
• Perform regular system backups and recovery testing to ensure data integrity.
• Troubleshoot and resolve escalated network and server-related issues.
• Coordinate upgrades, patches, maintenance, and evergreen cycles for infrastructure hardware and software.
• Document infrastructure changes and maintain detailed system diagrams.
• Support infrastructure scalability and planning to meet organizational growth.
• Ensure compliance with infrastructure-related standards and policies.
• Assist in disaster recovery planning and execution.
• Conduct periodic checks of network and end-user devices to ensure compliance with IT policies.
• Participate in an extended-hours support rotation.
• Expertise with the following is considered an asset: Veeam, Lansweeper, Fortinet, Hyper-V, HP/Dell (Servers, Desktops and laptops), Windows Server, AD, UEM, SmartDeploy, PDQ, Remote Access tools, Azure, Office 365, Microsoft Intune.
• Provide mentorship to IT Infrastructure Analysts.
• Conduct vulnerability assessments, penetration tests, and forensic investigations to identify, mitigate, and document security risks.
• Develop, implement, and manage security measures such as encryption, access controls, endpoint detection and response (EDR), identity and access management (IAM) solutions, and MFA.
• Configure, maintain, and analyze Security Information and Event Management (SIEM), Vulnerability Assessment, and Network Behavior Analysis tools to monitor and report on security posture.
• Automate routine security and infrastructure tasks using scripting and orchestration tools (e.g., PowerShell, Python).
• Conduct security audits, ensure compliance with industry and regulatory standards, and enforce security policies and procedures.
• Train employees on cybersecurity awareness and best practices, working with ALERT Training to develop in-house education products.
• Research and evaluate emerging technologies and security solutions to enhance infrastructure resilience and defense capabilities.
• Communicate with multiple departments and levels of management to resolve technical and procedural cybersecurity risks.
• Occasional travel to other divisional offices, including overnight travel.
• Other duties as required.

DESIRED SKILLS & ATTRIBUTES:

The following qualifications have been identified for this position:

• Graduation from a recognized post-secondary Information Technology program, from an accredited institution and a minimum of five (5) years of related work experience is required, or seven (7) years of equivalent experience.
• Broad knowledge of hardware, software, and scripting.
• A logical approach to problem solving.
• Strong organizational and customer service skills.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Ability to communicate effectively, tactfully and diplomatically, both written and verbally.
• Ability to communicate technical details to a wide variety of audiences.
• Ability to work as part of a team of employees, contribute to the team effort, as well as work as an individual.
• Explore and evaluate new and emerging cybersecurity information technology trends.
• Ability to work effectively under pressure.
• Class 5 Alberta Driver’s License with clean driving record.

BENEFITS OF WORKING WITH ALERT:

• Employer Paid Group Life and Disability Insurance
• Employer Paid Extended Health & Dental Benefits
• Virtual Health Care, Employee Assistance & Wellness Programs (including access to on-site gym)
• Annual Employer Contributions to Health Care Spending Account &/or Lifestyle Spending Account (coverage for family recreational activities, pet health care & boarding, cosmetic procedures, alternative health services, general interest education, and more)
• Employer Matching Contributions to a Group RSP Program
• Educational Assistance and Training Opportunities
• Paid Vacation starting at Three (3) Weeks
• ALERT observes 13 provincial and national holidays.

The competition will close on May 20, 2025.

To Apply for this position, please visit our Job Posting on Indeed.

The successful candidate will be required to obtain RCMP enhanced security clearance through ALERT. Only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

ALERT is an equal opportunity employer, and we encourage all candidates that meet above qualifications to submit their applications.