Cybersecurity Lead

Job Description

<p><h3>Cybersecurity Lead – Amphenol Communications Solutions</h3>
<p>Location: Markham, Canada, Ontario – Posted: 12/1/2025</p>
<p>Wage: Depends on Experience</p>
<p>Amphenol Communications Solutions (ACS), a division of Amphenol Corporation, is a world leader in interconnect solutions for communications, mobile, RF, optics, and commercial electronics markets. Amphenol Corporation is one of the world’s largest designers and manufacturers of electrical, electronic and fiber optic connectors and interconnect systems, antennas, sensors and coaxial and high‑speed specialty cable. ACS has an expansive global presence in research and development, manufacturing, and sales.</p>
<p>HSIO, a division of Amphenol, is the market leader for high‑speed, high‑bandwidth electrical connectors for the telecom/datacom/AI/ML markets, supporting mobile networks, data centers, storage, servers, routers, and switches.</p>
<p>We are currently looking for a Cyber Security Lead to join our team.</p>
<h3>What Does a Cyber Security Lead Do?</h3>
<p>The Cybersecurity Lead is responsible for overseeing Amphenol HSIO’s global cybersecurity operations, policies, controls, incident response and audit readiness. This role combines technical leadership, security engineering, and governance & compliance responsibilities while leading a team of three analysts across multiple time zones.</p>
<h3>Responsibilities</h3>
<ul>
<li>Lead, mentor and develop a global cybersecurity team focused on endpoint security, identity protection, vulnerability management and incident response.</li>
<li>Drive the Cybersecurity roadmap and maturity model aligned to corporate and divisional objectives.</li>
<li>Serve as a trusted security advisor to IT leadership, site managers, engineering and executive stakeholders.</li>
<li>Own global EDR/ITP operations: CrowdStrike Falcon Endpoint Protection and Identity Threat Protection.</li>
<li>Manage SIEM monitoring, use cases, tuning and incident investigations using Microsoft Sentinel.</li>
<li>Oversee identity and access security via Microsoft Entra ID, Active Directory, conditional access, MFA, privileged access and RBAC governance.</li>
<li>Strengthen endpoint security posture through Intune configuration, compliance policies, encryption and secure baseline deployment.</li>
<li>Coordinate vulnerability management, remediation cycles and penetration test results across sites and business units.</li>
<li>Lead incident response efforts, root cause analysis and corrective action planning.</li>
<li>Maintain and continually improve security policies, standards, baselines and procedures.</li>
<li>Manage Vanta compliance automation for SOC, SOX and internal controls monitoring.</li>
<li>Prepare evidence, documentation and corrective actions for internal and external audits.</li>
<li>Lead security risk assessments for IT systems, applications, cloud services and vendors.</li>
<li>Support secure change management processes, CAB participation and segregation‑of‑duty reviews.</li>
<li>Strengthen cloud security posture in Azure (Identity, Network Security Groups, Defender for Cloud, Security Center).</li>
<li>Oversee security controls for global network infrastructure, including Fortinet FortiGate, FortiAnalyzer, Cisco Meraki and Arista switching and Wi‑Fi.</li>
<li>Partner with Network Engineering and Infrastructure teams to secure new sites, expansions and global connectivity upgrades.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Qualifications</h3>
<ul>
<li>5+ years of cybersecurity experience, with at least 2+ years in a leadership or senior specialist role.</li>
<li>Strong technical expertise in Microsoft Entra ID / Conditional Access, Active Directory & Group Policy, Intune endpoint security & compliance, CrowdStrike Falcon (EDR, ITP), Microsoft Defender suite, Microsoft Sentinel (SIEM), Azure Security tools.</li>
<li>Demonstrated experience with Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC) frameworks, Vanta (or similar compliance automation platforms), internal and external audit readiness, SOC2, SOX, ISO27001 or NIST CSF controls.</li>
<li>Hands‑on experience securing enterprise networks (Fortinet, Meraki, Arista).</li>
<li>Strong communication skills with the ability to interface with technical and non‑technical stakeholders globally.</li>
<li>CISSP, CISM, CCSP, AZ‑500 or similar certifications (Preferred).</li>
<li>Experience within manufacturing, engineering or multi‑site global enterprises (Preferred).</li>
<li>Familiarity with QAD ERP security and manufacturing shop‑floor systems (Preferred).</li>
<li>Experience leading distributed teams across multiple countries/time zones (Preferred).</li>
</ul>
<h3>Why Work for Us?</h3>
<ul>
<li>Benefits Coverage: Comprehensive health, dental, vision and travel insurance.</li>
<li>Health Care Spending Account: Additional financial support for health‑related expenses.</li>
<li>Pension Plan: Company‑supported pension scheme.</li>
<li>Incentive Plans: Progressive employee incentive plans.</li>
<li>Talent Development: Opportunities for professional growth and development.</li>
<li>Company Recreation Club: Participate in fun activities, draws with exciting prizes, summer BBQs, holiday parties and more!</li>
</ul>
<p>Amphenol Corporation is proud of our reputation as an excellent employer. Our focus is to provide the highest level of support and responsiveness to both our employees and our customers, the world's largest technology companies.</p>
<p>Amphenol is an “Equal Opportunity Employer” – Minority/Female/Disabled/Veteran/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/National Origin. For additional company information please visit our website at https://www.amphenol-cs.com/</p></p>
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