At Canadian Solar, our vision is to make lives better by bringing electricity powered by the sun to millions of people worldwide. As a leading manufacturer of solar panels, inverters, and energy storage solutions, we've been an industry front-runner since our founding in 2001. Our commitment to sustainability is reflected in all parts of our organization as we navigate the complexities of a booming industry.
Throughout Canadian Solar's subsidiaries, e-Storage, Recurrent Energy, MSS and CSI Solar Co., we invest in our employees' growth. Our training programs and promotional opportunities ensure we all can continue to learn. We understand the importance of work-life balance and provide various flexible work options to support our employees' well-being. Join our team to "Make the Difference" by creating a lasting positive impact on the world and the communities where we operate.
Location & Office Attendance:
This position is located in our Kitchener, Ontario in our beautiful new office. This is a Hybrid position that requires 3 days per week office attendance with flexibility to work from home two days per week.
Position Summary:
CSI Global IT is responsible for the delivery of critical enterprise-wide IT systems and services. As a member of the IT Cybersecurity team, you’ll be responsible for managing day-to-day operations to ensure the ongoing availability, reliability, and security of the Canadian Solar information assets in a cost-effective manner.
Professional Qualifications:
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A post-secondary degree or diploma in a related discipline, or equivalent experience in cybersecurity.
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8+ years of cybersecurity experience, preferably in a global manufacturing environment.
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Strong background in IAM, Endpoint Security, Email Security, SASE/Cloud Security solutions, and Threat Management.
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Experience with security products such as Bitsight, Cymulate, and Netskope.
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Expert knowledge of IT security processes (ticketing systems, change control, disaster recovery, and security administration).
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Experience leading penetration testing, Red Team assessments, and adversary emulation.
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Project management experience related to cybersecurity initiatives.
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Experience with Active Directory, SAML, ADFS, Kerberos, LDAP, GPO, DHCP, DNS.
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Strong background in Microsoft 365 security (Exchange Online, Teams, OneDrive, SharePoint).
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Experience securing IaaS, SaaS, and PaaS in Microsoft Azure and/or AWS.
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Experience with backup and disaster recovery solutions for cloud and on-premises environments.
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Experience with SIEM solutions, SOAR, and incident response tools.
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Scripting and automation experience (PowerShell preferred).
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Experience managing mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures is an asset.
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Microsoft 365, Azure, or AWS certifications are a plus but not required.
Top Skills
What We Do
Founded in 2001 in Ontario Canada, Canadian Solar (NASDAQ: CSIQ) is as a global energy provider with successful business subsidiaries in 20 countries & regions on 6 continents. Canadian Solar is both a leading manufacturer of solar PV modules and a provider of solar energy solutions, with over 14,000 employees globally.
With state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities in Canada, China, Brazil and South East Asian countries, Canadian Solar now has module manufacturing capacity and has delivered more than 55 GW of premium quality solar modules to customers in over 150 countries in the past 20 years.
Canadian Solar has solar power projects globally and solar power plants that are in commercial operation, with a resale value of US$1.2 billion. In addition, Canadian Solar has a geographically diversified utility-scale solar power project pipeline around 10 GWp, with projects being developed in the U.S., Japan, Latin America,Australia, EMEA, South East Asia, India and China. Of the total project pipeline, 2.9 GWp of projects are at late-stage development and have secured energy offtake agreements.
In 2018, Canadian Solar achieved a revenue of US$3.74 billion, Meanwhile, Canadian Solar was listed as the Bloomberg New Energy Finance’s Tier 1 Module Manufacturer in terms of bankability for Q4 2018, and was named as Top 3 Global Utility-scale Solar PV Project Developer for 2017 by GTM Research.
Canadian Solar Founder and CEO Dr. Shawn Qu blogs as a LinkedIn Influencer at https://www.linkedin.com/in/shawnqu/.
Canadian Solar is making the difference by delivering more clean, safe and affordable solar energy to the world.
