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

Job Information
Job Title: Information Security Officer 3 (Security Architect, Application and Product Security) 
Job Requisition ID: 78954
Ministry: Technology and Innovation
Location: Remote across Alberta 
Full or Part-Time: Full Time
Hours of Work: 36.25 hours per week
Permanent/Temporary: Permanent
Scope: Open Competition
Closing Date: February 17, 2026
Classifications: Systems Analyst Level 3 
Salary range: $3,756.86 - $4,976.09/Biweekly ($98,054 - $129,875/yearly) 

Every member of Technology and Innovation strives to enable the success of our Ministry partners and Albertans through providing exceptional client focused services that meet and exceed our clients’ expectations. We are looking for collaborative, agile, solutions focused individuals with strong communication skills and a strong service orientation. If that describes you, please read on! 

To learn more about us, please visit our ministry’s web page (https://www.alberta.ca/technology-and-innovation.aspx) and Cybersecurity in Alberta (https://www.alberta.ca/cybersecurity-in-alberta.aspx).
 
The passionate and solutions focused people that we hire help us to drive vital programs and services that affect Albertans. Whatever your position is here, you will be a part of something great. 

Join us!

Role Responsibilities

We’re expanding our Cybersecurity Services team and hiring multiple Security Architects within our Application and Product Security group.

Do you have a curious mind and a broad set of technical skills to back it up? Do you enjoy figuring out “what happened and who dun it” to determine capabilities to protect applications and services from experiencing similar incidents? Do you thrive on improving systems, services, and processes to be more secure, effective, and efficient? Can you keep the larger picture in mind while digging into the weeds? Do you enjoy working with teams of dedicated professionals to reduce the occurrence of significant security issues and strengthen the security posture of an enterprise environment?

If so, this position may be for you!

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. You will work closely with client departments to strengthen and evolve security architecture and capabilities, embedding security seamlessly within a modern DevSecOps framework.

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.

Responsibilities:

Some of your responsibilities in this position will include but are not limited to:

• Development, maintenance, advocacy, and compliance for security architecture and DevSecOps framework and policy instruments such as directives, frameworks, policies, standards, and guidelines.
• Security architecture subject matter expertise in the one or more following domains:
  • Secure application development processes and tools.
  • Secure business architecture.
  • Secure data architecture.
  • Secure application architecture.
  • Secure technology architecture.

Role Responsibilities continued,

•    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 securit