Intermediate Privacy Technologist
Full-time
Remote Friendly within Canada
Our intermediate privacy technologists use their experience to help our clients identify and mitigate technological risks associated with new or updated solutions, programs, or technologies. They are part of a team of privacy experts who work together to bridge the gap between privacy and cyber security. The team completes client deliverables such as Privacy Impact Assessments, Privacy Training, Privacy by Design projects, and other related activities.
As an intermediate privacy technologist, you will:
- Analyze architecture diagrams
- Understand, document, and create data flow diagrams
- Solve problems, write clearly, and deliver results
- Identify required technical safeguards in solutions
- Recommend technical safeguards and ways to minimize risk
- Support a team of analysts and technologists to deliver Privacy Impact Assessments, Privacy by Design projects, and privacy programs in a collaborative way
- Present your findings to clients and describe highly technical concepts in plain language, giving them confidence in our work and providing expert answers
- Communicate with vendor technical teams to better understand their application
- Contribute to business planning and seek business opportunities
- Write responses to Requests for Proposals, Statements of Work, and Requests for Quotes
You will thrive in this role if you:
- Have an analytical mindset that challenges the status quo
- Love keeping your skills current—the world of privacy technology is always evolving
- Love talking with people about technology risks (and able to do so in plain language)
- Love connecting the dots between laws, technologies, and best practices
- Love using information from different places (like past privacy breaches, new technologies, and a court decision) to form a recommendation
- Are eager to get some new certifications and learn about the fast growing industry of privacy!
- Love working with a team who has your back and providing them the same support
- Are comfortable working on individual components that are incorporated into team deliverables
- Are interested in privacy and looking to gather experience and be mentored in this type of work
We are looking for someone with:
- 5+ years of privacy technology experience
- A Certified Information Privacy Technologist or a similar credential
- An undergraduate or advanced degree in computer sciences or a related field (or comparable education)
- Completed or contributed to 15+ Privacy Impact Assessments
- Strong writing and speaking skills
- An energetic attitude and ability the ability to present and to lead meetings
- An ability to focus, show enthusiasm, and care for colleagues, clients, and the work
- An ability to organize your work to fit with team, client, and project timelines
- The ability to synthesize information from a variety of sources and think analytically
- Transferrable skills in project management, analysis, digital transformation, facilitation, or another area
- Flexibility in the type of project assigned and the skills used
- The ability to deliver exceptional services to our clients
Additional Perks: Medical benefit premiums, RRSP matching, annual training/ conference budget, annual stipend for WFH expenses, annual fitness stipend, maternity leave top-up.
Please Note: We encourage and welcome applicants who represent or identify as part of a historically excluded group, such as belonging to the LGBTQ+ community, of Indigenous or racialized heritage, and/or differently abled.
Life at Barrington:
- The Barrington Consulting team offers the total package
- We are a team of achievers who are all about working hard for our clients to make a difference in local communities
- In a small firm like ours, you can think like a boss and drive your own career path while being supported by firm leadership to try, and learn, new things
- At Barrington Consulting, we appreciate the unique experiences and talents that each team member brings to the table
- Our team lives the work hard, play hard mantra and work / life balance is a reality.