Senior Security Advisor - Detection Engineering

Intact Financial Corporation; Montreal (administrative region); Hybrid; CAD 102,000 - 124,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Pension plan

Share plan

Annual bonus up to 12%

Job summary

Intact Insurance in Montreal is seeking an experienced Senior Security Advisor to strengthen its Detection Engineering in the cyber defence team. The role focuses on cloud and infrastructure security, threat detection, and scalable security solutions.

You will design, implement, and maintain secure environments, collaborate across teams, and manage priorities independently. 4–6 years in cybersecurity with cloud experience is expected; bilingual English/French communication is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or equivalent experience.
• 4–6 years in cybersecurity, DevOps, or infrastructure.
• Experience with security monitoring and threat detection.
• Knowledge of MITRE ATT&CK and Cyber Kill Chain.
• Experience with cloud security across AWS/Azure/GCP.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain secure cloud and containerized environments.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams and manage priorities.
• Support log ingestion, normalization, and platform maintenance.
• Monitor and investigate alerts using SIEM, XDR, and related tools.
• Develop and tune detection rules and threat signatures.

Skills

Security monitoring

Cloud security

SIEM/XDR/UEBA

Detection engineering

Python

Terraform

Kubernetes

Communication (EN/FR)

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science

Tools

Microsoft Sentinel

CrowdStrike

Jira

Purview

Elastic

Job description

Pay and Benefits

Pay at Intact is about much more than just salary. Flexible work arrangements and a hybrid work model.

• Possibility to purchase up to 5 extra days off per year.
• Multiple benefits offered to support physical and mental wellbeing, including telemedicine, Wellness account and much more.
• Share plan & other savings: up to 12% of salary or even more (ask how you could earn guaranteed income for life).
• Salary range (but not limited to): 101,800 - 124,400.
• Annual bonus target, based on the base salary, with a potential payout of up to double the target (subject to personal and company performance): 12%.
• Our pension offerings provide flexibility and long-term security for our employees beyond their careers. We are one of the few companies offering the opportunity to receive guaranteed income for life via our defined benefit pension plan.

Salary for the candidate will be determined taking into consideration a number of factors including: experience, skills, qualifications, anticipated contribution to role, internal equity, etc. The salary range presented above is based on a 35-hour workweek and would represent a majority of different candidate profiles. However, we encourage candidates who may fall outside of this range to apply as well.

About the role

Intact Insurance is seeking an experienced Senior Security Advisor to strengthen its Detection Engineering in cyber defence team. This role focuses on cloud and infrastructure security, threat detection, and the development of scalable security solutions. Ce poste jouera un rôle essentiel au sein de notre équipe. This position will fill an essential role in our team.

What you'll do

• Design, implement, and maintain secure cloud, on-premises, and containerized environments.
• Collaborate with development, infrastructure, and security teams while managing priorities independently.
• Support log ingestion, normalization, filtering, troubleshooting, and platform maintenance.
• Monitor, validate, and investigate alerts using SIEM, EDR, XDR, and related security platforms.
• Develop, tune, and maintain detection rules, security use cases, and threat signatures.
• Investigate suspicious activity and identify new detection, mitigation, and response opportunities.
• Reduce false positives and improve alert quality and response efficiency.
• Administer core security tools, including Microsoft Sentinel, CrowdStrike, Microsoft Purview, and Jira.

What you bring to the table

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, or any combination of equivalent education and experience.
• 4–6 years of experience in cybersecurity, DevOps, or infrastructure.
• Experience in security monitoring, including SIEM, SOAR, XDR, TIP, or UEBA platforms.
• Knowledge of detection engineering, rule writing, MITRE ATT&CK, and the Cyber Kill Chain.
• Understanding of threat actors, attack techniques, phishing, privilege escalation, lateral movement, and data exfiltration.
• Experience with cloud security across AWS, Azure, or GCP, including identity, logging, and network controls.
• Experience with Azure VMs, Load Balancer, Terraform, Kubernetes, Linux, Python, Ansible, Syslog, Logstash, CrowdStrike, and Elastic.
• Strong communication, collaboration, prioritization, and troubleshooting skills.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in French and English – Need to interact on a regular basis with colleagues across the country.
• Security-related certification (CEH, GCIH, GCTI, GCFE or the equivalent), an asset.
• No Canadian work experience required; however must be eligible to work in Canada.

Equal opportunity and diversity

We are an equal opportunity employer. At Intact, our Value of respect is founded on seeing diversity as a strength. We strive to create an accessible workplace where employees feel valued, included and encouraged to share their unique perspectives. We encourage applications from individuals who are members of equity-deserving groups, including but not limited to women, Indigenous peoples, persons with disabilities, Black people, and members of the 2SLGBTQI+ community. As part of Intact’s commitment to reconciliation, we acknowledge that we work, meet and travel across the land currently called Canada, originally inhabited by First Nations, Metis and Inuit people. This history extends through many centuries and continues to evolve today. We have policies to ensure equal access and participation for people with disabilities, including providing workplace adjustments (accommodations). A copy of applicable policies is available on request. If we can provide a specific adjustment to make the recruitment process more accessible for you, please let us know when we reach out about a job opportunity. We’ll work with you to meet your needs.

Eligibility and work requirements

Please note that Intact does not provide sponsorship or other support for immigration-related matters including but not limited to employer-specific closed work permits. Candidates must be eligible to work in Canada from the anticipated start date and throughout their employment and are solely responsible for maintaining their work eligibility.