Senior Security Advisor - Detection Engineering

Intact FC • Montreal, QC

3d • CA$101,800 - CA$124,400 • Hybrid

About The Position

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.

Requirements

• 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.
• No Canadian work experience required however must be eligible to work in Canada.

Nice To Haves

• Security-related certification (CEH, GCIH, GCTI, GCFE or the equivalent), an asset.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Benefits

• 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)
• Annual bonus target, based on the base salary, with a potential payout of up to double the target (subject to personal and company performance)
• Employee Share Purchase Plan (ESPP) – with Intact matching 50% of your net shares.
• Defined benefit pension plan offering guaranteed income for life.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior