Senior Security Advisor - Detection Engineering

Our employees are at the heart of everything we do. Together, we help people, businesses, and society prosper in good times and be resilient in bad times. Our employee promise represents Intact’s commitment to you in exchange for living our Values, striving to do your best work, being open to change and investing in your career. In return, we promise to provide support, opportunities and performance-led financial rewards at a workplace where you can shape the future, win as a team and grow with us. 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% As part of our commitment to Win As A Team , we share our success with employees through our annual bonus plan and Employee Share Purchase Plan (ESPP) – with Intact matching 50% of your net shares. 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.

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. What you'll do here: 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,