Principal, Security Engineering

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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.

• Flexible work arrangements and a hybrid work model
• Possibility to purchase up to 5 extra days off per year
• Multiple benefits 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 (not limited to): 161,

Annual bonus target, based on base salary, with a potential payout of up to double the target: 20%.

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 will be determined by experience, skills, qualifications, anticipated contribution, internal equity, etc. The salary range above is based on a 35‑hour workweek and represents a majority of candidate profiles. However, we encourage candidates who may fall outside this range to apply.

We are seeking a highly experienced and technically proficient Principal, Security Engineering, to lead complex engineering efforts and guide security decision‑making across the technology team. This role combines deep technical expertise with strategic thinking, business acumen, and mentorship, playing a critical part in driving cyber security risk mitigation efforts.

The Principal will focus on solving complex and ambiguous security problems, providing technical leadership on a variety of security topics, driving improvement in security engineering mechanisms, and mentoring security specialists.

• Provide technology direction on the architecture and design of security‑related technology initiatives.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to security specialists, ensuring high‑judgment decisions are made on complex problems across all security domains.
• Act as a force multiplier: leverage extensive expertise to enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of the engineering team, mentor colleagues, introduce best practices, and drive architectural improvements.
• Promote cross‑team collaboration and drive technical direction across teams, functions, and products, ensuring decisions support overall business, technology and security strategy.
• Collaborate with senior leadership and principals to develop and implement strategic initiatives that contribute to a durable and resilient security control environment.
• Identify opportunities for improvement and champion innovative ideas and initiatives to improve mechanisms.
• Monitor industry trends, emerging technologies, and changes in threat actor tactics; recommend strategies to evolve security countermeasures.
• Serve as an active member of the tech community and promote technology within and outside the organization as a thought leader.

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, engineering or related field.
• 10+ years of experience in cyber security and/or software development, with at least 3+ years in a technical leadership role.
• Deep expertise in multiple cyber security domains, including application security, data security, endpoint security, network security, identity and access management, detection engineering, threat intelligence, incident response, and third‑party risk management.
• Strong understanding of software architecture principles and modern system design patterns.
• Strong understanding of cloud service provider platforms and…