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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. We are seeking a highly experienced and technically proficient Principal, Cybersecurity Engineering, to lead complex engineering efforts and guide security decision-making across the organization. This role combines deep technical expertise with strategic thinking, business acumen, and mentorship, and playing a critical role in driving cybersecurity risk mitigation at scale.

The Principal is a highly technical, product-minded leader—experienced in tackling complex, ambiguous problems on a variety of cybersecurity topics and translating them into clear direction and outcomes. They will set and communicate the security engineering strategy, define the technical roadmap, and partner closely with product and technology teams to ensure secure-by-design delivery. Provide technology direction on the architecture and design of security-related technology initiatives.

Serve as a trusted advisor to security specialists,



leveraging expertise to ensure high judgement decisions are made on complex and ambiguous security problems across all security domains, either by acting as decision-maker or by helping other specialists with the decision-making process.

Leverage your extensive expertise to enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of the entire engineering team. Foster a culture of innovation and excellence by mentoring colleagues, enhancing mechanisms, introducing best practices, and driving architectural improvements that enable the team to implement strong security risk mitigations.

Promote cross-team collaboration and drive technical direction across teams, functions, and products, ensuring decisions support overall business, technology and security strategy.

Collaborate closely with senior leadership and principals to develop and implement strategic initiatives that contribute to a durable and resilient security control environment.

Monitor and assess the impact of industry trends, emerging technologies, and changes in threat actor tactics and techniques; recommend strategies to evolve security countermeasures in response.

Serve as an active member of the tech community and promote technology within and outside the organization as a thought leader and contributing to advance IFC’s interests. 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 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.

Robust understanding of software architecture principles and modern system design patterns.

Strong understanding of cloud service provider platforms and strategies for securing cloud-based technology assets.

Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills to bridge the gap between cyber security teams and business leaders.

Proven leadership in mentoring security specialists and building technical communities.

For candidates located in Quebec, bilingualism is required considering the necessity to interact on a regular basis with English-speaking colleagues across the country.

No Canadian work experience required however must be eligible to work in Canada. #At Intact, our Value of respect is founded on seeing diversity as a strength. 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.

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. 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.

If you are an employee of Intact or belairdirect, please apply for this role on Internal Career Site.

📌 Principal, Security Engineering (Canada)
🏢 Intact Financial
📍 Canada