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About the Role
We’re looking for a Security Advisor Specialist to join our growing team!
Responsibilities
- Identify security events and risks that need to be monitored, measured, and reported.
- Design, implement, and continuously optimize CDN and WAF security controls across enterprise environments.
- Develop, maintain, and tune security rules aligned with industry best practices, including the OWASP Top 10.
- Configure and enhance bot protection, DoS, and DDoS mitigation capabilities while balancing security, performance, and availability.
- Protect web applications and APIs against common attacks and emerging threats.
- Manage CDN and WAF configurations as Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, including reusable modules and secure configuration standards.
- Integrate CDN and WAF changes into CI/CD pipelines with version control, peer review, automated validation, and controlled deployments.
- Develop automated tests and scripts for security policies, configuration changes, operational tasks, and reporting.
- Monitor WAF logs and security telemetry, investigate attack patterns, tune policies, and minimize false positives.
- Detect configuration drift, support incident response, and maintain clear documentation for WAF architecture, policies, and operational procedures.
Requirements
- University degree in information security, computer science, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Minimum five years of relevant experience in information technology, including hands-on experience supporting enterprise web and application security.
- Extensive experience administering and supporting enterprise-grade CDN and WAF platforms in complex environments.
- Deep understanding of networking fundamentals and protocols, including TCP/IP, HTTP/S, DNS, TLS, routing, load balancing, reverse proxies, caching, and traffic flows across distributed environments.
- Strong understanding of web traffic, application architectures, APIs, and common attack techniques.
- Proven ability to develop, document, and enforce security policies, standards, and procedures.
- Experience managing security policies throughout their lifecycle, including requirements gathering, implementation, testing, approvals, exception management, reviews, and retirement.
- Strong Terraform expertise, with experience creating and maintaining reusable modules, managing environments through version control, and applying Infrastructure as Code practices to security services.
- Proficiency in scripting and automation using Python, Bash, or similar languages.
- Ability to interpret security events and technical data, troubleshoot complex production issues, identify root causes, and communicate practical recommendations to technical and business stakeholders.
- Strong collaboration skills, sound judgment, and a commitment to ethical security practices.
- No Canadian work experience required however must be eligible to work in Canada
Skills
- CDN
- WAF
- OWASP Top 10
- Terraform
- Python
- Bash
- TCP/IP
- HTTP/S
- DNS
- TLS
- routing
- load balancing
- reverse proxies
- caching
- traffic flows
- web traffic
- application architectures
- APIs
- Infrastructure as Code
- CI/CD pipelines
- version control
- scripting
- automation
Location
- Canada
Work Type
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- Minimum five years of relevant experience
Education Level
- University degree in information security, computer science, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience
Salary/Compensations
- 118,700 - 145,100
- 15% Annual bonus target
Benefits
- Flexible work arrangements
- Hybrid work model
- Possibility to purchase up to 5 extra days off per year
- Telemedicine
- Wellness account
- Share plan & other savings: up to 12% of salary or even more
- Guaranteed income for life via defined benefit pension plan
- Annual bonus plan
- Employee Share Purchase Plan (ESPP) – with Intact matching 50% of your net shares.
About the Company
- 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.
Equal Opportunity
- 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.
- 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.