Senior Security Architect

September 5, 2025

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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.

About The Role

Our growing team is looking for a Senior Security Architect . As a Security Architect, you will be responsible for assisting the security teams in developing Cybersecurity strategy and roadmaps, performing product selections, and advising stakeholders on GenAI-powered Cybersecurity and new threats posed by emerging technologies.

You will work closely with the Manager of Security Architecture and Emerging Technology, as well as other stakeholders, to ensure that Intact Financial’s initiatives are aligned with the company’s security policies, standards, and industry best practices. You will also monitor and evaluate the security posture of systems, identify threats, and provide recommendations for improvement and risk remediation.

What You’ll Do Here

  • Review and provide input to Cybersecurity strategy and roadmaps.
  • Design and develop security architecture frameworks.
  • Research and evaluate emerging threats, risks, trends and propose appropriate countermeasures.
  • Collaborate with IT management and other security teams to keep them current in emerging threats and new technologies.
  • Participate in Proof of Concepts of new security technologies, contribute to defining success criteria and decision making.

What You Bring To The Table

  • Bachelor’s degree or higher in computer science or software engineering.
  • At least 5 years of experience in security architecture or security solution designing in security operations, network security, infrastructure/cloud security, and application security.
  • Sound knowledge and skills in emerging technologies and guardrails, i.e., multi-foundry GenAI LLMs on multi-cloud platforms, such as Copilot, Gemini, GPT-3.5/4, AWS Bedrock, Amazon SageMaker, OpenAI Codex, TensorFlow, PyTorch, etc.
  • Be familiar with security principles, frameworks, standards, and best practices, such as OWASP, NIST, SABSA, ISO, etc.
  • Sound knowledge and hands-on skills in security tools and techniques, such as cryptography, IAM/authentication/authorization, vulnerability management, penetration testing, threat modeling and risk assessment, etc.
  • Strong analytical and logical thinking skills.
  • Excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills.
  • Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced and dynamic environment.
  • Security certifications such as CISSP, CISM, SANS, CCSP, Cloud platform (AWS/Azure/GCP) certifications, GenAI certifications, or OSCP are a definite asset.
  • Bilingualism – For candidates in Quebec, bilingualism is required considering interactions with English-speaking colleagues across the country.
  • No Canadian work experience required but must be eligible to work in Canada.

What We Offer

Our hybrid work model provides a balance between working from home and in-person interactions. As a permanent team member, you can expect: