Senior Security Engineer

Who we are

Intega IT is a boutique IT security and support firm focused on helping organizations operate securely, efficiently, and with confidence. Since 2001, we’ve partnered with businesses throughout the Ottawa community, earning trust through consistent delivery, personalized service, and a relentless commitment to protecting and empowering our clients.

About the Role

Intega is seeking a Senior Security Engineer to provide advanced security expertise across managed customer environments. This role bridges day-to-day security engineering and full security architecture, combining hands‑on technical ownership with design input, mentorship, and incident leadership.

You will act as a senior escalation point for complex security issues, lead the implementation and tuning of security controls, and contribute to security standards and design decisions—while remaining actively involved in operational security delivery.

Key Responsibilities

Advanced Security Engineering & Escalation

• Serve as senior escalation for complex security alerts, incidents, and platform issues
• Lead investigation, containment, and remediation of high-impact security events
• Perform root cause analysis and drive preventative security improvements

Security Control Implementation & Optimization

• Design, implement, and tune security controls across endpoint, identity, email, and cloud platforms
• Develop deep expertise across all security platforms in use, with the ability to continuously tune, optimize, and maximize their effectiveness to improve detection accuracy, performance, and operational outcomes
• Validate effectiveness of security controls and detections across customer environments
• Reduce false positives and alert fatigue through tuning and continuous improvement

Incident Response & Threat Management

• Act as technical lead during security incidents, including coordination with NOC, Network, M365, and leadership
• Support incident impact analysis, recovery recommendations, and post-incident reviews
• Contribute to the development and refinement of incident response playbooks

Design Contribution & Standards Enablement

• Contribute to security standards, baselines, and reference designs
• Review proposed infrastructure, M365, and network changes for security alignment
• Partner with Security Architects on non‑standard or high‑risk designs
• Lead secure design decisions during project delivery

Mentorship & Technical Leadership

• Mentor members of the Service Team on tooling, response techniques, and best practices
• Raise the overall technical and operational maturity of the security function
• Share threat intelligence and security insights across teams

Core Skills & Competencies

Technical Skills

• Advanced experience with EDR/XDR platforms
• Identity security (MFA, Conditional Access, identity‑based threat detection)
• Email security and anti‑phishing controls
• SIEM/SOAR integration and detection logic
• Endpoint, cloud, and SaaS security fundamentals
• Vulnerability awareness and mitigation strategies

Operational Skills

• Security incident response leadership
• Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and preventative remediation
• Security control effectiveness evaluation
• Detection tuning and alert optimization
• Cross‑functional collaboration in an MSP environment

Behavioral Skills

• Strong ownership and accountability
• Calm, decisive response under pressure
• Risk‑based decision‑making
• Clear technical communication and influence without authority

Qualifications

Required / Expected

• 5–8 years experience in security engineering, security operations, or SOC roles
• Demonstrated ownership of complex security incidents and security platform management
• Experience supporting multi‑tenant or MSP environments strongly preferred

Preferred Certifications

• Microsoft SC-200 (Security Operations Analyst) and/or SC-300 (Identity & Access)
• CompTIA Security+, CySA+, CISSP, or equivalent
• Vendor security certifications (Defender, Sentinel, Fortinet, Sonicwall)
• Practical incident response or threat‑hunting training

Why should you work here?

• Strong, People‑First Culture
  A company culture built on unity, transparency, and trust. You’ll work alongside a supportive leadership team that values open communication, recognizes contributions, and genuinely cares about your success.
• Competitive, Performance‑Based Compensation
  Your salary reflects your experience, certifications, and pro