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 proven success. We reward growth, initiative, and impact, not just tenure.

A Workplace You’ll Actually Enjoy Coming To Our office is conveniently located in Westboro within walking distance to some of the best coffee sho