SOC Engineering, Lead

Who We Are:

Every transaction matters. Every Canadian matters. At Interac, we protect both — driving trust, security, and inclusion, so our digital economy thrives.

Founded in 1984, Interac connects Canadians through secure digital payments, advanced identity verification and industry-leading fraud protection. Connecting banks, businesses, and individuals, Interac enables millions to send, receive, and manage money safely and effortlessly every day — across both digital and physical environments.

As the backbone of Canada’s financial ecosystem, Interac facilitates over 20 million transactions daily, supported by trusted partnerships with government and financial institutions. Consistently ranked as Canada’s most reputable financial technology brand, Interac is deeply embedded in the daily lives of Canadians.

Who You Will Work With:

The vacant SOC Engineering, Lead role will report to the Leader, Threat & Vulnerability Management.

What You Will Do: ​

SOC Engineering & Detection Capability Leadership

• Accountable for the overall effectiveness, maturity, and continuous evolution of SOC capabilities, including SIEM platforms, detection engineering, and supporting security technologies such as Endpoint Protection.

• Establishes and maintains engineering standards, governance, methodologies, and operational processes.

• Ensures detection coverage is comprehensive, effective, and aligned to the organization's risk profile and threat landscape.

• Partners with Incident Response and Threat Intelligence teams to continuously enhance detection capabilities, improve visibility, and strengthen investigative readiness.

Security Monitoring Platforms & Data Management

• Owns the architecture, integration, performance, and reliability of security monitoring platforms and supporting infrastructure.

• Ensures security data pipelines, logging, telemetry, and ingestion capabilities provide comprehensive and actionable visibility across the enterprise.

• Establishes standards for data quality, normalisation, enrichment, and coverage to support effective threat detection and investigation.

• Collaborates with technology and engineering teams to ensure systems, applications, and services are integrated into security monitoring and detection capabilities.

Incident Response & Detection Validation

• Provides technical leadership and engineering expertise during cyber security incidents, investigations, and threat containment activities.

• Oversees the design, development, tuning, and optimisation of threat detection use cases aligned to evolving threat actor tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs).

• Validates the effectiveness of detection controls through testing, simulation, and continuous assessment.

• Supports red team, purple team, adversary emulation, and attack simulation exercises to identify gaps and improve detection and response capabilities.

• Works closely with stakeholders to ensure lessons learned from incidents are incorporated into detection strategies and engineering improvements.

Continuous Improvement & Strategic Capability Development

• Own the strategy and roadmap for SOC engineering, detection engineering, and security operations capabilities.

• Drives the ongoing enhancement of SOC engineering capabilities through automation, process optimisation, and technology innovation.

• Evaluates emerging technologies, industry trends, and leading practices to strengthen the organization's security monitoring and detection posture.

• Identifies opportunities to improve operational resilience, scalability, efficiency, and overall security effectiveness.

What You Bring:

• Minimum 7 years of experience in cybersecurity engineering, security operations, or a related discipline, including experience owning or leading cybersecurity platforms, services, or capabilities.

• Strong experience with security monitoring, detection engineering, incident response, and threat intelligence, including the development and optimisation of detection use cases aligned to threat actor behaviours and the MITRE ATT&CK framework.

• Hands-on experience with enterprise security technologies, including SIEM, EDR/XDR/NDR, security data pipelines, logging, and monitoring solutions.

• Strong understanding of network security, TCP/IP, systems hardening, cloud security, and modern cybersecurity architectures.

• Experience leading security platform transformations, migrations, or capability modernization initiatives within complex enterprise environments.

• Proven ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams, influence stakeholders, manage competing priorities, and communicate technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.

• Government of Canada Secret (Level II) clearance, or eligibility to obtain and maintain clearance.

• Industry certifications such as CISSP, CCSP, CISM, CISA, CEH, OSCP, or equivalent are considered an asset.

What We’re Offering:

The hiring range for this position is $120,000 - $135,000, and you will also be eligible for our short-term incentive plan. The exact amount will depend on factors such as skills, experience, and job-related knowledge, but Interac’s commitment goes beyond compensation. Our Total Rewards package is designed to support your well-being and future, and includes:

• Generous vacation and wellness days to help you recharge

• Comprehensive employer-paid benefits coverage for peace of mind

• Market-leading employer-funded RRSP program to invest in your future

• Flexible hybrid work model for better work-life balance

• Access to a free and confidential 24/7 employee & family assistance program to offer support for you and your immediate family

• Pregnancy and parental leave top-up to support growing families

• Charitable donation matching with United Way to amplify your impact

Why Join Us?

At Interac, the impact we make, and the people who drive it, is profound. When you become part of our team, you’re joining a purpose-driven organization that’s shaping the future of digital finance in Canada. Here’s what you can expect:

• Investing in the Future – Help us unlock digital prosperity for all Canadians.

• Innovative Thinking – Collaborate on products, practices, and platforms that redefine what’s possible.

• Inclusive Culture – Be empowered to bring your whole self to work and realize your full potential.

• Inspiring Community – Work in an ecosystem where we lift each other up and rise together.

• Intentional Support – Enjoy flexible, supportive offerings that prioritize your total wellness.

Additional Pre-Employment Requirements:

To ensure the integrity of our organization, successful candidates will be required to complete background checks, which may include, Canadian Criminal Credit Check, Canadian ID Cross-Check, Public Safety Verification, 5-year Employment Verification, Education Verification, Credit Check, and Social Media Check.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Interac is also an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace. We believe that innovation thrives when people from different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives come together. That’s why we are committed to providing fair and equitable employment opportunities for all individuals, without discrimination based on race, color, ancestry, ethnic origin, place of origin, citizenship, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, marital or family status, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

If you require accommodation during any stage of the application or recruitment process, please contact us at [email protected]. We will work with you to meet your needs.

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