Who You Will Work With:

The Platform Services & Cloud Engineering, Senior Specialist is accountable for designing, building, and supporting scalable, secure cloud infrastructure that underpins Interac’s Data, Analytics, and AI platform. This role enables reliable, compliant, and high-performing data, analytics, and AI capabilities through cloud engineering best practices, automation, and Infrastructure-as-Code.

Working closely with Cloud Engineering, Cloud Operations, Information Security, Architecture, and Data & AI stakeholders, this role ensures platform services are resilient, secure by design, operationally robust, and aligned to enterprise standards while supporting efficient delivery and continuous improvement.

What YouWillDo:

• Designing, building, and enhancing cloud infrastructure in AWS using Infrastructure-as-Code (e.g., Terraform).

• Implementing scalable and secure platform foundations, across networking, storage, and compute.

• Developing reusable engineering patterns, including CI/CD pipelines, automation frameworks, and IaC modules.

• Enabling platform integrations and hybrid connectivity across identity, networking, data movement, observability, and enterprise systems.

• Implementing and maintaining security controls, including encryption, access management, network segmentation, and vulnerability management.

• Ensuring platform designs align with enterprise security standards and regulatory requirements (e.g., PCI DSS).

• Partnering with Information Security and architecture to maintain compliance and governance guardrails.

• Supporting platform operations through monitoring, alerting, and incident response.

• Providing L2/L3 support for production issues, including root cause analysis and remediation.

• Participating in an on-call rotation to support platform availability and service continuity.

• Contributing to technical design discussions and aligning solutions with architectural best practices.

• Collaborating with engineering, platform, and operations teams to deliver high-quality, reliable solutions.

• Creating and maintaining documentation for platform architecture, operational processes, and engineering standards.

• Providing guidance to peers through code reviews, knowledge sharing, and adoption of best practices.

WhatYou Bring:

• Bachelors degree required, with Engineering, Computer Science, Programming/Systems, or related field, or equivalent practical experience.

• 5+ years of experience in cloud engineering, platform engineering, DevOps, or related disciplines.

• Strong AWS infrastructure knowledge, including IAM, VPC, S3, KMS, CloudWatch, and networking patterns such as PrivateLink, Transit Gateway, NAT Gateway, Route 53, and hybrid connectivity.

• Strong cloud engineering and SRE mindset focused on reliability, scalability, automation, observability, and service quality

• Strong experience with AWS services, including IAM, VPC, S3, KMS, and CloudWatch.

• Expertise in Infrastructure-as-Code tools such as Terraform (or equivalent).

• Experience designing, building, and maintaining CI/CD pipelines and automated delivery workflows using tools such as GitHub, GitHub Actions, Terraform Cloud/Enterprise, Artifactory, SonarQube, or equivalent.

• Familiarity with identity and access management and secrets management patterns, including SSO, SAML, OIDC, privileged access, and tools such as AWS Secrets Manager, CyberArk PAM, or equivalent.

• Strong Linux/Unix administration skills and scripting experience (e.g., Bash, Python).

• Strong knowledge of Git-based workflows, branching strategies,, and pull request-based review.

• Experience with monitoring, logging, and observability practices in cloud environments, including tools such as CloudWatch, CloudTrail, and Security Hub.

• Strong collaboration, communication, and documentation skills across cross-functional teams.

• Ability to work independently in a fast-paced, high-availability environment with a strong sense of accountability.

• Willingness to participate in an on-call rotation and support after-hours production needs.

• Eligibility to work for Interac Corp. in Canada in a full-time capacity. 

WhatWe2019reOffering:

The hiringrangefor this position is$110,000 - $130,000, 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, butInterac2019scommitment 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

• Accessto afree and confidential 24/7 employee & familyassistanceprogram 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