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. The vacant Systems Engineering, Senior Specialist role will report to the Leader, Infrastructure Operations.

The Systems

Engineering, Senior Specialist is responsible for the reliability, resiliency, and security of Interac’s corporate and enterprise systems across hybrid infrastructure (on‑premises and cloud). The role supports hands‑on engineering to design and operationalization of platforms and services while contributing to technical standards, automation, and governance guardrails. Partnering within Platform Engineering & Operations, Security, Network, and application teams, the Senior Specialist helps improve service quality against defined service levels, supports compliance readiness through audit‑ready operations and evidence, and drives continuous improvement through continuous adoption of automation efficiencies, proactive remediation, monitoring, and operational excellence. maintain core operations including monitoring, backup/recovery, capacity management, and DR/BCP readiness.

Automate infrastructure provisioning and configuration using Infrastructure as Code and configuration management (e.g., provide systems administration for Windows and RHEL, including software currency to support patching and vulnerability management. Monitor system health, performance, and capacity using observability tooling ecosystem; lead troubleshooting of complex incidents/outages, conduct root cause analysis and post‑incident reviews, and implement preventative improvements.



Coordinate and own security and compliance controls and activities including audit readiness/evidence, vulnerability and risk review, remediation tracking, technical documentation/runbooks, and vendor escalations where required.

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science/IT (or equivalent combination of education and experience). 5+ years of job‑related experience in infrastructure engineering/operations across hybrid environments (on‑prem and cloud). in Canada in a full‑time capacity. Strong background in Azure or AWS cloud solutions, including landing zone controls and network configuration, compute, Kubernetes (K8s) orchestration, databases, storage, access policies and management, and observability. Proven experience with source control and DevOps tooling to manage infrastructure and application code, particularly pipeline/runner development and configuration with GitHub Actions and Jenkins, along with other artifact storage and QE components such as Artifactory and SonarQube.

Proven experience with infrastructure automation and configuration tooling, including Terraform, CLI, and Ansible. 5+ years of working knowledge and experience with Linux distributions (RHEL, CentOS, Oracle) and Microsoft Windows Server.

Experience with Active Directory sites and services, Azure AD Connect, Azure AD, AD Certificate Services, Exchange Server, and MS SQL.

experience with AI‑driven operational automation is an asset. The ability to perform well in strict, change‑controlled, process‑driven environments and agile, flexible environments. Knowledge of backup technologies such as Dell Data domain and Veeam.

Experience with Office 365, Azure Virtual Desktop, Exchange Online, SharePoint Online. Exemplary interpersonal and technical support and client management skills. The hiring range for this position is $90,000 - $105,000,



and you will also be eligible for our short‑term incentive plan.

Generous vacation and wellness days to help you recharge 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 When you become part of our team, you’re joining a purpose‑driven organization that’s shaping the future of digital finance in Canada. Investing in the Future – Help us unlock digital prosperity for all Canadians.

Inspiring

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

Intentional

Support – Enjoy adaptable, 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. 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] helping to develop the future of money and data in Canada, security is the core of everything we do.

We help keep Canadian customers safe and secure when transacting. With nearly 300 financial institutions connected to our network, Canadians choose Interac products over 20 million times a day on average to exchange money. Interac champions workplace culture, community, and corporate citizenship.

📌 Systems Engineering, Senior Specialist (Toronto)
🏢 Interac
📍 Toronto