Platform Services & Cloud Engineering, Senior Specialist

Interac Corp. • Toronto, ON

5d • CA$110,000 - CA$130,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

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.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s 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.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Benefits

• The hiring range for this position is $110,000 - $130,000, and you will also be eligible for our short-term incentive plan.
• 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

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior