Systems Engineering, Senior Specialist

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

Who You Will Work With:

The vacant Systems Engineering Senior Specialist role will report to the Leader RTR Operations. The Systems Engineering Senior Specialist will oversee both physical and virtual components of the organizations IT landscape including hardware servers networks and software environments. They will be doing hands-on work and will have exposure to multiple infrastructure domains including compute networking storage backup and database platforms with a focus on preparation of patching plans maintenance windows and implementation. They will work with internal and third-party vendors/service providers ensuring seamless integration effective service delivery and alignment with the enterprise strategic objectives.

What You Will Do:

• Collaborating with Architecture Platform Engineering and Dev-Sec-Ops teams to develop and execute a consistent secure and robust infrastructure and platform supporting all product lines and services.

• Managing operating systems and system software for software currency and stability in platforms (i.e. RHEL Windows etc.).

• Prepare patch plans and maintenance windows; coordinate approvals prerequisites and comms.

• Apply OS/middleware updates using approved pipelines; perform pre/post validation and basic rollbacks when required.

• Validate lowerenvironment changes before promotion; document outcomes and residual risks.

• Update configuration baselines and evidence for audit linking changes to vulnerability remediation.

• Containers & Platform: Red Hat OpenShift (clusters nodes operators) Kubernetes components base images.

• Databases: CockroachDB EDB Postgres/PostgreSQL (minor/major upgrades extensions).

• DevOps Toolchain: Jenkins Terraform Ansible GitHub Enterprise Frog Artifactory

• OS & Hosts: RHEL Windows Server

• Monitoring system health performance and capacity managing system alerts/notifications creating dashboards and analyzing & reviewing system trends.

• Ensuring the integrity of fundamental infrastructure operations (availability monitoring backup/recovery capacity) in support of Disaster Recovery (DR) and Business Continuity Plans (BCP).

• Conducting regular reviews of vulnerability scans and risk assessments with Security to identify existing or potential weaknesses in systems and processes that could lead to compromises; facilitating remediation of identified vulnerabilities within processes systems and applications.

• Ensuring high availability to meet the Service Level Agreements (SLA) and Service Level Objectives (SLO) of critical systems.

• Embracing new technology and taking charge of new challenges & responsibilities.

What You Bring:

• A Bachelors degree in Computer Science/IT and/or 10 years of equivalent IT working experience.

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

• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.

• 5 years in platform engineering/SRE/DevOps/DBA roles

• Strong hands-on with:

  • Red Hat OpenShift/Kubernetes: cluster/node patching operator lifecycle cluster upgrades node drains disruption budgets.

  • Databases: CockroachDB rolling upgrades; EDB Postgres/PostgreSQL minor/major upgrades pgupgrade replication failover.

  • CI/CD Tooling: Jenkins LTS upgrades/plugins controller/agent lifecycle; GitHub Enterprise admin (or GitHub Cloud governance).

  • Artifact & API: JFrog Artifactory upgrades; API Gateways plugin compatibility declarative configs.

  • OS patching: RHEL/Ubuntu/Windows Server; package managers and reboot policy.

• Automation-first mindset: Ansible Bash and Python; GitOps workflows; IaC familiarity (Terraform helpful).

• Change management (ITIL) maintenance window planning and rollback engineering.

• Solid grasp of networking & TLS cert rotation secrets management (Vault/KMS) and identity integrations (OIDC/SAML).

• Experience with observability (Solarwinds Dynatrace) log platforms and alerting.

• Knowledge of backup technologies with Dell SAN or Dell Data Domain.

• Curious and logical thinking about solving technology process or procedural challenges in a team environment.

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

What Were Offering:

The hiring range for this position is $90000 - $105000 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 Interacs 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 youre joining a purpose-driven organization thats shaping the future of digital finance in Canada. Heres 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 whats 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. Thats 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.

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