Infrastructure Engineering, Specialist

interac; Toronto; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Vacation days

Wellness days

Employer-paid benefits

Job summary

Interac is seeking an Infrastructure Engineer Specialist to act as the technical authority within an assigned infrastructure discipline, consulting, implementing, and optimizing enterprise infrastructure services that support critical business capabilities.

You will work with Lead Infrastructure Engineers, architects, security partners, and delivery teams to drive platform reliability, scalability, and operational excellence.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of hands-on technology/engineering experience within infrastructure domains.
• Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams (architecture, security, operations, product/platform engineering).
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Acts as technical authority responsible for consulting, implementing, and optimizing complex infrastructure services and forwarding technical delivery within their discipline.
• Define solution design patterns for domain-specific services and provide engineering input to project planning and design reviews.
• Interact with architecture, operations, security, and platform teams to ensure solutions meet engineering and security standards.

Skills

Analytical skills

Problem-solving

Communication

Job description

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 Infrastructure Engineer Specialist serves as a technical authority within an assigned infrastructure discipline and is responsible for consulting, implementing, and optimizing enterprise infrastructure services that support critical business capabilities. The role provides engineering expertise, forwards complex technical initiatives, enforces engineering patterns and operational controls within their specialty, and acts as a technical advisor for infrastructure projects and operational challenges.Working closely with Lead Infrastructure Engineers, architects, security partners, and delivery teams, the Infrastructure Engineer Specialist drives platform reliability, scalability, security, and operational excellence while mentoring engineers and advancing engineering best practices across the organization.

What You Will Do:

Infrastructure Project Delivery

Acts as technical authority responsible for consulting, implementing, and optimizing complex infrastructure services and forwarding technical delivery within their discipline.Execute delivery of infrastructure projects end-to-end, ensuring solutions are aligned with engineering standards, architectural principles, and operational requirements.Serve as the SME for assigned projects, providing authoritative guidance on technical decisions and implementation approaches.

Solution Consultation & Technical Leadership

Ensure operational quality, engineering rigor, architectural alignment, and security postureDefine solution design patterns for domain‑specific services.Function as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) to provide engineering input to project planning, technical design reviews, risk assessments, and dependency identification.Ensure designs reflect best practices for scalability, availability, security, performance, and cost efficiency

Domain Expertise & Service Ownership

• Provide deep expertise in one or more infrastructure domains: Networking
• Compute Platform/Virtualization
• Storage Systems
• Backup & Recovery
• Database Platforms

Contribute to the definition, evolution, and operational maturity of domain‑specific services and offerings, as well as service roadmaps and technical (operational) controls

Cross Team Collaboration

Interact with architecture, operations, security, and platform teams to ensure solutions meet enterprise engineering and security standards.Function as an SME in solution design squads or partner assignments, to drive the planning, design, and delivery of technical solutions

Operational Excellence

Continuously drive iteration of our technical designs and implementations to improve resiliency, reliability, and maintainability of infrastructure platforms service.Troubleshoot complex domain‑specific infrastructure issues and support root cause analysis efforts.Ensure the quality, accuracy, and completeness of engineering documentation, runbooks, and operational readiness materials.

What You Bring:

3+ years of hands‑on technology and/or engineering experience within one or more infrastructure domains, consistent with the level of expertise expected in similar roles.Proven ability to function within complex infrastructure projects in an enterprise environment.Knowledge of infrastructure architecture patterns, security principles, and operational best practices.Experience collaborating with cross‑functional teams (architecture, operations, security, product/platform engineering).Strong analytical, problem‑solving, and communication skills.Capable of contributing to infrastructure service roadmaps, standards, and engineering frameworks.Familiarity with modern automation, observability, and Infrastructure‑as‑Code practices.

What We're Offering:

The hiring range for this position is $80,000 - $100,000, 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 rechargeComprehensive employer‑paid benefits c