AppOps, Senior Specialist

AppOps, Senior Specialist

At Interac, we design and deliver products and solutions that give Canadians control over their money so they can get more out of life. But that’s not all. Whether we’re leading real-time money movement, driving innovative commerce solutions like open payments for transit systems, or making advancements in new areas like verification and open banking, we are playing a key role in shaping the future of the digital economy in Canada.

Want to make a lasting impact amongst a community of creative thinkers, problem solvers, technical virtuosos, and high-performance application experts?  If so, we want to hear from you!

We are seeking a hands-on AppOps, Senior Specialist to develop and implement modular, reusable solutions that streamline AppOps processes and workflows. In this role, you will focus on building tools, frameworks, and automation that enhance operational efficiency for a new product at Interac. You will actively contribute to the development of reusable libraries and scripts that integrate seamlessly with our cloud infrastructure, enabling rapid deployment, scalability, and reliability.
 

You’ll be responsible for:  

• Designing and building modular, reusable frameworks to streamline AppOps workflows and enable automation at scale.

• Actively contribute to the development of tools, scripts, and modules that embed AppOps functionality (e.g., logging, monitoring, alerting) directly into application code and build pipelines.

• Building and managing high-quality, version-controlled libraries, templates, and automation modules that can be seamlessly integrated into multiple products and workflows.

• Developing tools and workflows to automate deployment, testing, monitoring, and recovery processes, eliminating manual tasks and improving system performance.

• Developing modules that incorporate observability practices, such as metrics, logging, and tracing, to enable proactive monitoring and faster troubleshooting.

• Ensuring operational capabilities are part of CI/CD workflows by incorporating checks for reliability, performance, and readiness into deployment pipelines.

• Designing and refining tools and processes that increase operational efficiency, support fault tolerance, and enhance system performance across environments.

• Leveraging the tools, libraries, and automation scripts you build to continuously enhance operational practices after the application is live, including real-time monitoring, issue resolution, and system optimization.

• Working closely with engineering, operations, and security teams to align on architecture, tooling, and delivery strategies, ensuring AppOps capabilities are integrated seamlessly.

You bring:

• Experience in AppOps, DevOps, or SRE roles.

• Experience collaborating with developers, SRE, QA, and/or Security to embed AppOps capabilities into the application code, CI/CD pipelines, and runtime environments.

• Experience leading and/or participating in Agile and DevOps transformations.

• Experience in programming/scripting languages and configuration tools to build automation frameworks, reusable modules, and developer-friendly tooling.

• Experience integrating CI/CD pipelines, with an emphasis on automating testing, deployment, and operational checks.

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

Nice to have:

• AWS certifications: AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional or AWS Solutions Architect are strongly preferred (or similar across Azure, GCP, etc.)

• Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) Certification

• ITIL Foundation

Interac requires employees to complete a background check that is completed by one of our service providers.  We use this service to complete the following checks:

• Canadian criminal record check;
• Public safety verification;
• Canadian ID cross-check;
• 5-year employment verification;
• Education verification; and
• If applicable, Credit Inquiry and Social Media Check

How we work
We know that exceptional people have great ideas and are passionate about their work.  Our culture encourages excellence and actively rewards contributions with:
Connection: You’re surrounded by talented people every day who are driven by their passion of a common goal.
Core Values:  They define us. Living them helps us be the best at what we do.
Compensation & Benefits: Pay is driven by individual and corporate performance and we provide a multitude of benefits and perks.
Education: To ensure you are the best at what you do we invest in you