Who We Are
At Momentum Financial Services Group, we help people move forward by reimagining how money works for those who need it most. With more than 40 years of experience, we’re the team behind Money Mart—Canada’s largest non-bank branch network—and a leader in financial solutions for underserved communities.
From short-term loans to money transfers and prepaid cards, we power the products, technology, and operations that connect over a million customers a year to the money they need, when they need it.
At MFSG, we come together across teams and departments to create something bigger than ourselves: solutions that remove barriers and give people access to money they might not get anywhere else. Whether you're solving problems, building systems, or shaping strategy, your work fuels real support for real people.
We’ve Got You Covered
Compensation Philosophy: Our strategy is designed to attract and retain top talent by offering competitive, fair, and performance-driven rewards. We benchmark against the market, recognize strong performance and continuously evolve to meet the needs of our people and our business.
Discretionary Annual Bonus: Enjoy the opportunity for a discretionary bonus based on individual performance and company success.
Comprehensive Benefits: Our benefits include health and dental plans with 100% of the premiums covered. We also offer an Employee Assistance Program to support your mental well-being and provide resources for personal challenges.
Retirement Plans: Plan for your future with our robust retirement savings options, ensuring you’re set for the long haul.
Hybrid Work Environment: Experience the best of both worlds with our hybrid work model, allowing you to balance remote work with in-office.
Perks and Rewards: Enjoy reimbursement for tuition assistance and professional development, discounts through Perkopolis and participate in our rewards and recognition programs to celebrate your contributions.
The Job: Cloud Engineer
What You’ll Do
- Design, manage, administer, and automate enterprise cloud infrastructure services and solutions.
- Engineer cloud solutions for new and migrated applications, ensuring alignment with the AWS Well-Architected Framework.
- Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines to support efficient software delivery and infrastructure deployment.
- Create and manage golden AMIs, patch management solutions, and infrastructure monitoring capabilities.
- Continuously review cloud security controls and recommend improvements to enhance security posture and compliance.
- Partner with technology teams to support their cloud transformation initiatives and adoption of Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
- Ensure cloud environments include appropriate governance, controls, auditing, and compliance mechanisms.
- Define and implement operational capabilities required to proactively monitor, manage, and optimize production environments.
- Identify operational risks and opportunities for improvement to maintain highly available, fault-tolerant systems.
- Strong scripting and automation skills using Python (preferred), Bash, or PowerShell.
- Hands-on experience with a broad range of AWS services and cloud-native technologies.
- Experience with AWS networking and security services including:
- IAM
- KMS
- Route 53 (DNS)
- Load Balancers
- Shield
- WAF
- GuardDuty
- Security Hub
- Strong understanding of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles and practices.
- Experience building and maintaining DevOps processes, CI/CD pipelines, and Git-based workflows.
- Knowledge of cloud security, compliance, governance, monitoring, and operational best practices.
- Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to collaborate effectively across technical teams and communicate complex technical concepts to varied audiences.
- Hands-on experience with a broad range of AWS services and cloud-native technologies.
- Experience with AWS networking and security services including:
- IAM
- KMS
- Route 53 (DNS)
- Load Balancers
- Shield
- WAF
- GuardDuty
- Security Hub
- Strong understanding of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles and practices.
- Experience building and maintaining DevOps processes, CI/CD pipelines, and Git-based workflows.
- Knowledge of cloud security, compliance, governance, monitoring, and operational best practices.
- Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to collaborate effectively across technical teams and communicate complex technical concepts to varied audiences.
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business, or a related discipline.
- 5+ years of experience in cloud infrastructure, IT systems administration, network operations, software development/support, consulting, architecture, or related technology disciplines.
- 3+ years of experience writing production-grade code.
- 3+ years of experience automating infrastructure deployments using Terraform.
- 3+ years of experience designing and delivering secure AWS cloud solutions within a multi-account environment.
- 3+ years of experience working with:
- DevOps practices
- CI/CD pipelines
- Git and GitHub (including GitHub Actions)
- Experience with AWS core services including:
- EC2
- VPC
- RDS
- S3
- Lambda
- Experience creating and managing scalable, resilient, and secure cloud environments.
- AWS Certification and/or Azure Certification
Ready to lead
If you’re passionate about securing identities, improving access controls, and building scalable IAM solutions, this is an opportunity to make a critical impact on enterprise security.
Committed to Equal Opportunity:
MFSG is committed to accommodating applicants up to the point of undue hardship during the recruitment, assessment and selection process. If you are selected for an interview, please notify MFSG if you require accommodation in respect of the materials or procedures used at any time during this process. If you require accommodation, MFSG will work with you to determine how to meet your needs.
Please note: The salary range for this position is between C$ 110,000 to C$ 120,000.
About MFSG – Our Commitment to Responsible Innovation
At MFSG, we are committed to building innovative solutions grounded in ethical, transparent, and responsible use of data and technology. Aligned with the principles outlined in Canada’s Artificial Intelligence and Data Act (AIDA), we take a proactive approach to ensuring that any AI or data-driven systems we use are safe, fair, and accountable.
This posting is for a current position within our organization, offering the opportunity to contribute to meaningful, responsible innovation that supports our employees, clients, and communities.
We prioritize strong data governance, clear communication around how systems work, and safeguards that reduce risks and protect individuals. Our focus is on developing tools and processes that promote equity, reliability, and trust, supported by ongoing monitoring and continuous improvement.
Joining MFSG means contributing to a future-focused organization that values both innovation and integrity, where your work helps shape solutions that responsibly support our employees, clients, and communities.
Momentum Financial Services Group Toronto, Ontario, CAN Office
20 Toronto St, Toronto, ON , Canada, M5C 2B8
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