Infrastructure Specialist

Location: Toronto, ON, Hybrid or fully on-site, 5160 Yonge Street
Language: Advanced written and spoken English required
Duration: 27-month contract, initial 12 months with renewal after year one
Background Check Requirement: Reliability clearance required or eligibility to obtain one

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About the Opportunity

This is an opportunity to step into a senior, hands-on infrastructure leadership role within a modern, public-interest focused regulatory environment. You will play a critical part in maintaining and evolving highly available, secure, and resilient infrastructure that supports essential financial services across Ontario.

Working alongside cloud, security, and operations leaders, you will guide complex infrastructure initiatives from design validation through operational acceptance. Your work will directly influence stability, scalability, and compliance across data centre, network, virtualization, and cloud platforms in a mission-critical environment.

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What’s in it for You

You will join a collaborative technology team that values expertise, accountability, and thoughtful decision-making. This role offers long-term project stability, exposure to large-scale infrastructure modernization, and the opportunity to influence enterprise-wide standards and best practices. It is a workplace that respects balance while trusting senior professionals to lead with confidence.

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Your Responsibilities

• You’ll provide senior technical leadership across data centre operations, cloud infrastructure, networking, storage, and virtualization environments.

• In this role, you’ll deliver enterprise automation using PowerShell, Azure Automation, Terraform, and Bicep to improve consistency and efficiency.

• You’ll oversee Tier 3 production support, change management, and infrastructure releases in controlled environments.

• You’ll lead technical assessments to strengthen stability and ensure alignment with vendor-supported platforms and patch levels.

• You’ll coordinate testing, transition, and operational acceptance for infrastructure projects end-to-end.

• You’ll advise on infrastructure standards, security compliance, DR, and capacity planning while ensuring documentation remains current.

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Skills and Qualifications

• 10–15+ years of progressive enterprise IT infrastructure experience.

• 7+ years in senior or lead infrastructure roles across data centre, network, storage, virtualization, and cloud.

• Strong experience with Azure IaaS and PaaS, networking, identity, automation, monitoring, and cost optimization.

• Deep technical knowledge of enterprise networking, SAN and NAS, backup and disaster recovery, and virtualization platforms.

• Hands-on experience with Windows Server, Linux, and infrastructure security controls.

• Relevant certifications such as Azure Administrator, Terraform Associate, CCNP equivalent, Veeam, and ITIL v4 are considered strong assets.

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Why Partner with Altis

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We appreciate the time and effort all applicants invest in their submissions. Please note that only candidates shortlisted for this role will be contacted directly. However, your profile will remain under consideration for future opportunities that align with your experience and career goals. All qualified applicants will receive fair consideration for employment. We welcome individuals of all backgrounds, experiences, and identities including those who identify as women, members of racialized groups, Indigenous Peoples, persons with disabilities, and 2SLGBTQIA+ communities. If you require an accommodation, please review our accessibility policy and reach out to our accessibility officer with any questions. Our human recruiters review all applications and always make the final hiring decision. On occasion, we also use AI-assisted tools to help review applications.