Location: Toronto, ON, Hybrid, 3 days on-site
Language: Advanced written and verbal communication skills in English
Duration: Permanent
Background Check Requirement: Eligible for Reliability Clearance

About the Opportunity
Our client, a leading organization in the Canadian financial services and digital payments space, is seeking a Senior Specialist, Platform Engineering to join their high-performing technology team. This role sits at the heart of a mission-critical platform that powers secure, real-time digital transactions across the country.

You will collaborate with platform engineers, application developers, security, and network teams to ensure seamless API delivery, edge controls, and operational telemetry. If you thrive in complex environments and enjoy blending hands-on engineering with operational excellence, this is an opportunity to shape the reliability and scalability of systems that millions rely on every day.

What’s In It for You
You will join a culture that values innovation, accountability, and continuous learning. This team celebrates technical curiosity and encourages thoughtful risk-taking in pursuit of platform stability and modernization.

Expect exposure to enterprise-scale infrastructure, mentorship from seasoned engineers, and the opportunity to influence best practices across DevOps, SRE, and platform operations. This is a workplace that values collaboration, knowledge sharing, and long-term professional growth.

Your Responsibilities
• You’ll build, maintain, and operate a production OpenShift platform on prem, overseeing cluster lifecycle, operators, and platform stability.
• You’ll lead controlled configuration changes across ingress, routing, TLS policies, and service mesh to support secure, observable service-to-service communication.
• You’ll manage Docker image creation, golden image standards, container registry integrations, and secure runtime enforcement.
• You’ll operate and troubleshoot CI/CD pipelines, supporting automated container builds and OpenShift deployments using GitHub Actions, Jenkins, and Artifactory.
• You’ll maintain observability dashboards, tune alerts, support incident response, and uphold SLA and SLO commitments through disciplined change management practices.

Skills and Qualifications
• 8+ years of progressive IT experience, including 5+ years in platform engineering, SRE, DevOps, or related roles.
• Strong hands-on expertise with Red Hat OpenShift, Kubernetes, Docker, and container lifecycle management.
• Automation-first mindset with experience in Ansible, Bash, Python, and GitOps workflows.
• Experience managing RHEL environments, database platforms such as PostgreSQL, and certificate lifecycle management.
• Solid understanding of ITIL-based change management, incident response, and rollback engineering.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Note from the Hiring Manager
“We’re looking for someone who takes ownership of platform reliability and enjoys digging into complex challenges. If you’re passionate about automation and building resilient systems that truly make an impact, you’ll fit right in.”

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.