NetworkSecurityEngineering,Lead

**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 Network Security Engineering Lead will report to the Leader, Threat & Vulnerability Management and lead the evolution of Interac’s network security across on-prem, cloud, and hybrid environments. This role owns the design and effectiveness of key capabilities including firewalls, segmentation, secure connectivity, and traffic inspection. Partnering closely with engineering teams, the Network Security Engineering Lead will define standards, drive security-by-design, and prioritize remediation of technical risk and debt. This role plays a critical part in strengthening scalable, resilient, and enterprise-grade network defenses. **What You Will Do: ** * Act as SME for network security, oversight on firewall configurations and rules; influence network security architecture through accurate definition of requirements ; oversee change management for network security capabilities; manage cloud-based firewalls across multi-cloud environments * Analyze threat models and intel; design, deploy, and test detection/protection use cases (e.g., IDS/IPS signatures). * Develop and implement hardening baselines for network security tools s