The Role:

Scotiabank has embarked on the journey to modernize both development practices and tools. One of the main areas of transformation is the public cloud and the various platform technologies that support both development and operations on the cloud. The aim is to provide a streamlined process and framework which will allow the development teams to focus on building business logic. We are looking to build our development team with influencer, makers, creators, and industry leaders who will drive us forward.

The role of the Cloud Engineer operates within the Cloud VM Engineering team. This valuable member of the team will be responsible for creating platform components and services for the broad enterprise use.

Is this role right for you?

• Champions a customer focused culture to deepen client relationships and leverage broader Bank relationships, systems, and knowledge.
• Key accountabilities include development and maintenance of cloud platforms, services, and components to enable safe enterprise-wide use of public cloud offerings
• Knowledge of a component of a larger product.
• Assisting in implementing, and refactoring code.
• Assisting in ensuring software, programs and applications are developed and/or configured to meet high availability, integrity and reliability, security, and compliance requirements.
• Working with other engineers and architects on breaking-down, scoping and estimating tasks.
• Working with application teams for successful onboarding onto the Platform
• Participating in planning and retrospective sessions, attending stand-ups, etc.
• Be able to build and operate the highly available and scalable software and infrastructure.

Do you have the skills that will enable you to succeed?

Must Have:

• At least 3+ years of experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

• At least 3+ years of experience with virtualized environments (VMWare, Virtual Servers)

• At least 3+ years of experience with development languages (Go, Python, etc)

• At least 3+ years of experience with container-based virtualization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes)

• At least 3+ years of experience in the use of CI/CD Tools

• At least 3+ years of experience with config management tools and Scripting Languages (Ansible, Bash, Groovy)

• Good oral and written communication skills

Nice to Have:

• Bachelor (equivalent or higher) degree in computer science or engineering/mathematics discipline.
• Understanding of Cloud Native Platforms, particularly Kubernetes, and associated technologies (e.g., Istio, Envoy, Anthos, Kustomize).
• Experience working with monitoring tools such as Dynatrace, Prometheus, Grafana, etc.
• Understanding of software development lifecycle and release process (container-native workflow for job orchestration, Git/GitOps, CI/CD, environments, code repositories).
• Understanding of different database technologies (e.g. CloudSQL, NoSQL, Relational databases)
• Focus on scalable, enterprise-level software system design (both on code and infrastructure levels)
• Passion for driving teams towards high performance and a deep pride in quality craftsmanship.
• Unix administration skills.

What's in it for you?

• We have an inclusive and collaborative working environment that encourages creativity and curiosity and celebrates success!
• We provide you with the tools and technology needed to create meaningful customer experiences
• You'll get to work with and learn from diverse industry leaders, who have hailed from top technology companies around the world
• We hire you for your talent — not just a job — so you can grow with us. We’ll equip you for success not only in your role, but also in your career as a whole
• Dress codes don't apply here: being comfortable does
• Access to thousands of online and in-person courses so you can hone your current skills, or learn new ones
• A competitive rewards package that includes a base salary, a performance bonus, company matching programs on pension and profit sharing, paid vacation, personal & sick days, medical, vision, and dental and much more