Associate Cloud Engineer

Scotiabank; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a passionate Associate Cloud Engineer to join their innovative Cloud Platform Engineering team. In this role, you will develop and maintain cloud platforms, ensuring high availability and reliability for enterprise-wide use. Your expertise in cloud transformation, along with strong development skills in languages like Go and Terraform, will be pivotal in driving the modernization of their cloud services. This role offers the chance to work in a collaborative environment, where your contributions will directly impact the success of numerous applications and services. If you are eager to grow and thrive in a dynamic setting, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Benefits

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Allyship initiatives

Accessibility and Workplace Accommodations

Upskilling through online courses

Competitive Rewards program

Flexible vacation and personal days

Community engagement opportunities

Qualifications

• Strong development experience with cloud platforms and services.
• Knowledge in software design patterns and DevOps practices.
• Experience with configuration management and scripting tools.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain cloud platforms and services for enterprise use.
• Provide Level 3 support and participate in design discussions.
• Build and operate highly available and scalable software.

Skills

Cloud transformation enthusiasm

Strong development experience

Hashicorp DSL (HCL)

Go programming

Rego

Terraform

Configuration management (Ansible, Bash, Groovy)

Understanding of infrastructure and networking

Software design patterns knowledge

Desire to learn and grow

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or engineering/mathematics

Tools

Terraform

Kubernetes

Job description

Join a purpose-driven winning team, committed to results, in an inclusive and high-performing culture.

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. The platform is used by development teams globally to host hundreds of applications. We are building our development team with influencers, makers, creators, and industry leaders who will drive us forward. The role of the Associate Cloud Engineer operates within the Cloud Platform Engineering team. This valuable member of the team will be responsible for creating platform components and services for broad enterprise use.

Is this role right for you? In this role, you will:

1. Develop and maintain cloud platforms, services, and components to enable safe enterprise-wide use of cloud common functionality.
2. Provide Level 3 support responsibilities.
3. Design, implement, and refactor code.
4. Participate in design discussions focused on scalability and best practices.
5. Ensure software, programs, and applications meet high availability, integrity, and reliability requirements.
6. Work with other engineers and architects on breaking down, scoping, and estimating tasks.
7. Participate in planning and retrospective sessions, attending stand-ups, etc.
8. Build and operate highly available and scalable software and infrastructure.
9. Support application teams on the use of the platform including providing guidance on design patterns, best practices, and security considerations.
10. Provide peer review and quality control on a daily basis.

Do you have the skills that will enable you to succeed in this role? We’d love to work with you if you have:

1. Enthusiasm for cloud transformation and cloud platform/components/services development.
2. Strong development experience and breadth of language experience (e.g., Hashicorp DSL (HCL), Go, Rego).
3. Experience with Terraform and module development.
4. Understanding of the software development life cycle as well as related technologies.
5. Experience in cloud platform features and capabilities (Azure, GCP) is an asset.
6. Experience with configuration management tools and scripting languages (Ansible, Bash, Groovy).
7. Understanding of infrastructure and networking is a benefit.
8. Self-sufficient, works under the supervision of a more senior engineer.
9. Knowledgeable in software design patterns, infrastructure architecture, DevOps, or security considerations is an asset.
10. Understanding of the software release process (environments, binary repositories, CI/CD).
11. Desire to learn and grow yourself and your team.
12. Writing and maintaining related documentation.
13. Investigating, analyzing, and resolving system problems.
14. Experience within Canadian financial institutions is a benefit.
15. Experience with Kubernetes or containerized applications is a benefit.
16. Bachelor's degree (equivalent or higher) in computer science or engineering/mathematics discipline.

What's in it for you?

1. Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Allyship - We strive to create an inclusive culture where every employee is empowered to reach their fullest potential, respected for who they are, and embraced through bias-free practices and inclusive values across Scotiabank.
2. Accessibility and Workplace Accommodations - We value the unique skills and experiences each individual brings to the Bank and are committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible environment for everyone.
3. Upskilling through online courses, cross-functional development opportunities, and tuition assistance.
4. Competitive Rewards program including bonus, flexible vacation, personal, sick days and benefits starting on day one.
5. Community Engagement - We offer opportunities for community engagement & belonging with our various programs such as hackathons, contests, cooking with friends, Humans of Digital, and much more!
6. Work arrangements: Hybrid

Location(s): Canada : Ontario : Toronto

Scotiabank is a leading bank in the Americas. Guided by our purpose: "for every future", we help our customers, their families, and their communities achieve success through a broad range of advice, products, and services, including personal and commercial banking, wealth management and private banking, corporate and investment banking, and capital markets.

If you require accommodation during the recruitment and selection process, please let our Recruitment team know. Candidates must apply directly online to be considered for this role. We thank all applicants for their interest in a career at Scotiabank; however, only those candidates who are selected for an interview will be contacted.