Cloud Engineer

Scotiabank; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Cloud Engineer to join a dynamic team focused on innovation and cloud transformation. This role involves designing, building, and maintaining cloud platforms while optimizing operations for digital banking solutions. You'll collaborate closely with engineers to implement best practices and ensure high availability of services. If you have a passion for cutting-edge technologies and a strong background in cloud development, this is an exciting opportunity to shape the future of banking. Join a diverse and inclusive environment that values your unique skills and encourages professional growth from day one.

Benefits

Diversity and Inclusion Programs

Tuition Assistance

Flexible Vacation

Community Engagement Opportunities

Health Benefits from Day One

Qualifications

• 3+ years experience in cloud engineering roles, especially with Google Cloud Platform.
• Strong background in CI/CD tools and Infrastructure as Code practices.
• Experience with cloud services like IaaS and PaaS.

Responsibilities

• Design and manage cloud services, ensuring high availability and reliability.
• Support application teams and provide guidance on cloud best practices.
• Participate in planning and design discussions for cloud solutions.

Skills

Cloud Development

Google Cloud Platform

Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD)

Automation & Deployment Utilities

Networking

Containerization

Development Languages (Go, Python)

Database Management

Configuration Management & Automation

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science

Master’s degree in related field

Tools

Terraform

Docker

Git

Azure DevOps

Jenkins

Google Kubernetes Engine

Job description

Requisition ID: 213323

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

As a Cloud Engineer, you will be working closely with the platform engineering team to design, build, and maintain cloud platforms. You will be at the forefront of managing and optimizing our cloud operations for the cloud platforms and services. If you’re passionate about cutting-edge technologies, cloud-native solutions, and driving innovation, this role offers an exciting opportunity to shape the future of digital banking. You will modernize both development practices and tools for the existing and new platform products. You have a proven record of automating complex systems based on cloud resources and have strong experience in implementing highly available solutions. You will enhance the team’s development process and automated testing practices. When required, you are expected to be a part of after-hours project deployments in the evenings or weekends.

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

• Participate in design discussions focused on scalability, design, and implementation best practices.
• Ensure software, programs, and applications are developed and/or configured to meet high availability, integrity, and reliability requirements.
• Participate in planning, retrospective sessions, attending stand-ups, etc.
• Support application teams on the use of cloud platform including providing guidance on design patterns, best practices, and security considerations.
• Fulfill Level 3 support responsibilities.
• Design and manage Cloud Services - Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) & Platform as a Service (PaaS).
• Thrive on the detailed design & deployment of cloud services; the same in the design & implementation of automated delivery pipelines for the cloud services.
• Work with engineers and architects on breaking down, scoping, and estimating tasks.
• Provide Level 3 support for developed Cloud Services.
• Develop & document operational procedures for service operations teams.

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

• A minimum of 3 years of experience in cloud, software, or other related engineering roles with Google Cloud Platform.
• Proven experience in cloud development in Google GCP. Microsoft Azure is a benefit.
• 3+ years in Compute (Linux Virtual Machines, Disks, VM Manager, GCVE), Databases (Cloud SQL, AlloyDB).
• Networking (Virtual Private Cloud, Anthos Service Mesh, Cloud DNS, Cloud Load Balancing, Cloud NAT, Cloud Router, Cross-Cloud Interconnect, Network Telemetry, VPC Service Controls).
• Storage Services (Persistent Disks, Backup and DR Service, Cloud Storage).
• Data Analytics (BigQuery, Cloud Billing).
• Containerization (Docker, Google Kubernetes Engine).
• 1+ years of experience with development languages (Go, Python, etc.).
• 3+ years of hands-on technical working experience in implementing Infrastructure as Code (IaC) delivery pipelines e.g. HashiCorp’s Terraform.
• 3+ years of hands-on technical working experience using Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) Tools (e.g., Git plus Azure DevOps and/or Jenkins and/or GitHub Enterprise, etc.) for the purposes of maintaining pipelines.
• 1+ years of hands-on technical working experience in the use of Configuration Management & Automation tools (e.g., Saltstack, Perforce’s Puppet and/or Red Hat Ansible and/or Progress Chef).
• 5+ years of hands-on technical working experience with Bash and/or Powershell to develop automation & deployment utilities.
• Enthusiasm for cloud transformation and cloud platform/components/services development.
• Self-sufficient, works under the supervision of a more senior engineer.
• Strong communication skills, both written and spoken; of specific importance is the strong communication to a technical audience.
• Attention to details, high standards for quality.
• Writing and maintaining related documentation.
• Experience within Canadian financial institutions is a benefit.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field (master’s degree preferred).

What's in it for you?

• 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 are embraced through bias-free practices and inclusive values across Scotiabank. We embrace diversity and provide opportunities for all employees to learn, grow & participate through our various Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) that span across diverse gender identities, ethnicity, race, age, ability & veterans.
• 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. Scotiabank continues to locate, remove and prevent barriers so that we can build a diverse and inclusive environment while meeting accessibility requirements.
• Upskilling through online courses, cross-functional development opportunities, and tuition assistance.
• Competitive Rewards program including bonus, flexible vacation, personal, sick days, and benefits will start on day one.
• Community Engagement - no matter where you choose to work from; we offer opportunities for community engagement & belonging with our various programs such as hackathons, contests, cooking with friends, Humans of Digital and much more!

Working location condition: Hybrid

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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.

At Scotiabank, 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. If you require accommodation (including, but not limited to, an accessible interview site, alternate format documents, ASL Interpreter, or Assistive Technology) during the recruitment and selection process, please let our Recruitment team know. If you require technical assistance, please click here. 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.