Cloud Engineer, Scotiabank

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

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a skilled Backup Administrator to join their dynamic Security Platform Engineering team. In this role, you will be instrumental in deploying and supporting backup solutions within both private and public cloud environments. You will collaborate with a diverse group of experts to ensure effective communication and operational excellence. This position offers the chance to work on complex projects that enhance business agility and competitiveness. Join a forward-thinking organization that values diversity and provides ample opportunities for professional growth and community engagement.

Benefits

Diversity and Inclusion Programs

Accessibility and Workplace Accommodations

Upskilling through Online Courses

Competitive Rewards Program

Flexible Vacation

Community Engagement Opportunities

Qualifications

• 10+ years as Backup Administrator with experience in Cohesity, Dell EMC, NetBackup, and Veeam.
• Hands-on experience with GCP and VMware vSphere required.
• Strong communication and problem-solving skills are essential.

Responsibilities

• Deploy, operate, troubleshoot, and support backup and migration activities.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure migrated applications meet business goals.
• Develop technical documentation for operational procedures.

Skills

Backup Administration

Cohesity

Dell EMC Data Domain

NetBackup

Veeam

Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

VMware vSphere Hypervisor

Microsoft Windows Server

Red Hat Linux

Networking Technologies

VMware vRealize Suite

Scripting (PowerCLI, PowerShell, Python)

Storage Solutions

Communication Skills

Problem-Solving Skills

Time Management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

Cohesity

Dell EMC Data Domain

NetBackup

Veeam

Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

VMware vSphere

VMware vRealize Suite

Job description

Requisition ID: 222758

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

Engineer in Security Platform Engineering, Orchestration and Logistics team plays a critical role in shaping and communicating technical information, executive reports, and data-driven insights. This position is essential for ensuring effective communication within the team and with stakeholders. The Global Technology and Enterprise Platforms (GTEP) Operations & Engineering team is looking for a backup administrator to deploy, operate, troubleshoot, support backup and migration activities in scope of Scotiabank Private Cloud and also public cloud migration project.
Working with various Global Technology and Enterprise Platforms (GTEP)/ CIO stakeholders, the Scotiabank internal cloud team, under GTEP-Operations & Engineering, will build hybrid cloud products including detailed design, build, operational transition and product lifecycle management across the enterprise. Cloud products follow infrastructure patterns, frameworks and standards from GTEP-EA Architecture. Enabling enterprise wide adoption of innovative hybrid cloud products (like automated Infra/backup/storage services, software defined Data Center etc.) to improve business application agility and competitiveness in a cost-effective manner.

The successful candidate will have the opportunity to work within Scotiabank. We are technology partners who help the business transform how our employees around the world work. You will get to work with and learn from diverse industry leaders, who have hailed from top technology.

Is this role right for you?

• Reporting to the Director/Principal Engineer, Cloud Engineering, you will play a critical part as backup administrator to deploy, operate, troubleshoot, support backup/restoration and migration activities in scope of Scotiabank Private Cloud and public cloud migration project.

• You will work with technical and business subject matter experts on this large, technically complex, and moderately risky project to ensure the migrated applications are functional well to meet their business goals.

• When required, non-standard office working hours for scheduled implementations or while on rotational on-project support.

• You will manage and maintain the backup and NAS solution (both on-prem and GCP), assist in troubleshooting, and provide guidance.

• You will provide Level 3 support & vendor escalations for transitioned services.

• You will support the development of technical documentation of configuration and operational procedures for service operations teams (build & runbooks) & technical specifications.

• You will contribute to implementation planning.

Do you have the skills that will enable you to succeed in this role?

• 10+ years of overall working experience as a Backup Administrator, technical working experience with backup from the following products: Cohesity and/or Dell EMC Data Domain (backup and replication) and/or NetBackup and/or Veeam, etc.

• 2+ years of hands-on technical working experience with backup solution running in Public Cloud, like Google Cloud Platform (GCP).

• 2+ years of hands-on technical working experience with the architectural and/or deployment and/or operational support of VMware vSphere Hypervisor.

• 2+ years of hands-on technical working experience with Microsoft Windows Server 2012/16 administration and/or Red Hat Linux administration 7.x.

• 5+ years of hands-on technical working experience with Networking technologies and operational experience.

• Experience with VMware vRealize suite (including vRealize Automation, vRealize Operation Manager, vRealize Log Insight, etc.) and/or VMware Cloud Foundation.

• Experience with Scripting (VMware PowerCLI, Backup automation, REST API scripting, PowerShell & Python).

• Experience with storage from the following products: NetApp NAS and/or Dell EMC and/or Hyper Converged Virtual SAN.

• Previous Banking/FI experience.

• Excellent written, presentation, and verbal communication skills to be able to work well with technical peers and business stakeholders at different levels within the organization.

• Excellent interpersonal skills to be able to collaborate and work closely with external vendors.

• Ability to analyze complex situations and problems and do the necessary research using multiple sources of information to arrive at innovative solutions.

• Ability to work as part of a team, as well as work independently or with minimal direction.

• Good time management and organizational skills to effectively manage high scale project.

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field such as computer science, computer engineering or related field required.

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 employee 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.