Cloud Governance Specialist

RBC; Toronto; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial institution in Toronto is looking for a Cloud Governance Specialist. This role involves establishing robust governance frameworks that balance risk and innovation. You'll translate regulatory expectations into enforceable cloud controls on platforms like Azure, AWS, and GCP. Ideal candidates will have over 5 years of experience and deep expertise in cloud technologies. Join a dynamic team committed to driving effective cloud transformation and delivering exceptional results in a supportive work environment.

Benefits

Comprehensive Total Rewards Program

Flexible work/life balance options

World-class training program

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in cloud governance, architecture, or engineering roles.
• Deep hands-on expertise in at least two of Azure, AWS, or GCP.
• Strong understanding of cloud fundamentals and architectures.

Responsibilities

• Author and maintain cloud platform controls and ensure clarity.
• Translate enterprise and regulatory expectations into technical controls.
• Manage end-to-end controls lifecycle, including versioning and reviews.

Skills

Cloud Computing

Risk Management

IT Service Management (ITSM)

Organizational Change Management

Information Technology Trends

Education

Cloud certifications (CISSP, CCSP, CISM)

Experience in regulated industries

Tools

Azure

AWS

GCP

Job description

Job Description

What is the Opportunity?

As aCloud Governance Specialist, you will play a pivotal role in shaping technical governance across RBC’s Hybrid Cloud and Intelligent Operations program. Your mission is todesign, author, and maintain cloud controlsthat define secure, compliant, and scalable cloud platform configurations acrossAzure, AWS, and GCP.

You will translate enterprise risk, regulatory requirements, and architectural principlesintoclear, actionable, and technically precise platform controls, ensuring they are enforceable through automation (e.g., guardrails, policy-as-code). This role demands a focus oncontrol clarity, consistency, and enforceability, balancing governance rigor with engineering practicality.

Key Impact: Enable RBC’s cloud transformation by establishing a robust governance framework that mitigates risk while fostering innovation.

WHAT WILL YOU DO?

• Author and maintain cloud platform controls, ensuring technical precision, platform specificity, and clarity on mandatory vs. discretionary requirements.
• Translate enterprise and regulatory expectationsinto risk-aligned, platform-implementable technical controls, collaborating with Cloud Security, Risk & Compliance, and Architecture teams.
• Manage the end-to-end controls lifecycle(draft, review, approve, publish, retire), including versioning, change control, and periodic relevance reviews.
• Define guardrail intentfor platform standards, ensuring technical enforceability via tools like Azure Policy, AWS SCPs, and GCP Org Policies, and validating policy logic.
• Support exception workflowsby assessing deviations, proposing compensating controls, and providing technical input for risk acceptance decisions.
• Act as a trusted advisorto product and engineering teams, explaining control rationale, application, and compliance expectations.
• Drive continuous improvementby refining controls based on monitoring feedback, eliminating ambiguity, and recommending new controls as platforms evolve.

WHAT DO YOU NEED TO SUCCEED?

Must have:

• 5+ years of experience in cloud governance, architecture, or engineering roles.
• Deep hands-on expertisein at least two of Azure, AWS, or GCP, including core services and architecture.
• Strong understandingof cloud fundamentals: service models (IaaS/PaaS/SaaS), shared responsibility, landing zones, and multi-account design.
• Expertise in cloud security domains: Identity & access, network security, logging/telemetry, encryption, and container platforms (e.g., Kubernetes).
• Ability to author clear, enforceable technical controlsand align them with regulatory, risk, and compliance frameworks.
• Exceptional communicationto translate complex technical concepts for leadership, engineering, risk and compliance teams.
• Critical thinking and problem-solving skills to analyze complex, ambiguous technical challenges and decompose them into actionable steps.
• Exposure to regulatory frameworks (OSFI, NIST, ISO, CSA CCM, etc.)

Nice-to-have:

• CISSP, CCSP, CISM, cloud certifications (Azure, AWS, GCP)
• Experience in regulated industries (e.g. financial services)

What’s in it for you?

We thrive on the challenge to be our best, progressive thinking to keep growing, and working together to deliver trusted advice to help our clients thrive and communities prosper. We care about each other, reaching our potential, making a difference to our communities, and achieving success that is mutual.

• A comprehensive Total Rewards Program including bonuses and flexible benefits, competitive compensation, commissions, and stock where applicable
• Leaders who support your development through coaching and managing opportunities
• Ability to make a difference and lasting impact
• Work in a dynamic, collaborative, progressive, and high-performing team
• A world-class training program in financial services
• Flexible work/life balance options
• Opportunities to do challenging work

Job Skills

Cloud Computing, Cloud Platform, Information Technology Trends, IT Service Design, IT Service Management (ITSM), Organizational Change Management, Product Services, Risk Management, Systems Thinking, Transformation Strategy

Additional Job Details

Address: RBC CENTRE, 155 WELLINGTON ST W:TORONTO

City: Toronto

Country: Canada

Work hours/week: 37.5

Employment Type: Full time

Platform: TECHNOLOGY AND OPERATIONS

Job Type: Regular

Pay Type: Salaried

Posted Date: 2025-09-18

Application Deadline: 2026-01-12

Note : Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the application deadline date above

Inclusion and Equal Opportunity Employment

At RBC, we believe an inclusive workplace that has diverse perspectives is core to our continued growth as one of the largest and most successful banks in the world. Maintaining a workplace where our employees feel supported to perform at their best, effectively collaborate, drive innovation, and grow professionally helps to bring our Purpose to life and create value for our clients and communities. RBC strives to deliver this through policies and programs intended to foster a workplace based on respect, belonging and opportunity for all.

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