Director, Cloud Governance & Controls Engineering

Scotiabank; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Day-one benefits

Diversity and inclusion programs

Job summary

Scotiabank seeks a Director of Cloud Governance & Controls Engineering to lead the creation and continuous improvement of a fully automated cloud governance framework for regulated environments. You will oversee risk, compliance, and engineering teams to ensure security controls are embedded by default.

You will drive policy-as-code, CI/CD integration, and governance dashboards, partnering with risk and audit to support cloud adoption at scale across platforms.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or related technical discipline, or equivalent experience.
• Extensive experience in cloud engineering, platform engineering, or cloud security within largescale, regulated environments.
• Demonstrated experience designing automated controls, policy-as-code, and governance frameworks across IaaS and PaaS.
• Proven people-leadership experience, including building and leading small, specialized technical teams.
• Experience in financial services or highly regulated industries.
• Deep familiarity with public cloud platforms and control enforcement techniques (policy-as-code, CI/CD integration, cloud security posture management).
• Experience engaging with regulators, auditors, and risk functions on technology control matters.
• Strong executive communication skills to influence senior technology and risk leaders.

Responsibilities

• Own the design, implementation, and ongoing evolution of the cloud controls and governance framework across cloud platforms.
• Partner with risk, compliance, and control functions to maintain a comprehensive control inventory for cloud infrastructure and services.
• Lead automation and enforcement of controls across the cloud lifecycle with guardrails in engineering platforms and pipelines.
• Build and lead a 3–4 person specialized technical team translating control requirements into scalable solutions.
• Collaborate with product and platform PMs to ensure controls are captured early in design and applied through build, deployment, and operations.
• Define governance mechanisms with dashboards and metrics providing real-time visibility into control effectiveness.
• Influence cloud strategy and roadmaps to balance risk with developer productivity and time to market.
• Support audits and regulatory inquiries with clear evidence of automated control design and operation.
• Establish standards and patterns for secure-by-design and compliant-by-default cloud engineering.

Skills

Cloud engineering

Platform engineering

Cloud security

Automation

Policy-as-code

Leadership

Regulatory experience

Executive communication

Auditing support

Education

Bachelor's degree

Equivalent experience

Job description

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Title: Director, Cloud Governance & Controls Engineering

Requisition ID: 261595
Join a purpose driven winning team, committed to results, in an inclusive and high-performing culture.

The Role

The Director, Cloud Governance & Controls Engineering is responsible for establishing, operationalizing, and continuously enhancing a fully automated control and governance framework for cloud platforms within a highly regulated global financial institution. This role provides enterprise leadership to ensure that cloud infrastructure and platform services are designed, built, and operated with appropriate risk management, regulatory compliance, and security controls embedded by default across the full technology lifecycle.
Reporting directly to the Senior Vice President & Global Head, Global Banking & Markets Engineering, the role blends governance accountability with a strong engineering mindset. The Director partners closely with independent risk, compliance, and control functions to define a comprehensive control inventory, while leading the automation and enforcement of those controls through scalable cloud engineering frameworks. This position plays a critical role in enabling safe cloud adoption at scale, supporting innovation while meeting regulatory and audit expectations.

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

• Own the design, implementation, and ongoing evolution of the cloud controls and governance framework, ensuring alignment with regulatory, risk, security, and audit requirements applicable to financial services.
• Partner with independent risk, compliance, and control functions to establish and maintain a comprehensive, well-defined control inventory for cloud infrastructure and platform services.
• Lead the automation and enforcement of controls across the cloud lifecycle, embedding guardrails into engineering platforms, pipelines, and reference architectures.
• Build and lead a high-performing team of 3-4 specialists responsible for translating control requirements into scalable engineering solutions and reusable frameworks.
• Collaborate with product and platform Technical Program Managers to ensure controls are captured early in design and consistently applied through build, deployment, and operations.
• Define and oversee engineering-led governance mechanisms, including dashboards, interfaces, and metrics that provide real-time visibility into control effectiveness and compliance posture.
• Influence cloud strategy and platform roadmaps to ensure risk and control considerations are addressed without compromising developer productivity or time to market.
• Support internal and external audits, regulatory inquiries, and management reviews by providing clear evidence of automated control design and operation.
• Establish standards, policies, and patterns that promote secure-by-design and compliant-by-default cloud engineering practices.

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

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related technical discipline, or equivalent experience.
• Extensive experience in cloud engineering, platform engineering, or cloud security within largescale, regulated environments.
• Demonstrated experience designing and implementing automated controls, policy-as-code, and governance frameworks across IaaS and PaaS platforms.
• Proven people-leadership experience, including building and leading small, specialized technical teams.
• Experience in financial services, capital markets, or other highly regulated industries.
• Deep familiarity with public cloud platforms and modern control enforcement techniques (e.g., policy-as-code, CI/CD integration, cloud security posture management).
• Experience engaging with regulators, auditors, and second-line risk functions on technology control matters.
• Strong executive communication skills with the ability to influence senior technology and risk leaders.

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.

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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.