Director, DataOps – Azure Databricks (Intl Banking)

Scotiabank; Toronto; On-site; CAD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Scotiabank in Toronto seeks a Director, DataOps to lead enterprise Databricks operations across Canada, Mexico, Caribbean, Chile, Peru, and Uruguay. You will drive reliability, security, and scalable data delivery in a multi-country environment.

You will manage a distributed team, define operating models, implement CI/CD for data workloads, and partner with cybersecurity, risk, and architecture teams to meet regulatory requirements and cost targets.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in data/platform engineering with leadership of distributed teams.
• Proven experience operating enterprise-scale data platforms in production.
• Deep hands-on knowledge of Azure Databricks, Spark, and Delta Lake.
• Strong CI/CD, DevSecOps, and data governance experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead regional DataOps organization across Mexico, Caribbean, Chile, Peru, and Uruguay.
• Define operating objectives, performance expectations, and delivery metrics.
• Oversee Databricks platform operations, governance, and security.
• Drive cost optimization and FinOps for cloud data workloads.
• Partner with cybersecurity, risk, and compliance teams.

Skills

Team leadership

DataOps & Platform Leadership

Azure Databricks

CI/CD for data

Security & Compliance

Stakeholder Management

Python/SQL/Scala

FinOps / cost optimization

Cloud governance

Multi-country coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science / Data Engineering

Master’s degree preferred

Tools

Azure Databricks

Terraform

Azure Monitor

Databricks Workflows/Jobs

Job description

Scotiabank in Toronto seeks a Director, DataOps to lead enterprise Databricks operations across Canada, Mexico, Caribbean, Chile, Peru, and Uruguay. You will drive reliability, security, and scalable data delivery in a multi-country environment.

You will manage a distributed team, define operating models, implement CI/CD for data workloads, and partner with cybersecurity, risk, and architecture teams to meet regulatory requirements and cost targets.