Senior Cloud Security Developer (Global Security)

RBC; Toronto; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial institution in Toronto is seeking a Cloud Security Developer to enhance security solutions for public cloud adoption. This role involves designing innovative security measures and collaborating with developers to shift security practices left. The ideal candidate will have a degree in Computer Science, strong DevOps experience, and proficiency in Python and modern cloud environments like AWS. The position offers a comprehensive rewards program and a supportive, inclusive work culture.

Benefits

Comprehensive Total Rewards Program

Flexible work/life balance options

Opportunities for development and coaching

Qualifications

• Strong experience with DevOps and Site Reliability Engineering.
• Leadership skills to own and lead a project from start to finish.
• Experience working with one of the major public cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP).

Responsibilities

• Build policy-as-code preventative and detective controls.
• Build automated reporting and monitoring solutions.
• Communicate and collaborate with developers to remediate vulnerabilities.

Skills

DevOps

Site Reliability Engineering

Cloud Security

Python

Kubernetes

Terraform

AWS

Infrastructure as Code

Education

Relevant degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

AWS CloudFormation

CI/CD tools

Docker

Job description

Job Description

What Is The Opportunity

As a Cloud Security Developer, you will be responsible for the DevSecOps areas of public cloud adoption by designing and developing innovative security solutions around governance, vulnerability scanning, monitoring, chaos engineering, and daily security and compliance efforts. Your work will help the organization shift security left, while simultaneously improving the experience for our development community.

What Will You Do?

• Build policy-as-code preventative and detective controls according to RBC’s cloud control objectives, while using modern automation, config as code, and TDD principles to bring reliability
• Build automated reporting and monitoring solutions to provide security feedback developers and help shift security controls left in the SDLC
• Build automated scanning and alerting solutions for security coverage across environments and identify security gaps
• Communicate and collaborate with application developers to remediate security vulnerabilities for their applications and/or resources
• Communicate and collaborate with the security architects to identify security gaps and come up with solutions to remediate them
• Work with various vendors to develop integrations between their offerings and RBC infrastructure while adhering to RBC’s compliance standards
• Brainstorm and collaborate with the team members to build POCs and experiment with new security tools and technologies

What Do You Need To Succeed?

Must Have

• A relevant degree in Computer Science, a related field or equivalent practical experience
• Strong experience with DevOps and Site Reliability Engineering
• Leadership skills to own and lead a project from start to finish
• Security mindset for building safe and secure products
• Experience working with one of the major public cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP)
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like ARM, CFN and Terraform
• Proficiency with Python, Bash or any other scripting language
• Experience designing and building CI/CD systems with multiple components
• Strong experience working with container tools and platforms (Docker, K8s, OCP etc.)

Nice To Have

• Experience with SIEM solutions like Splunk, Dynatrace, Datadog etc.
• Cloud or security certifications

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
• Flexible work/life balance options
• Opportunities to do challenging work
• Opportunities to take on progressively greater accountabilities
• Opportunities to building close relationships with clients

Job Skills

Amazon Web Services (AWS), AWS CloudFormation, Cloud Computing, Cloud Platform, Cloud Security, DevOps, DevSecOps, Infrastructure As Code (IaC), Kubernetes, Microsoft Azure, Public Clouds, Python (Programming Language), Security Controls, Security Tools, Site Reliability Engineering, Software Development, Terraform

Additional Job Details

• Address: 16 YORK ST: 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: 2025-11-28
• Application Deadline: 2025-12-12
• 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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