Senior Crypto Engineer

Scotiabank; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Diversity and inclusion programs

Employee resource groups

Tuition assistance or upskilling

Job summary

Scotiabank in Toronto, Ontario seeks a Senior Crypto Engineer to design, build, and pattern cryptographic security products across the enterprise in collaboration with multiple business lines and IT functions.

You will act as a cryptography SME, guiding PKI, HSM, secret management, and key management services with a focus on security and risk governance.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on experience implementing large-scale enterprise applications in a financial setting.
• Familiarity with security patterns and architecture frameworks.
• Hands-on programming in Java, Bash, and PowerShell.
• Experience with SDLC tools like JIRA, Bitbucket, and Confluence.
• Knowledge of cryptographic platforms, key management, and audit requirements.
• Experience with PowerBI and Excel for business analysis.
• Strong English communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Security accreditations and cloud security knowledge are assets.

Responsibilities

• Lead cryptographic security initiatives and ensure secure, resilient platforms.
• Develop cryptographic solution patterns aligned with bank standards and risk appetite.
• Collaborate with Product Managers and TechOps to align designs and patterns.
• Mentor engineers and share best practices across teams.
• Address audit, compliance, and IT risk findings with remediation plans.
• Drive continuous improvement in processes considering the bank's risk culture.

Skills

Security patterns

Cryptographic engineering

Java

PowerShell

JIRA

Git (Bitbucket)

Confluence

PowerBI

Cloud security (GCP/Azure)

Kubernetes

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in a technical field

Tools

JIRA

Bitbucket

Confluence

Kubernetes

PowerBI

Job description

Requisition ID: 277553

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

The Team

Crypto Product and Engineering is responsible for leading cryptographic security and cross-functional product teams to accelerate the build of global security services, advance engineering capabilities, and work with global technology and business partners to lead foundational and transformational security products strategically across the enterprise.

The Role

As a Senior Crypto Engineer, you will be a core member of the Engineering pillar, responsible for responsible for the design, building, and patterning of security solutions into foundational and transformational cryptographic security products across the enterprise in collaboration with various business lines, IT support, and Information Security & Control functions. The cryptographic security products include general and payment HSM services, PKI services, secret management services, and key management services. You will also serve as a subject matter expert in cryptography.

Is this role right for you?

In this role you will:

• Lead multiple innovative cryptographic security solution initiatives and solve complex technical challenges, ensuring the cryptographic platforms are secure and resilient.
• Develop cryptographic security solution patterns aligned with bank standards, policies, and risk appetite to meet business needs.
• Work closely with Product Managers and TechOps Engineers to ensure seamless alignment and integration of patterns, designs, and solutions.
• Demonstrate personal accountability for assigned projects, initiatives, and daily processes, realizing results, with minimal guidance.
• Operate within a positive environment with highly motivated individuals that want to reduce the risks within the bank.
• Provide technical mentorship to engineers within your team and communicate best practices when working with other engineering teams.
• Respond to various audit, compliance, and IT risk teams to remediate risk-related issues.
• Contribute continuous iterative improvements in all processes and procedures within the team, while considering and evaluating the bank’s risk appetite and risk culture.

Skills

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

We'd love to work with you if you have:

• 5+ years of hands-on technical working experience in implementation and deployment of complex or large-scale applications/systems/platforms in an enterprise and financial setting.
• Familiarity with security patterns and architecture frameworks.
• Hands-on technical working experience in programming languages such as (by not limited to) Java, bash, and PowerShell.
• Working knowledge of software development lifecycle and tools including JIRA, Bitbucket (Git), and Confluence.
• Ability to apply security principles to cryptographic platforms and solutions to meet IT standards, methodologies, key management regulations, and audit requirements.
• Working knowledge and experience in cryptographic engineering and platforms, key management practices, as well as good knowledge of other information security domains.
• Working knowledge of business analysis technology (PowerBI, Excel).
• Excellent communication (verbal/written/presentation), negotiating, and interpersonal skills with the ability to summarize material for senior management in English. The same in Spanish is a strong asset.
• Proactive mindset with the ability to stay current on evolving cryptographic security trends and technologies.
• Bachelor's degree in a technical field such as computer science, computer engineering or a related field, will be an asset.
• Security accreditations will be an asset.
• Cloud security (GCP, Azure) and container (Kubernetes) knowledge would be an asset.

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, Humans of Digital and much more

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.