Principal Cloud Engineer

Scotiabank • Toronto, ON

8d • Onsite

About The Position

Join a purpose driven winning team, committed to results, in an inclusive and high-performing culture. Scotiabank has embarked on the journey to modernize both development practices and tools. One of the main areas of transformation is the public cloud and the various platform technologies that support both development and operations on the cloud. The aim is to provide a streamlined process and framework which will allow the development teams to focus on building business logic. We are looking to build our development team with influencer, makers, creators, and industry leaders who will drive us forward. The role of the Principal Engineer operates within the Cloud Storage Engineering team. This valuable member of the team will be responsible for creating platform components and services for the broad enterprise use.

Requirements

• At least 5-10 years of hands-on technical working experience with Cloud Managed Development/Services such as Google Cloud Storage
• At least 5-10 years of hands-on technical working experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
• At least 5-10 years of hands-on technical working experience with development languages (Go, Python, etc)
• At least 5-10 years of hands-on technical working experience with container-based technologies (Docker, Kubernetes)
• At least 5-10 years of hands-on technical working experience in the use of CI/CD Tools
• At least 5-10 years of hands-on technical working experience with config management tools and Scripting Languages (Ansible, Bash, Groovy)
• Superior oral and written communication skills

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor (equivalent or higher) degree in computer science or engineering/mathematics discipline.
• Expertise and understanding of Cloud Native Platforms, particularly Kubernetes, and associated technologies (e.g., Istio, Envoy, Anthos, Kustomize).
• Experience working with monitoring tools such as Dynatrace, Prometheus, Grafana, etc.
• Full understanding of software development lifecycle and release process (container-native workflow for job orchestration, Git/GitOps, CI/CD, environments, code repositories).
• Understanding of different database technologies (e.g. CloudSQL, NoSQL, Relational databases)
• Knowledge of software design patterns, and/or security considerations
• Focus on scalable, enterprise-level software system design (both on code and infrastructure levels)
• Passion for driving teams towards high performance and a deep pride in quality craftsmanship.
• High level Unix administration skills

Responsibilities

• Champion a customer focused culture to deepen client relationships and leverage broader Bank relationships, systems, and knowledge.
• Have key accountabilities including design, development and maintenance of cloud platforms, services, and components to enable safe enterprise-wide use of public cloud offerings
• Take ownership/leadership of a component of a larger product.
• Be designing, implementing, and refactoring code (typically Go, Python).
• Ensure software, programs and applications are developed and/or configured to meet high availability, integrity and reliability, security, and compliance requirements.
• Work with other engineers and architects on breaking-down, scoping and estimating tasks.
• Work with application teams for successful onboarding onto the Platform
• Participate in planning and retrospective sessions, attending stand-ups, etc.
• Provide mentorship, peer review and code review
• Lead a product/service, and define functions or features for cloud platforms, lead the work of 8+ engineers
• Be able to build and operate the highly available and scalable software and infrastructure.

Benefits

• 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!

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Principal
• Education Level: Associate degree