Senior Cloud Platform Engineer

Scotiabank • Toronto, ON

21h • Onsite

About The Position

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 Senior Cloud Platform Engineer role will be responsible for the building, tuning, managing infrastructure, monitoring and troubleshooting on Enterprise Security Kubernetes Engine (GKE/AKS) Platforms. This consists of platform building, tooling, integration, process automation, platform enhancement, and delivery of new projects.

Requirements

• 5+ years of relevant experience with designing cloud solutions on Azure, AWS or GCP.
• 5+ years of experience with container-based technologies (Docker, Kubernetes)
• 5+ years of experience in the use of CI/CD Tools
• 3+ years of hands‑on experience with infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, Helm, Kustomize).
• Enthusiasm for cloud transformation and cloud platform/components/services development.
• Experience in delivering enterprise systems collaborating and driving solutions with multiple teams across the organization.
• Sufficient domain expertise in cloud platform features and capabilities.
• Ability to solve ambiguous and typically novel problems that require the effort of several engineers.
• Full stack experience in product development.
• Experience in technical leadership of small sized technical teams in delivering production solutions.
• Strong communication skills, both written and spoken; of specific importance is strong communication to a technical audience.
• Knowledge of software design patterns, infrastructure architecture, DevOps, and security considerations.
• Awareness of how scalable, enterprise-level software system is designed (both on code and infrastructure levels).
• Experience working with relational databases.
• Strong understanding of cloud security, networking, workload identity, policy-as-code (OPA/Gatekeeper), and secrets management.
• Desire to learn, grow yourself and your team.
• Passion for driving teams towards high performance and a deep pride in quality craftsmanship that delights users.
• Experience with Kubernetes or containerized applications is required.
• Bachelor (equivalent or higher) degree in computer science or engineering/mathematics discipline.

Nice To Haves

• Google Professional Cloud Architect would be an asset.
• Experience within Canadian financial institutions a benefit.

Responsibilities

• Be accountable for design, development, management, and maintenance of cloud platforms, services, and components to enable safe enterprise-wide use of cloud common functionality.
• Serve as a senior technical leader and subject‑matter expert for Kubernetes and cloud‑native systems
• Have Level 3 support responsibilities.
• Have technical ownership/leadership of enterprise cloud product(s) or a complex part of a larger product including the design, software, and processes necessary for ongoing operations.
• Be leading design discussions focused on security, scalability, and implementation best practices.
• Ensure software, programs, and applications are developed and/or configured to meet high availability, integrity, and reliability requirements.
• Be working with other lead engineers and architects on designing solutions and breaking-down, scoping, and estimating tasks.
• Participate in planning and retrospective sessions, attending stand-ups, etc.
• Be able to build and operate the highly available and scalable software and infrastructure.
• Provide technical mentorship and support to junior and emerging cloud engineers across the team.
• Writing and maintaining related documentation.
• Investigating, analyzing, and resolving system problems.

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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior