Sr Associate Platform Engineer

Scotiabank • Toronto, ON

8d • Onsite

About The Position

Contributes to the overall success of the Senior Associate Cloud Platform Engineering function by ensuring long‑term technical vision and roadmap is defined and maintained, focusing on future development, scalability, security, resiliency and platform modernization.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering or equivalent experience
• 0-2 years of cloud, DevOps or infrastructure experience
• Experience with Terraform or other Infrastructure as Code tools
• Experience with GCP, Azure or AWS
• Experience with scripting (Bash or Python)
• Experience with CI/CD tools such as GitHub Actions, Gitlab CI, Azure DevOps or Jenkins
• Good knowledge of Kubernetes and containers
• Ability to implement IAM, workload identity, encryption best practice and Policy-as-code
• Experienced with Cloud and Kubernetes security best practices including RBAC, workload identity, secrets management, vulnerability management and policy enforcement.
• Excellent problem-solving and troubleshooting skills. Strong work ethic and reliability
• Excellent communication and time management skills
• Experience delivering training using virtual conferencing
• Ability to develop technical documentation, including architecture diagrams, configuration guides, and operational procedures.
• Ability to prepare communications, briefings, and technical summaries for senior stakeholders when required.
• Proven success working within a matrix organization and collaborating across cross‑functional teams.
• Strong prioritizing, planning, analytical, presentation, project/change management, and relationship building skills

Responsibilities

• Build, configure and maintain Cloud Infrastructure in GCP, Azure or AWS
• Write and maintain infrastructure as Code (IaC) Modules using Terraform
• Support Kubernetes platforms by assisting with Cluster operations, deployments, upgrades and troubleshooting
• Helping build and maintain CD/CD pipelines for automated application and infrastructure deployments
• Monitor platform health, respond to alerts, investigate incidents and escalate complex issues when needed
• Create and maintain technical documents, runbooks and standard operating procedures
• Integrate security best practices, patch systems and follow compliance and governance requirements
• Collaborate with senior and staff engineers and application teams to support onboarding and platform improvement
• Understand how the Bank’s risk appetite and risk culture should be considered in day-to-day activities and decisions.
• Champion a customer‑focused engineering mindset and contribute to a collaborative and inclusive work environment.

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: Entry Level