Cloud Engineer

Developer - Emerging technologies (Big Data, Mobile, Cloud, RPA) – 3

Location Address: Hybrid - 44 King Street W 19th Floor - Tuesday + other day is flexible

Subject to change: 3–4 days onsite may be required based on business needs

Contract Duration: ASAP to Oct 31,2026 – approx. 3 months

Strong possibility of extension for another year

Possibility and desire for conversion to FTE

Number of Positions: 2

Schedule Hours: 9am-5pm Monday-Friday; standard 37.5 hrs/week

Reason: Team augmentation to support modernization and software currency initiatives

Story Behind the Need

Business group: The DevOps team within Cloud Engineering is a highly skilled group of software professionals responsible for enabling the success of Scotiabank’s global software initiatives. The team owns enterprise software delivery pipelines and works extensively with cloud technologies, partnering with development teams across multiple programming languages to enable seamless deployment of applications into cloud environments. Team size: Approx. 10 members, mostly software developers/DevOps

Project: This role supports key modernization initiatives, including:

• CNAPP (Cloud-Native Application Protection Platform) modernization
• DevSecOps transformation, enabling new tooling integrations within existing CI/CD ecosystems

The team is enhancing unified CI/CD capabilities across multiple technologies, including CloudBees Jenkins, Argo Workflows, and GitHub Actions, with a centralized UI layer built on Spring Framework. Experience with containerization and Helm charts is highly valuable.

Typical Day in Role:

CI/CD & Cloud Engineering

• Design and develop enterprise-scale CI/CD pipelines and workflows
• Build and manage environments using Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Configuration as Code (CaC), and Policy as Code (PaC)
• Deploy and manage applications using Google Cloud Platform (GCP), particularly GKE
• Integrate modern DevOps tools (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Argo, etc.) into unified workflows
• Contribute to backend, infrastructure-focused DevOps development (Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD)

Architecture & Solution Delivery

• Translate business and technical requirements into scalable solution designs
• Create implementation plans and contribute to architectural roadmaps
• Support large-scale platform modernization and architectural enhancements
• Perform technical analysis, design reviews, and effort estimation

Collaboration & Agile Delivery

• Work closely with developers, product teams, and stakeholders across the organization
• Participate in Agile ceremonies (planning, stand-ups, retrospectives, demos)
• Communicate designs and solutions clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences
• Provide mentorship and knowledge sharing to junior engineers

Development & Operations

• Write clean, maintainable, and tested code within shared repositories
• Maintain and update technical documentation
• Continuously improve development processes and automation capabilities
• Drive innovation and adopt emerging FinTech and DevOps practices

Governance & Risk

• Ensure all solutions comply with regulatory requirements and internal policies
• Incorporate the Bank’s risk appetite, compliance, and control frameworks into all activities
• Promote a customer-focused, inclusive, and high-performance culture

Candidate Value Proposition

This role offers the opportunity to contribute to Scotia Tech’s success in Canada by building cutting-edge DevOps platforms that support enterprise-wide software delivery. You will work on high-impact modernization initiatives while collaborating with top engineering talent in a fast-paced, innovation-driven environment.

Candidate Requirements/Must Have Skills:

1. 5-7 years of relevant experience in DevOps, infrastructure, back-end developer roles
2. 3+ years' experience with GitHub Workflows and Actions for CI/CD
3. 3+ years’ experience with Google Cloud (GCP) expertise w/ GKE (Google Kubernetes Engine)
4. 3+ years’ experience creating large-scale IAC-based deployments in Terraform (or Open Tofu)

Nice-To-Have Skills:

1. Previous experience with modernization, banking or regulated environment
2. 3+ DevOps tools: Docker, Jenkins, ArgoCD, Argo Workflow, HelmCharts
3. 3+ of experience with Node.js, Typescript, Golang
4. Experience with public clouds - Azure
5. Experience with Linux system administration at the command-line, especially Bash scripting
6. Experience with automating tasks in scripting languages useful in CD (e.g., Bash, Node.js, Python, Ruby, Go, Groovy, Java)

Soft Skills Required:

• Meticulous attention to detail and analytical thinking

• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills – fluency in English is expected

• High integrity and discretion with sensitive financial data

• Self-starter with a collaborative mindset and time management prowess

Education:

Bachelor’s degree in relevant field

Best VS. Average Candidate:

The strongest candidates have hands-on experience building CI/CD pipelines from scratch, not just using existing ones. Demonstrated ownership of end-to-end pipeline development will be a key differentiator.

Candidate Review & Selection – Interview Process

1-2 rounds of interviews – Video MS Teams Interviews

- First round would for 60mins Technical interview – may include a codility/technical test

- Potentially second round based on how first round of interviews progress – 30 mins to 1 hour

Regards

Deepthi R

Sr. Technical Recruiter

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