Senior Cloud Engineer (Vancouver Hub)

Requisition ID: 166287

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

About The Role

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. The platform is used by development teams globally to host hundreds of applications. We are looking to build our development team with influencer, makers, creators and industry leaders who will drive us forward.

The role of the Senior Cloud Engineer operates within the Cloud Database Engineering team. This valuable member of the team will be responsible for creating platform components and services for the broad enterprise use.

Is this role right for you? In this role, you will:

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• Our teams are flexible and fast requiring daily peer review and quality control.
• Key accountabilities include development, management, and maintenance of cloud platforms, services, and components to enable safe enterprise-wide use of common cloud functionality.
• Mentorship of junior cloud engineers.
• Designing, implementing, and refactoring code.
• Be able to build and operate the highly available and scalable software and infrastructure.
• Ensuring software, programs, and applications are developed and/or configured to meet high availability, integrity, and reliability requirements.
• Participating in design discussions focused on scalability, design, and implementation best practices.
• 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.
• Level 3 support responsibilities are required.
• Participate in planning and retrospective sessions, attending stand-ups, etc.
• Working with other lead engineers and architects on designing solutions and breaking-down, scoping, and estimating tasks.

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

• 5+ years’ relevant work experience
• Strong communication skills, both written and spoken; of specific importance is strong communication to a technical audience.
• Experience developing and deploying cloud infrastructure is a strong benefit.
• In-depth knowledge of software architecture, design patterns, and security considerations.
• Experience in NoSQL databases is a benefit.
• Expertise in relational databases.
• Understanding of software release process (environments, binary repositories, CI/CD) is required.
• Development experience and breadth of language and framework experience is a benefit.
• Writing and maintaining related documentation.
• Experience within Canadian financial institutions a benefit.
• Attention to details, high standards for quality.
• Understanding of cloud infrastructure and/or networking is required.
• Proven experience in cloud development (Microsoft Azure, Google GCP) is a benefit.
• Full understanding of software development life cycle as well as related technologies.
• Enthusiasm for cloud transformation and cloud platform/components/services development.

What’s in it for you?

• We have an inclusive and collaborative working environment that encourages creativity and curiosity and celebrates success!
• You'll get to work with and learn from diverse industry leaders, who have hailed from top technology companies around the world
• We provide you with the tools and technology needed to create meaningful customer experiences

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Location(s): Canada : British Columbia : Vancouver