Title:  AppSec and CloudSec Operation Specialist

Requisition ID: 252577 

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

Scotiabank’s Cloud Security Operations team has global accountability and is highly supportive of the business, enabling execution of strategies, operations, and services while ensuring that appropriate cloud security practices are adhered to. This function provides core competency in proactively detecting cloud-security-related vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, and posture weaknesses across public cloud environments and cloud-native workloads. The team works with the appropriate platform, administration, and engineering groups to institute effective controls to mitigate risks, specifically as they relate to cloud configuration, workload security, and compliance posture. This candidate will be expected to work closely with these groups to integrate cloud security processes and procedures into cloud platform operations.

The Role:

The incumbent is responsible for supporting the Senior Manager, Director, CIO, and CSO in achieving enterprise security strategic goals through various processes, including:

• Contribute to the success of our cloud transformation by supporting the review and triage of the findings flagged by Cloud-Native Application Protection Platforms (CNAPP).
• Develop and/or enhance strategies and processes to manage the security vulnerabilities and threats for cloud-native applications.
• Develop and/or enhance reporting to development teams, and all levels of management to provide proper tracking and measurement of remediation relative to established objectives.

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

• Collaborate with stakeholders across the Bank — you will work closely with Development and Engineering, DevOps, Cloud, Application Security, and other application owner teams across the organization to deliver Cloud Security capabilities for the Bank.
• Review and recommend remediations for Cloud Workload Protection Platform (CWPP) vulnerabilities, and Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) findings.
• Recommend, design, implement, deploy, and maintain Application Security controls required to protect Scotiabank and its customers.
• Be responsible for adherence to an established process flow that ensures development support teams, infrastructure support teams, and business risk owners implement control measures that effectively mitigate or eliminate the identified risk.
• Understand how the Bank’s risk appetite and risk culture should be considered in day-to-day activities and decisions.

Do you have the skills that will enable you to succeed in this role? We'd love to work with you if you have:

• 5+ years’ relevant working experience in IT (development, DevOps, cloud security etc.)
• 4+ years’ experience with popular CI/CD tools and processes like BitBucket/GitHub, Jfrog Artifactory, Jenkins, Azure DevOps, GitLab CI/CD, CircleCI.
• 2+ years’ experience as a DevSecOps Engineer, with demonstrated experience in security integration, automation of security processes, risk assessment and mitigation.
• 2+ years’ experience with Cloud Security domains like CNAPP, CWPP, CSPM and/or tools like SCCE, CrowdStrike, Prisma Cloud, Aqua Enterprise, MS Defender etc.
• 5+ years’ experience with documenting process, procedure, and user guide.
• 2+ years’ experience with large organization cloud transformation.
• Excellent communication skills and skills in triaging and analysis of issues for all development teams.
• Proficient at collaborating with various stakeholders to achieve the objectives assigned.
• Undergrad or equivalent experience, valuing work experience more.
• GCP PCSE Certification preferred. 

What's in it for you?

• Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Allyship - We strive to create an inclusive culture where every employee is empowered to reach their fullest potential, respected for who they are, and are embraced through bias-free practices and inclusive values across Scotiabank. We embrace diversity and provide opportunities for all employees to learn, grow & participate through our various Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) that span across diverse gender identities, ethnicity, race, age, ability & veterans.
• Accessibility and Workplace Accommodations - We value the unique skills and experiences each individual brings to the Bank and are committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible environment for everyone. Scotiabank continues to locate, remove and prevent barriers so that we can build a diverse and inclusive environment while meeting accessibility requirements.  
• 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!

Location(s):  Canada : Ontario : Toronto 

Scotiabank is a leading bank in the Americas. Guided by our purpose: "for every future", we help our customers, their families and their communities achieve success through a broad range of advice, products and services, including personal and commercial banking, wealth management and private banking, corporate and investment banking, and capital markets.  

At Scotiabank, we value the unique skills and experiences each individual brings to the Bank, and are committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible environment for everyone. If you require accommodation (including, but not limited to, an accessible interview site, alternate format documents, ASL Interpreter, or Assistive Technology) during the recruitment and selection process, please let our  Recruitment team know. If you require technical assistance, please click here. Candidates must apply directly online to be considered for this role. We thank all applicants for their interest in a career at Scotiabank; however, only those candidates who are selected for an interview will be contacted.